New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
KIND OF RAY MANTA
Special coffee shop offerings BLENDS
PARTY LEADER? HOSTESS
SEE EYE TO EYE CONCUR
Something large often stored upside down CANOE
Org. that employs Hank on “Breaking Bad” DEA
Sign ? or signature MARK
Heavyweight wrestlers SUMOS
___ Morgenstern, author of “The Night Circus” ERIN
BALANCED EVEN
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
Marketing link TIEIN
___ vital (life force, from the French) ELAN
Fire-engine ___ RED
Rhyming arrangements, e.g. SCHEMES
Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical “Born a Crime” TREVOR
Like a dirge DOLOROUS
Academic who works with many different schools, maybe MARINEBIOLOGIST
Command after an accidental deletion UNDO
Piña colada topper TILDE
Tangle in an office CORDS
Not what you’d expect ABNORMAL
Home of the Kingdom of Dahomey, today BENIN
Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in brief DOA
Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist McCoy ___ TYNER
Modern-day scrapbooks, of a sort PINTERESTBOARDS
ONE OF TWO TUDOR KINGS HENRY
GOES FOR COSTS
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
MADIBA, FOR NELSON MANDELA CLANNAME
ALIGNS SYNCS
MANY A TOURNAMENT OPEN
DOES HINDS
Auto parts brand owned by GM ACDELCO
THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF ONLY
Mediocre at best LESSTHANSTELLAR
Sandwich made with a telera roll TORTA
Shiny button material NACRE
BLACK ___ OPS
___ and ran ATE
“Good ___!” RIDDANCE
Athletic items never purchased individually SNEAKERS
Hearing monitor, for short ENT
HISSY SNIT
WEST COAST NEWS INITS. LAT
EXPERT WITH FIGURES? SKATER
CAPITAL ON THE GULF OF FINLAND TALLINN
Literary domain of Peter the Magnificent and Susan the Gentle NARNIA
Successfully strike a delicate balance THREADTHENEEDLE
Common cybersecurity measure EMAILENCRYPTION
STATES DECLARES
ACTRESS AMANDA BYNES
Arrival announcement IMHERE
Sierra Nevada offering AMERICANPALEALE
Place to let sleeping dogs lie PETBED