New York Times, Sunday, November 13, 2022 Crossword Answer List
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New York Times, Sunday, November 13, 2022
Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
What might prompt a run for congress?
Across
1
Sell, as bicycles? : PEDDLE
7
Coups in journalism : SCOOPS
13
What might prompt a run for congress? : LIBIDO
19
Arctic jacket : ANORAK
20
Hairspray brand since the 1950s : AQUANET
21
Big name in pain relief : ANACIN
22
Band whose final album, “Synchronicity,” was their most popular, with “The” : POLICE
23
More in need of practice : RUSTIER
24
24 horas from now : MANANA
25
Big name in pain relief : ALEVE
26
Disembark : GOASHORE
27
Used an unspoken language : SIGNED
28
One not getting in too deep : WADER
29
Chinese zodiac animal : RAT
30
Tiny amount of time: Abbr. : NSEC
32
Hella : LOTSA
33
Game typically played in the dark : LASERTAG
37
Become established : TAKEROOT
39
Calf site : LEG
42
Common concert merch : TEE
43
Pronoun for Frenchwomen : ELLES
46
Like diamonds : RED
47
It shares a key with “!” : ONE
48
It might be stuck on the chopping block : AXEHEAD
50
Rise, as a steed might : REARUP
52
Politico Cheney : LIZ
54
Color wheel options : TONES
55
Old yellers? : CRIERS
57
Animal with a prominent proboscis : TAPIR
61
Trifling, informally : ITTY
62
Lab-engineered fare, facetiously … or a hint to the six crossings of shaded squares : FRANKENFOOD
67
Totenberg of NPR : NINA
68
“___ at 11” (local news promo) : FILM
69
Prefix with biology : AERO
70
Thing moving through a tube, maybe : OVUM
71
Qom home : IRAN
72
Lenovo competitor : ACER
73
Bountiful harvests for farmers … or another hint to the crossings of shaded squares : BUMPERCROPS
77
Grub : EATS
78
What gorillas have that giraffes lack? : HARDG
80
Spot for a tattoo : PARLOR
81
Prefix with biology : ASTRO
82
Peter Pan alternative : JIF
84
Achieved a flight training milestone : SOLOED
86
Hiking group? : NFLTEAM
88
Email symbols, informally : ATS
91
Target of an annual shot : FLU
93
Worker who makes a ton of dough : BAKER
94
Terse affirmation : IAM
95
Producers of multiple outs, for short : DPS
96
Like a very heavy sleeper : COMATOSE
99
Precisely : SMACKDAB
102
It’s “rarely pure and never simple,” per Oscar Wilde : TRUTH
103
Bit of hairstyling : CURL
106
Mop’s partner, in a brand name : GLO
107
Measures up to : MEETS
111
Tight (with) : INGOOD
113
Pipes up : CHIMESIN
116
Pinkerton who founded the Pinkerton detective agency : ALLAN
117
Unpredictable change : VAGARY
118
Is delighted by the invitation : LOVESTO
119
“Brille Brille Petite ___” (children’s song abroad) : ETOILE
120
Mesopotamian metropolis : EDESSA
121
Thinks up : IDEATES
122
Experience sharer : MENTOR
123
Got in order : SORTED
124
Fast-sounding freshwater fish : DARTER
125
Eye-grabbing email subject line : URGENT
Down
1
Tree of the custard apple family : PAPAW
2
“The ___ Holmes Mysteries” (young adult series) : ENOLA
3
Gave (out) : DOLED
4
Claptrap : DRIVEL
5
Makes some deep cuts in : LACERATES
6
Barely squeeze (by) : EKE
7
Unlawful occupant : SQUATTER
8
Swear word : CUSS
9
Swear word : OATH
10
Garnish for a Gibson c*cktail : ONION
11
Jurors, to a defendant : PEERS
12
Word with food, clothes or entertainment : STREET
13
Quick escapes : LAMS
14
Cry of perfection from a carpenter? : INAILEDIT
15
City NW of Bar Harbor : BANGOR
16
Retort to “No, you’re not able” : ICANTOO
17
Has for supper : DINESON
18
Seeing someone socially : ONADATE
20
Loud, as a crowd : AROAR
26
“For ___, all nature is too little”: Seneca : GREED
31
Tesla but not Edison : CAR
34
Vast quantity : SEA
35
Smart ___ : ALECK
36
Bad look : GLARE
38
Kenan’s comedy partner : KEL
39
Queen commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : LATIFAH
40
Objects from faraway lands : EXOTICA
41
Not so harsh : GENTLER
44
Land of leprechauns : ERIN
45
Seek, as punitive payment : SUEFOR
49
1993 R&B hit with the lyric “Keep playin’ that song all night” : HEYMRDJ
51
Seat of Utah County : PROVO
53
Most off-the-wall : ZANIEST
56
Alphabet ___ : SOUP
58
Illegal, as a download : PIRATED
59
Ensnared : INATRAP
60
Return payments? : RANSOMS
62
Totally terrif : FAB
63
Go back for more : REUP
64
“Knives Out” actress Ana de ___ : ARMAS
65
“Happy to!” : NOPROB
66
Contacts via Instagram, informally : DMS
74
Singer/songwriter ___ Mai : ELLA
75
They start in the corners : ROOKS
76
Bygone magazine for rock music enthusiasts : CREEM
79
Beast with a mouth best left unexamined : GIFTHORSE
81
Where you went : ALMAMATER
83
Longtime Progressive spokeswoman : FLO
85
Vehicle that might have parachute brakes : DRAGSTER
86
Brand name-checked in Paul Simon’s “Kodachrome” : NIKON
87
It’s hot right now : FAD
88
Some skin care ingredients, informally : ACTIVES
89
Relative of a waterspout : TORNADO
90
More c*cksure : SMUGGER
92
Sch. for which John Wayne played tackle : USC
97
Wedding proposal? : ATOAST
98
So-called “father of geometry” : EUCLID
100
Honors in the ad biz : CLIOS
101
Fit in : BELONG
104
“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” spinoff : RHODA
105
Unpopular food that’s rich in minerals : LIVER
108
A-listers : ELITE
109
Claw : TALON
110
Hägar the Horrible’s hound : SNERT
112
Twosome : DYAD
114
105-Down, e.g. : MEAT
115
Spanish dirección : ESTE
119
Source of big green eggs : EMU
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.