New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 05

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