New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Good times doing bench presses? PECTORALFUN
Bread for baba ghanouj PITA
OVERFLOW (WITH) TEEM
Reusable shopping bag TOTE
GRANOLA GRAIN OAT
BILLY THE KID, FOR ONE ALIAS
SHARP INCREASE SPIKE
CAPACITY ROLE
LIKE THE GOBI ARID
CLOSE BY NEAR
___-DE-CAMP AIDE
Why the pizza oven is so hard to clean? MOZZARELLASTUCK
“Curious ?” ODD
“I want a turn!” LETME
Auditioned, maybe READ
___ poker (bluffing game) LIARS
Stock advice, say TIP
Prey snatcher TALON
Issue a mea culpa APOLOGIZE
White tees and blue jeans, e.g. BASICS
Fox’s refuge DEN
How hors d’oeuvres may be served ONAPLATTER
Typographical embellishment SERIF
French forest in a Shakespeare play ARDEN
Ticked, as a box EXED
Where tourists might take a picture of themselves seemingly holding up a tower PISA
SNAKELIKE FISH EEL
Start of some advice ? or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across IFIWEREYOU
___ Horan, Irish musician NIALL
Desire in the dessert aisle? GROCERYLUST
Egyptian ruler from 51 to 30 B.C., familiarly CLEO
CAPITAL OF GHANA ACCRA
TOOK A LOAD OFF SAT
IRIDESCENT GEM OPAL
ONE WAY TO BE IN LOVE MADLY
MECHANICAL REPETITION ROTE
YEAR ABROAD ANO
CONVENTION FREEBIES SWAG
“Canvases” for crossword constructors GRIDS
Largest movie theater chain in the world AMC
“Hilarious!,” in a text LOL
Shabby, maybe OLD
“This cardboard belt is a waist of paper,” for example? CLOTHESPUN
Shout with laughter ROAR
GUITAR ACCESSORIES CAPOS
“OK, got it” ISEE
Hit the ball out of the park, say RIPIT
Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in “Ali” LAILA
Tax form figs. SSNS
One that ewe can count on? RAM
17-SYLLABLE VERSE HAIKU
END OF AN ACADEMIC ADDRESS EDU
SUMMERTIME QUAFF ADE
WORKER WELFARE ORG. OSHA
“Sorta” suffix ISH
Took a dive ATEIT
RAISED BRED
BEDFRAME PIECE SLAT
NOT A LOT FEW
LIKE SOME WINE BARRELS OAKEN
THEY MIGHT BE CHECKED AT THE DOOR IDS
LITTLE WHIRLPOOL EDDY
___ 2600 (bygone console) ATARI
Singer Ora RITA
It has the makings of a hero DELI
NETTLES RILES
___-SELTZER ALKA
Mollusks named for their shape RAZORCLAMS
SCRAPE (OUT) EKE
Nipping pests GNATS
PETULANT POUTY
Cinephile’s channel TCM
How many sardines are packed INOIL
WhatsApp owner META
“Black Panther” composer Göransson, who shares his first name with another famous composer LUDWIG
Noon, on some clocks XII
Lasted longer than OUTSTAYED
Hand, in Spanish MANO