New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Digits carried in long division ONES
A, as in Avignon UNE
___ of the Union STATE
Shocking fish in the Amazon EELS
What Santa doesn’t get much of on Christmas Eve SLEEP
Union of Hollywood performers, for short SAG
LONG-EARED HOUND BEAGLE
QUASH END
TURF SOD
___-DO-WELL NEER
PARTNER IN CRIME ABETTOR
SOFT LEATHER SUEDE
OF THE KIDNEYS RENAL
HEALTH RESORTS SPAS
DENTAL CONCERN DECAY
EXTINCT BIRDS OF MAURITIUS DODOS
“That’s my ___!” (“I’m up!”) CUE
Words that start a game of tag YOUREIT
“Here’s a short summary,” in internet lingo TLDR
Gift for a budding architect, maybe LEGOSET
Frequent object of doting attention GRANDKID
Baby’s first word, maybe DADA
3:1 or 5:2, e.g. ODDS
ALTO OR SOPRANO VOICE
Showily bohemian ARTY
Middles of Mr. Potato Head faces NOSES
GERUND SUFFIX ING
PULL OFF A SPOOL UNREEL
UNADORNED NAKED
DISCONSOLATE SAD
UPS COMPETITOR DHL
GOVT. PROSECUTORS DAS
HAND (OUT) DOLE
Best-case scenarios OPTIMUMS
Material for an interior renovation DRYWALL
Fashion designer Kamali NORMA
Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings” MTDOOM
Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares TOYBOXES
“I’ll wait to hear from you” CALLME
Classic sandwich order, in brief BLT
Sit on, as a seesaw STRADDLE
STUNK REEKED
Some military brass? BUGLES
Have a crush on, cutesily LIKELIKE
Long-eared pal of Pooh EEYORE
Over-the-hill lament IMSOOLD
GENERAL ON A CHINESE MENU TSO
Part of a mosque, typically DOME
Transportation company headquartered in San Francisco UBER
What’s rolled to get from Free Parking to Go to Jail, in Monopoly TEN
LACKING PIGMENT ALBINO
ACTRESS HAYEK SALMA
FELLA BUB
EACH APOP
ARRIVE COME
Readied for publication EDITED
BRAVERY VALOR
TEAR UP REND
Lakshmi who wrote the memoir “Love, Loss, and What We Ate” PADMA
“Move it, already!” LETSGO
BLOUSE OR TEE TOP
Lightens up? PALES
“Not guilty,” e.g. PLEA
___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason ERLE
LETTER AFTER SIGMA TAU
PUTS ON DONS
HOSTS, FOR SHORT MCS
U.F.O. CREW ALIENS
Arthur Conan ___ DOYLE
Begin, as an adventure EMBARKON
Destroys, as a dog might a stuffed animal CHEWSUP
Some recreation ctrs. YMCAS
Three-time Cy Young winner Martinez PEDRO
“You can’t leave this way” sign NOEXIT
SUFFIX WITH BENZ- ENE
PEST CONTROL BRAND DCON
Attired like Batman or Superman CAPED
“Despicable Me” protagonist GRU