New York Times, Sunday, December 19, 2021 Crossword Solution
New York Times, Sunday, December 19, 2021 Crossword Answer
| Clues | Answers |
| ___ Cradle (maritime rescue device) | JASONS |
| ___ Creole (Caribbean language) | HAITIAN |
| ___ culpa | MEA |
| ___ Finch, “ER” doctor | CLEO |
| ___ Hall (“The Wind in the Willows” residence) | TOAD |
| ___ Helmer, Ibsen heroine | NORA |
| ___ Maria | AVE |
| ___, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus | YES |
| ___-mo | SLO |
| Adjusts the spacing between, as typed letters | KERNS |
| Agcy. fighting epidemics | CDC |
| Amasses, with “up” | RACKS |
| Becomes less taut | SAGS |
| Becoming faint | TRAILINGAWAY |
| Big block | LOGJAM |
| Big name in cast-iron cookware | STAUB |
| Blowout party | BLAST |
| Bobby of the N.H.L. | ORR |
| Bow | ARC |
| Breakfast dish / Fruitcake tidbit | OATMEAL/RAISIN |
| Cabinet dept. since 1965 | HUD |
| Certain Scandinavian | FINN |
| Certain Scandinavian | DANE |
| Certain urban map | BUSROUTE |
| Chandelier part, often | CRYSTAL |
| Chiwere speakers | OTOES |
| Christmas ornament, often | ORB |
| Citrus hybrid | TANGELO |
| Classic dog name | FIDO |
| Come to ___ | ANEND |
| Come to ___ | TERMS |
| Course preparers | CHEFS |
| Court sport grp. | ATP |
| Demoralize | UNNERVE |
| Downfall | RUIN |
| Drive-___ | THRU |
| Dropped the ball | ERRED |
| El ___ (“View of Toledo” painter) | GRECO |
| Filmmaker von Trier | LARS |
| First and reverse | GEARS |
| Fit | INGOODSHAPE |
| Fivers | ABES |
| Fix, as a lawn | RESOD |
| Football units: Abbr. | YDS |
| Forest spirit | DRYAD |
| Genuine | HEARTFELT |
| Get, slangily | COP |
| Gimme ___! (start of a cheer at three Big Ten schools) | ANI |
| Gonna Let It Shine singer | ODETTA |
| Got it | IREADYOU |
| Green shampoo | PRELL |
| H.S. subj. | ENG |
| High-maintenance | NEEDY |
| Hip bones | ILIA |
| Hurdle for a J.D. wannabe | LSAT |
| It was eliminated from the U.S. in 2004 | RUBELLA |
| Italian thoroughfare | STRADA |
| It’ll knock you out | ETHER |
| Kind of leaf / Scientist born on Christmas Day in 1642 | FIG/NEWTON |
| Kitchy-kitchy-___! | KOO |
| Kitty | POT |
| Lancaster-to-Scranton dir. | NNE |
| Library IDs | ISBNS |
| Little lead | EDGE |
| Little tyke / Flatter, with “up” | PEANUT/BUTTER |
| Long-tailed monkey | SAI |
| Loud but friendly growl | RAWR |
| M.L.K. or R.B.G.: Abbr. | INITS |
| Mannheim madame | FRAU |
| Med school subj. | ANAT |
| Modern prefix with medicine | TELE |
| More than enough | TOOMANY |
| Mushroom | SWELL |
| Musician Brian | ENO |
| National dance co. | ABT |
| Nightmare | TERROR |
| No ___ (apartment policy) | PETS |
| Not a mystery | KNOWN |
| Not learned | INNATE |
| Noted Dadaist | ARP |
| Nuclear medicine units | RADS |
| Ogler | EYER |
| Old “Up, up and away” sloganeer | TWA |
| Old-fashioned menorah filler | OIL |
| One keeping others up at night, perhaps | SNORER |
| Outback orders | STEAKS |
| Paris’s ___ Saint-Louis | ILE |
| Part of R.S.V.P. | SIL |
| Party staple | ONIONDIP |
| Pep / Onesie feature | GINGER/SNAP |
| Personal essence | TRUESELF |
| Physician awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by G. W. Bush | DRFAUCI |
| Piano performance, possibly | RECITAL |
| Pirate | BUCCANEER |
| Popular adoption agcy. | ASPCA |
| Possible result of getting one’s wires crossed / Moolah | SHORT/BREAD |
| Prefix with space | AERO |
| Present opening? | OMNI |
| Pride and prejudice, e.g. | TRAITS |
| Project | JUT |
| Proverb-spouting Panza | SANCHO |
| Raises | UPS |
| Reduce in volume / As new | THIN/MINT |
| Relative of a tee-hee / Bit of marginalia | SNICKER/DOODLE |
| Remove, as a ribbon | UNTIE |
| Richard famous for large-scale sculptures | SERRA |
| Ring / Hold, as inhabitants | TOLL/HOUSE |
| Scalpel creations | SLITS |
| See 89-Across | ACID |
| Set | GEL |
| Sign me up! | IMIN |
| Singer Gomez | SELENA |
| Singer Grande, informally | ARI |
| Singer/actress Shore | DINAH |
| Solarium activity | SUNNING |
| Some graffiti | STREETART |
| Some laundromat machines | COINOPS |
| Some ranges | AMANAS |
| Something else | THEBEESKNEES |
| Stage name of rapper Yasiin Bey | MOSDEF |
| Super Mario Bros. platform | NES |
| Sure, I’m game | LETS |
| Teetotaler’s opposite | SOT |
| The One I Love band | REM |
| They might be put on | ACTS |
| Things bachelors might have | DEGREES |
| This puzzle’s images, in two different ways | COOKIECUTTERS |
| Trig function | SINE |
| Two-time U.S. Open tennis champion while still a teen | SELES |
| Undercover attire? | PJS |
| UNICEF address suffix | ORG |
| Volts/amp | OHMS |
| Went in a different direction | BRANCHEDOUT |
| What some neighborhoods do | GENTRIFY |
| What’s ___ you? | ITTO |
| Where to go on a trip? | RESTAREA |
| Wishy-washy response | IMAY |
| With 111-Down, cholesterol reducer | OLEIC |
| Woman in Progressive ads | FLO |
| Words before point or rate | ATANY |