New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CLEARS (OF) RIDS
“Get well soon” process, informally REHAB
ALL EXCITED KEYEDUP
Gets overlooked, literally CRACKFALLSCRACK
Gets into bed, literally SHEETSLIPSSHEET
Blank paper bearer PAD
Starting action on a court SERVE
Makes suddenly aware of something, literally EYEHITSRIGHTEYE
Org. that’s pro-Second Amendment NRA
Jaguars and Impalas, for instance AUTOS
Finding hidden meaning, literally LINEREADINGLINE
Person who won’t just talk, but act DOER
Where Lake Erie reaches its southernmost point OHIO
Wharton’s “___ Frome” ETHAN
Lose layers SHED
Some surface damages DENTS
Originates (from), as a word DERIVES
IMPEDE HOLDUP
DEEP DOWN ATHEART
German car maker BMW
Trust issues? ASSETS
Cold War power, in brief USSR
Actor Brendan FRASER
M.L.B. team that played its first two seasons at the fabled Polo Grounds METS
Rx writers: Abbr. DRS
Country singer/songwriter Rabbitt EDDIE
New York City mayor Adams and others ERICS
Got completely destroyed PERISHED
What five horizontal answers do with this one CROSS
Difficult to sort out, informally HAIRY
Agcy. that promotes adoption SPCA
MOVED LIKE A PENDULUM SWUNG
DESERVE EARN
Witch’s facial feature WART
Like the shape of an eggplant OVOID
___ Creed (Christian avowal) NICENE
Slick substance OIL
Airline that grounds its planes during the Sabbath ELAL
Outdoor grilling spot PATIO
Title for Paul, Gregory or Francis POPE
Qatar’s capital DOHA
Fruit used to make slivovitz PLUM
Banned substances in sports, for short PEDS
Rapper who co-founded N.W.A, casually DRE
Rivers in Portugal and Spain RIOS
ELECTION YEAR EVENT PRIMARY
Directive at a physical SAYAAH
STADIUM NOISEMAKER AIRHORN
Father of Norway’s King Harald OLAV
The “I” of M.I.T.: Abbr. INST
RATE PACE
EAT AT ERODE
FRATERNAL ORDER SINCE 1868 ELKS
Shopping splurge SPREE
BIG NAME IN JEANS LEE
“Dagnabbit!” DRAT
CLIMB RISE
“___ dog has its day” EVERY
LACONIC TERSE
TENDERHEARTED KIND
CELINE WITH FIVE GRAMMYS DION
Stringed instrument that rhymes with another stringed instrument SITAR
Section of a textbook UNIT
Plot developers SCHEMERS
It tolls over British Parliament BIGBEN
Rare roll with two dice TWELVE
ORACLE SEER
Home of Arches National Park UTAH
Behind-the-arc shots, informally THREES
TUNA TYPE AHI
AMUSEMENT PARK RACERS GOKARTS
“Holy moly!” OHMYGOD