New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 10

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SOAKS (UP) SOPS
PUMPED STOKED
HEADS OF STAFFS? ORBS
Pays someone back GETSEVEN
Stephen of the Field Day Theatre Company REA
Spreads out in a bed? SOWS
G, in C SOL
Exact hits MATCHES
Passage in a cemetery EPITAPH
“___ dead, Jim” HES
BIG AFFAIR FEST
CHOICE OPTION
FIGHTING INCOMBAT
POSTPONE SHELVE
FLAT BOTTOMS SOLES
___-FAIRE SAVOIR
REP CRED
Geographical heptad SEAS
Ejections HEAVEHOS
Gate postings, briefly ETAS
[See fine print] STAR
Mathematician Terence who won a Fields Medal at age 31 TAO
Rock-forming mineral that makes up over half of the earth’s crust FELDSPAR
Necklace closure CLASP
Mug shot subject? LATTEART
Mildred D. ___, author of “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,” 1977 TAYLOR
Like the habitat for camels ARID
Became smitten FELLINLOVE
Plain protuberance MESA
Evidence of one’s hang-ups? DIALTONES
Descriptor for gray-blond hair ASHY
They make waves for viewers TVTOWERS
Woe for winter travelers ICESTORM
Preakness or Belmont STAKES
“All right!” SUPER
Word with pocket or bag AIR
Website with adoptable virtual creatures NEOPETS
Icon for airplane passengers SEATBELT
Its symbol is WOOF on Nasdaq PETCO
Meets expectations, in a way MAKESPAR
Sunday parking spots? PEWS
Develops hearing loss GOESDEAF
Let-them-eat-cake occasion? CHEATDAY
Had a solo dinner “date” ATEALONE
Time to read the Haggadah PASSOVER
HEAD LAV
WHIT SHRED
Focused attention on SPOTLIT
Jack rabbits, but not rabbits HARES
Machine that gives paper a smooth finish HOTPRESS
Foot ___ FETISH
Pull-off RESTAREA
Game that helps teach object permanence PEEKABOO
Not as adventurous TAMER
The Father of ___, moniker for inventor Leo Baekeland PLASTICS
Flour ground in a chakki ATTA
Where making a hasty exit is encouraged ESCAPEROOM
Weapon with a point d’arrêt EPEE
Cricketer’s 100-run streaks CENTURIES
Eye exam you need to pass? IRISSCAN
Move so as to evade detection, in a way FLYLOW
Part of an epic verse CANTO
Bhikkhu’s teacher LAMA
Set askew TILT