New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 27

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