New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 05

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