New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Like the Northern Lights AURORAL
Hindu god of love and desire KAMA
PAY TO PLAY ANTE
FINAL RESTING PLACE COFFIN
“Ideas worth spreading” series TEDTALKS
Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak YOUREONFIRE
“I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he’s gone”: Steven Wright SPOTREMOVER
CHICAGO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT LORI
Buds for brewers HOPS
BIT OF SILLINESS GOOF
“Ah, yes, understood” ISEE
Psychs KEYSUP
“___ bat an eye” DIDNT
Practice group?: Abbr. DRS
Gifts often given with kisses LEIS
“I’ll take another” HITME
One with sole possession? SHOE
COLD SHOWER? THERMOMETER
WINNOW PARE
VOID ANNUL
GREAT DEAL TON
HERE ONEARTH
No-frills retirement options? COTS
Honorific that translates to “born before” SENSEI
Some modern media-related speculations FANTHEORIES
Informal times of day AFTS
Not getting involved in any nastiness ABOVETHEFRAY
ALTERNATIVE TO .COM OR .ORG EDU
Ralphie’s wish in “A Christmas Story” REDRYDER
RECORDED ONFILE
It’s a trap SNARE
Outdoor event with long sticks, informally WEENIEROAST
Subject of a Nepali hunting license YETI
SOUVENIR SHOP PURCHASE TEE
Pitcher’s aim? SALE
One confined to a cell? AMOEBA
BAE HON
Eschews a cab, say UBERS
It makes scents! AIRFRESHENER
Michael of “Life & Beth” CERA
Start of an old advice column DEARANN
COURT FIG. ATT
STORAGE UNIT BYTE
COMMON STREET NAME OAK
Big actors HAMS
FIX RIG
Detail-oriented sort IDOTTER
Like some hard-to-read messages CODED
Made too much of something, perhaps GUSHED
SHAGS, E.G. DOS
Lucy of “Why Women Kill” LIU
Org. whose motto is “Per Ardua ad Astra” RAF
CLERICAL WORKER? PRIEST
Something you reach out and take SELFIE
Something that may be cut and then cured MEAT
Overcast clouds STRATI
CRUDE MEAS. BBL
Certain parental figure? DADBOD
Soul, for one GENRE
The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey MAULER
SHUT (UP) PENT
Forked-tailed fliers TERNS
Act big? EMOTE
It goes without saying AXIOM
Place with multiple ports WINEBAR
Gomez who got her start on “Barney & Friends” SELENA
Start of many a trick question TRUEORFALSE
Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly EMAILHOAXES