New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“How’s it goin’?” SUP
“Mayday!” SOS
“Stat!” ASAP
“The Godfather” Oscar winner BRANDO
*Number of copies requested by a publisher PRINTORDER
What the Portuguese “senhor” means SIR
“Golly!” GEE
Show people to their seats, informally USH
SOME VENOMOUS SNAKES ADDERS
Smallest of the Chinese zodiac animals RAT
TEMPORARY RELIEF RESPITE
Irritable … or how you might describe all the words in the answers to the starred clues? OUTOFSORTS
ROTTEN BAD
ROTTEN EVIL
City mentioned at the start of the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil” RENO
HEED THE COXSWAIN ROW
STAIRCASE PART STEP
ONE SIDE IN CHECKERS RED
HAVING A LIGHT TOUCH GENTLE
LIKE HIGH-STRUNG HORSES SNORTY
Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” EVA
“Right away, boss!” ONIT
Ship’s backbone KEEL
“___ we there yet?” ARE
Howard who narrates “Arrested Development” RON
Actor McKellen who played Gandalf IAN
*Designer’s collection FASHIONLINE
Swindler’s victim MARK
Present, as a prize BESTOW
Org. with a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list FBI
PIE-IN-THE-FACE SOUND SPLAT
Merchant’s booth KIOSK
Bit of concert equipment AMP
Bungee cables, for example CORDS
Student ___ forgiveness LOAN
CHEEK SWAB MATERIAL DNA
FAIRY TALE BROTHER HANSEL
VOLCANIC RESIDUE ASH
TIGHT UNDERGARMENT GIRDLE
HARDWOOD TREE OAK
Ted Lasso, for one COACH
Maintain, as a bar TEND
Fill-in-___-blank THE
Actor Mahershala of “Moonlight” ALI
Texter’s sign-off TTYL
WEDDING WORDS IDO
Jeweler’s lens LOUPE
SKILLFUL ADROIT
“Dancing Queen” group ABBA
BOATLOAD TON
Dos + cinco SIETE
*Barriers that slide in and out of a wall POCKETDOORS
FIBER-___ CABLE OPTIC
Snail-mail correspondent PENPAL
PICNIC PEST ANT
HITS THE SLOPES SKIS
*Stereotypical literary persona STOCKCHARACTER
Like most Italian nouns ending in -o: Abbr. MASC
HELPFUL CONNECTIONS INS
Give stars, say RATE
SIRIUSXM MEDIUM RADIO
SKIN SPOT FRECKLE
ROAST BEEF AU ___ JUS
TRACK MEET EVENT HEAT
SHRIVELED SHRANK
1/26.2 of a marathon MILE
Diamond Head’s island OAHU
Sharp and shrewd KEEN
Genre for the 1990s band Sublime SKA
Something you don’t have to pay for, redundantly FREEGIFT
Mountaineering enthusiast, in slang ROCKJOCK
Common plot point on a soap opera AFFAIR
Cookie-flavored breakfast cereal OREOOS