New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
QUIBBLES CARPS
WEE BIT SMIDGEN
FUNDAMENTALS ABCS
Portmanteau for an extended autumn celebration HALLOWEEKEND
MECCA RESIDENT SAUDI
MANY A TIKTOK USER TEEN
Mark in art, in a way ETCH
SKEDADDLES SPLITS
WITTICISM WISECRACK
Rhythmic pattern CADENCE
Engineering sch. in Troy, N.Y. RPI
“I’m in heaven!” THISISTHELIFE
Word of gratitude overseas MERCI
___ Carter, most-recorded jazz bassist in history RON
“Boxcars” SIXES
Style of column at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate DORIC
Joke that goes over the line? CRANKCALL
Neighbor of India: Abbr. PAK
Having a sailor’s mouth, so to speak CRASS
Number in a tournament SEED
Lil Wayne’s “___ Carter V” THA
Sort of investment purchase with a spike in popularity through social media MEMESTOCK
Basketball legend nicknamed the “Point God” CHRISPAUL
Landing sites for bees STAMENS
Defensive badminton shot LOB
Mix of sand, silt and clay LOAM
COVERED, IN A WAY PAIDFOR
When doubled, a classic Mardi Gras tune IKO
PRIMARY PIPES MAINS
All-woman rock band with the 1982 hit “Vacation” GOGOS
Elizabeth who starred in Marvel’s “WandaVision” OLSEN
“Good Lord!” SHEESH
CHARGED RANAT
SOUL SINGER THOMAS CARLA
Southern breakfast bowlful GRITS
Sudden pang THROE
One might offer concessions FOODSTAND
Early springtime woe TAXES
Making its way there INTRANSIT
“This really needs to stop!” IMSODONE
Into gadgets, say TECHY
HARSHLY CRITICIZE LASHAT
PEEVISH TESTY
Volleyball star-turned-model Gabrielle REECE
Author Susan played by Meryl Streep in 2002’s “Adaptation” ORLEAN
Playground game cry NOTIT
Neighbor of the Q key TAB
“No one’s here but me” IMALONE
Given name of Caligula and Augustus GAIUS
Pros and cons, e.g. SIDES
Loretta who played “Hot Lips” Houlihan on “M*A*S*H” SWIT
VERY LITTLE NEXTTONOTHING
Persian polymath Khayyám OMAR
Annual honors celebrating African American achievement BETAWARDS
Pink Floyd co-founder Barrett SYD
River: Ger. STROM
Close up on the screen? GLENN
Scotland’s ___ Lomond LOCH
Entered a school zone, say SLOWED
“Somewhat” SORTA
Worked on in tandem TAGTEAMED
2017 chart-topping hit whose YouTube video was the first to reach 3 billion views DESPACITO
Ebb tide feature LOWWATER
Squatting motions KNEEBENDS
Exercise typically done lying down LEGRAISE
“I’m in heaven!” AHBLISS
MUSLIM LEADER IMAM
Québécois dish of French fries, cheese curds and gravy POUTINE
Goofed (around) CLOWNED
BIT OF DECEPTION FEINT
HEBRIDES TONGUE ERSE
Their business is picking up TAXIS
2019 animated Christmas film nominated for an Academy Award KLAUS
Opportunity to make things right SECONDCHANCE
GO THROUGH PENETRATE
Parent of kids GOAT
Amusement park ride, informally COASTER
Ornamental bracelets BANGLES
Occupy, as a booth SITAT
Thai cuisine quality SPICINESS
Some limited-time offers ONESHOTDEALS
APPLE PRODUCT CIDER
Boardroom V.I.P. CEO
They may be locked and loaded SAFES
Peevish displays SNITS
Piece of fudge? FIB
Joint accounts? POLICEREPORTS
“Oh, good ___!” GRIEF
Gets there in no time? TELEPORTS
New York college known for its polls MARIST
“___ my last email ?” PER
Bad things to find in a tea set CHIPS
Scrubbed, as a rocket launch NOGO
Got a newer smartphone, maybe TRADEDUP
“Go right ahead!” PLEASEDO
“White Teeth” novelist Smith ZADIE
Earthenware container for transporting heat FIREPOT
___ CHILD INNER
Likely Cotton Bowl attendee TEXAN
One might crawl out of the woodwork CARPENTERANT
Really hot, slangily ENFUEGO
Paintings such as “View of Toledo” ELGRECOS
Caused to kvell MADEPROUD
Many equal rights champions FEMINISTS
Doesn’t ignore HEEDS
Many a consulting hire, for short MBA
Fried appetizer that resembles a blossom BLOOMINGONION
WHAT USED TO BE YOURS? THINE
Squooshes, maybe STEPSON
Place in math class TENS
IT department inventory PCS
Term for a male opera character played by a woman PANTSROLE
Optimists keep them high HOPES
Turf ___ (football injury) TOE
Reveal the juiciest details TELLALL
Removed from an exchange DELISTED
Welcome sights on road trips RESTSTOPS
BUNK BALONEY
Moves to attack COMESAT
“That’s fine,” in French CESTBIEN
Group once led by Darth Sidious SITH
Largest U.S. state capital by population, on a postmark PHOENIXAZ