New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
TEAM SIDE
Chicken wire pattern MESH
“Home Sweet Home” needlepoint pillow, e.g.? SEWINGKITSCH
TAKES OFFENSE AT RESENTS
NINCOMPOOP IDIOT
Removes the shampoo from, say RINSESOUT
OODLES TONS
SEAL UP CLOSE
Hellenic H’s ETAS
VERY PALE ASHEN
“If all ___ fails …” ELSE
ATTENTION-GETTING SOUND PSST
Letter between Whiskey and Yankee in the NATO alphabet XRAY
RAGGEDY ___ ANN
RAGGEDY ___ ANDY
After-hours banking convenience, in brief ATM
Data in password managers USERIDS
COSMETIC PENCIL LIPLINER
Coup d’état that’s been judicially suspended? STAYEDPUTSCH
___ MELT (SANDWICH) TUNA
Drinks labeled “XXX” in comics ALES
Paper size longer than letter LEGAL
GREEK GODDESS OF PEACE IRENE
“The Barber and ___ Wife” (“Sweeney Todd” song) HIS
SHORT TRIP HOP
DIRECTOR KAZAN ELIA
Tape dispenser insert ROLL
CAPITAL OF AZERBAIJAN BAKU
“___ a long story” ITS
Story time monster OGRE
Paper-___ THIN
SORTS KINDS
“Designing Women” and “Young Sheldon” actress POTTS
TICKLE AMUSE
THIS EVENING TONIGHT
Start and end of every row in Pascal’s triangle ONES
HEREDITY UNIT GENE
Longtime manufacturer of Sweethearts NECCO
DECORATE ADORN
Wipe from the memory, jocularly UNSEE
“To your health!” toast SKOAL
Comic actor Bowen YANG
FEBREZE TARGET ODOR
Mattar paneer ingredients PEAS
The Washington ___ POST
Employer of manicurists and pedicurists SPA
Word with pressure, pocket or pollution AIR
LIKE SOME FAREWELLS FOND
Med. plan choice HMO
MUSCLE PROBLEM KNOT
Rock band on Butt-head’s T-shirt ACDC
King, queen or rook PIECE
Sports org. that awards the Vare Trophy LPGA
___ KIPPUR YOM
“The Candy House” author Jennifer EGAN
FILM WITH A HUGE CAST EPIC
HOTEL BIBLE NAME GIDEON
City bird PIGEON
Baseball’s Alonso or Rose PETE
GREEK GOD OF LOVE EROS
Labor that requires brawn, not brains GRUNTWORK
PRIMA ___ DONNA
EMBARRASSING BLUNDER GAFFE
Novelist Ken KESEY
Yarmulke, e.g. SKULLCAP
Streetcar, to a Brit TRAM
In a permissive manner LAXLY
RINK SURFACE ICE
Crotchety geezer with a heart of gold? GRUMPYOLDMENSCH
Start of a serial PARTI
Where social graces were once taught … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme FINISHINGSCHOOL
SIGN OF HEALING SCAB
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” singer/lyricist BONO
BRING IN EARN
Having well-defined muscles TONED
MICROSOFT GAME CONSOLE XBOX