New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Modern-day scrapbooks, of a sort PINTERESTBOARDS
Common cybersecurity measure EMAILENCRYPTION
Successfully strike a delicate balance THREADTHENEEDLE
Home of the Kingdom of Dahomey, today BENIN
BALANCED EVEN
Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in brief DOA
___ Morgenstern, author of “The Night Circus” ERIN
Heavyweight wrestlers SUMOS
Sign ? or signature MARK
Org. that employs Hank on “Breaking Bad” DEA
Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist McCoy ___ TYNER
Something large often stored upside down CANOE
DOES HINDS
SEE EYE TO EYE CONCUR
Auto parts brand owned by GM ACDELCO
Special coffee shop offerings BLENDS
Sandwich made with a telera roll TORTA
KIND OF RAY MANTA
ONE OF TWO TUDOR KINGS HENRY
GOES FOR COSTS
MADIBA, FOR NELSON MANDELA CLANNAME
Europe, Asia and America BANDS
Some vaccine administrators, in brief RNS
Refuses to keep going BALKS
Handy trick HACK
Molecule that can interfere in gene expression RNA
Member of an elite force SEAL
Watercolor, clay and others MEDIA
Academic who works with many different schools, maybe MARINEBIOLOGIST
Literary domain of Peter the Magnificent and Susan the Gentle NARNIA
Marketing link TIEIN
___ vital (life force, from the French) ELAN
Fire-engine ___ RED
Hearing monitor, for short ENT
Rhyming arrangements, e.g. SCHEMES
Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical “Born a Crime” TREVOR
Like a dirge DOLOROUS
Athletic items never purchased individually SNEAKERS
Command after an accidental deletion UNDO
Piña colada topper TILDE
Tangle in an office CORDS
Not what you’d expect ABNORMAL
BLACK ___ OPS
STATES DECLARES
HISSY SNIT
WEST COAST NEWS INITS. LAT
EXPERT WITH FIGURES? SKATER
Loud bird sound HONK
Words sung on the same notes as “twinkle,” in a different nursery rhyme BAABAA
Branching out from the center RADIAL
Longtime police procedural that ended in 2023, informally NCISLA
Wood for smoking andouille sausage BEECH
Philosopher who was a major influence on Marx HEGEL
One whose distance may be measured by the yard? MOLE
Division of the Treasury Dept. IRS
CAPITAL ON THE GULF OF FINLAND TALLINN
Place to let sleeping dogs lie PETBED
“Good ___!” RIDDANCE
___ and ran ATE
Shiny button material NACRE
Sierra Nevada offering AMERICANPALEALE
Mediocre at best LESSTHANSTELLAR
THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF ONLY
Arrival announcement IMHERE
ACTRESS AMANDA BYNES
MANY A TOURNAMENT OPEN
ALIGNS SYNCS
PARTY LEADER? HOSTESS