New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
NOT FORBIDDEN LICIT
BORING BIT AUGER
BLUE MATERIAL SMUT
BOOK BEFORE ROMANS ACTS
NOTWITHSTANDING ALBEIT
QUATTRO PRECEDER TRE
COMFY SHOE LOAFER
ONE DYING FOR A CAUSE MARTYR
COASTAL INLET RIA
“___ Fideles” ADESTE
It’s a me problem EGOISM
Factory ___ RESET
Secret traders SPIES
Japanese exporter of diesel engines ISUZU
Jug unit: Abbr. GAL
Bank note made of pure cotton fiber EURO
Bow-making timber ELM
“Enthusiasm is the mother of ___”: Ralph Waldo Emerson EFFORT
Moccasins, but not oxfords SLIPONS
Acid container, maybe VAT
Voice of doom ALARMIST
End up OK PANOUT
“A Doll’s House” playwright IBSEN
One may ask for a dinner preference RSVP
Boston, Amherst and others COLLEGES
“Great” 10th-century emperor OTTOI
Features of many ceratopsians HORNS
Something possibly triggered during a mass extinction event SEISM
Certain grueling race, informally TRI
Product of volcanic activity BASALT
Cluster, as of grass TUFT
Word before nail or after steel TOE
Leave a mark on? ANNOTATE
PUT UP ERECTED
Father on “Modern Family” PHIL
Where the 10 countries with the lowest median age are all located AFRICA
“Joking!” IKID
“King James” LEBRON
Novelist King who wrote “Caretakers” and “One on One” TABITHA
Writer’s reference ? or what each row of shaded letters is missing? THESAURUS
It helps keep a tight ship tight RIVET
Letters that go in both blanks of ___ ___tofferson KRIS
Friar known for his patronage of animals STFRANCIS
What had a major impact on this puzzle’s theme? ASTEROID
Guinness records, typically FEATS
List follower ETC
Ruler’s dimensions? REALM
Crystalline mineral deposits in some caves NITER
Like Beethoven, by his mid-40s DEAF
Some handoff recipients in football, for short RBS
Travel requirement, at times VISA
VAN GOGH MASTERPIECE IRISES
HOSP. AREA ICU
IMMUNE RESPONSE TRIGGER ANTIGEN
Annual architecture award PRITZKER
MARY, QUEEN OF ___ SCOTS
Prof’s helpers TAS
SOUNDS OF SURPRISE OHS
SOAK (UP) SOP
COME TOGETHER MERGE
APPLICATIONS USES
COMMON TYPEFACE ARIAL
WEST COAST AIRPORT CODE SFO
Accelerated H.S. English course APLIT
Newspaper supplement INSERT
Some investments, in brief IRAS
Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder SCYTALE
Beethoven’s “Für ___” ELISE
Spooked by SCAREDOF
“___ favor” POR
SOME W.S.J. TOPICS IPOS
First dog on an orbital spaceflight LAIKA
Pants, but half off? TROU
Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo IRV
Digital money ECASH
Roman fountain name TREVI