New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Pitcher sent in to seal a win CLOSER
EIGHT: SP. OCHO
Snoopy and Gromit, for two BEAGLES
“Sin City” co-star Jessica ALBA
Turn clockwise, as a screw TIGHTEN
Bit of skin ink, informally TAT
Carne ___ (taco filling) ASADA
R&B great Redding OTIS
ORATION SPEECH
Basketball rebound play TIPIN
Rap culture HIPHOP
CHRISTMAS SONG NOEL
STRATEGIC MANEUVER TACTIC
IN ___ STRAITS DIRE
OFFICIAL ORDER DECREE
COOPED (UP) PENT
PUTTING TO WORK USING
CROPS UP ARISES
SHAPED LIKE DICE CUBIC
___ FIDE BONA
OPINION SURVEY POLL
COUNTRY EAST OF NIGER CHAD
NOTHING DOING? IDLE
LUDICROUS FAILURE FIASCO
Waistcoat VEST
Lasso material ROPE
PANIC! AT THE DISCO GENRE EMOPOP
NEWBORN HORSES FOALS
HIEROGLYPHIC BIRD IBIS
___ Rae (Sally Field title role) NORMA
Cooking vessels for omelets PANS
Ask for, as a cigarette, informally BUM
Means justifiers, it’s said ENDS
Single, double or triple, in baseball HIT
Fliers that may consume thousands of insects in an hour BATS
Tries to deice, as winter roads SALTS
Football team in Buffalo BILLS
Like red-carpet celebrities ALIST
A cook might have a secret one RECIPE
Worm on a hook, e.g. BAIT
FATE KISMET
BOX OFFICE DUD FLOP
ORG. FOR PENGUINS AND DUCKS NHL
TOTALLY LOST ATSEA
Leave astounded STUN
Cozy home in the woods CABIN
Geological rift FAULT
“You’ve got mail!” I.S.P. AOL
Blooming with foliage INLEAF
Oxfam or Mercy Corps, e.g., in brief NGO
[Gone ? just like that!] PFFT
Petty kerfuffle TIFF
*”Don’t quit now!” STICKTOIT
One navigating a maze, maybe LABRAT
*High-energy person, metaphorically BALLOFFIRE
Liberty Mutual alternative GEICO
LOW-PH LIQUIDS ACIDS
Major blunders SNAFUS
Dog command ? or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues GOFETCH
POPULAR SANS-SERIF TYPEFACE ARIAL
Narc’s org. DEA
Airport grp. TSA
*Documentation leading to proof PAPERTRAIL
Melon with a yellow rind CASABA
Beehive or French twist UPDO
JOIN FORCES UNITE
Give joy ELATE
Obsolescent music purchases, in brief CDS
CORP. HONCHOS CEOS
Ending with Oktober or gab FEST
SOOTHING SUCCULENT ALOE
It can be verde or roja SALSA
Kitchen description after Spaghetti Sunday MESS
*Some fine porcelain BONECHINA
“Who’s there?” response ITSME
Pimiento-stuffed treat OLIVE