New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Spits rhymes, so to speak RAPS
Negotiator’s skill DIPLOMACY
PRETENDS LETSON
“I don’t need to hear all that!” TMI
Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk CASS
Texter’s chortle LOL
PONG Quest gaming company ATARI
Cookie once promoted with the line “Take a lick ? you’ll love it” OREO
Promotional snippets from a film CLIPS
Tableware for special guests CHINA
Sheepish utterance? BAA
STOCK MARKET PURCHASES SHARES
Sound that rebounds ECHO
Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale BEANSTALK
Compañero AMIGO
Betray ? or a hint to what’s found in this puzzle’s shaded squares DOUBLECROSS
Weekend comedy hit, in brief SNL
One with a booth at a flea market VENDOR
Sound upgrade from mono STEREO
Drifting ice mass FLOE
Former Exxon name ESSO
One of the Gershwin brothers IRA
Command for a soldier to relax STANDATEASE
CLASSIC CAR INITS. REO
“Honest” guy on a five ABE
MAFIA CHIEF CAPO
___ room (play space) REC
Org. that oversees court battles NBA
Hauls into court SUES
Pen for horses on a ranch CORRAL
Post-disaster help, e.g. AID
REDDISH PURPLE MAGENTA
FINANCIALLY SOLVENT AFLOAT
BE CRAZY ABOUT ADORE
“Now I see!” AHA
ASSAULT ON THE EARS NOISE
CATERPILLAR OR TADPOLE LARVA
Bemoans, as a loss LAMENTS
GOES OUT OF BUSINESS CLOSES
MOST SERIOUS GRAVEST
Unhinge mentally DERANGE
Name that’s hidden in “Easy does it” SYD
Catching some Z’s ASLEEP
IN THE MANNER OF ALA
TAKE A BREATHER REST
GLISTEN SPARKLE
Melville’s “___ Budd” BILLY
Charitable offerings of old ALMS
Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael ASTIN
Joined together by heating FUSED
Poet W. H. ___ AUDEN
Bring back to its original condition RESTORE
Italy’s outline BOOT
STATE OUT LOUD SAY
White wine named for the European river valley where it’s produced MOSELLE
PASSING CRAZE FAD
RELATIVE OF AN OSTRICH EMU
42 weeks pregnant, e.g. OVERDUE
Nonhuman internet “account holder” BOT
SQUARE FOOTAGE AREA
“The Spanish Tragedy” dramatist Thomas KYD
FAIL TO KEEP A PROMISE RENEGE
BLOCKHEAD OAF
Trucker’s haul LOAD
Thickness, as of yarn PLY
Helpful pollinator BEE
Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops SIDEARM
D.C.-based teachers’ union NEA
Yeats’s “___ and the Swan” LEDA
Have as one’s residence LIVEAT
ONE OF THE KARDASHIANS KIM
Snoopy’s breed BEAGLE
OHIO CITY ON LAKE ERIE TOLEDO
ICE SKATE PART BLADE
Small groups of conspirators CABALS
Trojan hero in a Virgil epic AENEAS
U.S. TV regulator FCC
Plastic used in piping, for short PVC