New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 23

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