New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Parishioners’ bench PEW
Spanish “Bye!” ADIOS
Variety show with skits and songs REVUE
Preliminary tournament stage QUALIFYINGROUND
Campus figure with a “list” DEAN
1960s soul singer Redding OTIS
Filipino or Laotian ASIAN
Got hitched in Vegas, perhaps ELOPED
Cause for a produce recall ECOLI
SWINDLE DEFRAUD
2, 4, 6, 8, ETC. EVENS
FRENCH ASSENT OUI
1989’s “Honey, I ___ the Kids” SHRUNK
Last word in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” TREE
Financial statement issued every three months QUARTERLYREPORT
Railroad property in Monopoly BANDO
Actress Davis of “Thelma & Louise” GEENA
20-sided game piece in Dungeons & Dragons DIE
Important agent in bread dough and beer fermentation YEAST
Shoots lava ERUPTS
Prima donna’s chance to shine ARIA
Poison ___ (plant) IVY
Olympic figure skating champion Lipinski TARA
Story that spans generations SAGA
Swelling reducers for sprains ICEBAGS
Gulf of ___ (waters off the coast of Yemen) ADEN
GUINNESS BOOK SUFFIX EST
INTELLIGENCE SENSE
ACTRESS ___ SKYE IONE
BEGINNING PHASE ONSET
SCI-FI OR ROMANCE GENRE
Lawyers’ org. ABA
Move just a little BUDGE
Fig. on a college transcript GPA
COMMOTION UPROAR
GOT OUT OF BED AROSE
Ill-advised maneuver WRONGMOVE
Unexpected plot development TWIST
Debtor’s note IOU
TV’s “___ Lasso” TED
Anthony who played Zorba in “Zorba the Greek” QUINN
Maurice who wrote “Where the Wild Things Are” SENDAK
Summer office workers INTERNS
What to do “if the shoe fits” WEARIT
Video game with falling blocks TETRIS
“Super-cool!” NEAT
Captain Ahab’s ship in “Moby-Dick” PEQUOD
Stan who co-created the Marvel Universe LEE
Pet name for José PEPE
Passes into law ENACTS
ID WITH TWO HYPHENS SSN
DISORDERLY BUNCH MOB
The “L” of U.C.L.A. LOS
VOTE OF SUPPORT YEA
PAL CHUM
___ ARBOR, MICH. ANN
PEP ENERGY
GREAT PLAINS TRIBE OTOE
SIX LINES IN A SONNET SESTET
PERCUSSIVE DANCE STYLE TAP
Cookie in cookies and cream OREO
PUT INTO POWER ELECT
OPPOSITE OF AWEATHER, TO A SAILOR ALEE
Football distances: Abbr. YDS
Coin of Denmark KRONE
Lawyer’s title: Abbr. ESQ
Dubai’s country, for short UAE
Ice cream amts. QTS
Woman temporarily serving as monarch QUEENREGENT
WONDERLAND VISITOR ALICE
Snake oil salesman’s offering QUACKREMEDY
“Spring forward” clock setting: Abbr. DST
BEFORE, IN POETRY ERE
Colorful symbols of hope and happiness BLUEBIRDS
Scannable black-and-white square ? or a hint to 17-, 30-, 45- and 57-Across QRCODE
Over half of all Super Bowl M.V.P.s, for short QBS