New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2022 12 27

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