New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 20

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