New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers December 31, 2023

Author: Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Clues and Answers

“That guy?” HIM
Not in gear IDLE
Soccer kickoff? ESS
Cheese used in spanakopita FETA
Antidiscrimination measure of 1990, in brief ADA
Signified MEANT
“Hang loose” hand sign SHAKA
Sonicare competitor ORALB
Before midnight: Sloth, e.g. HERBIVORE
Before midnight: One with major influence POWERBROKER
Like about 60% of the world’s population ASIAN
Sloth, e.g. SIN
When to see the 86-Down NEWYEARSEVE
Blanche’s sister in “A Streetcar Named Desire” STELLA
Reality star Theresa of “Long Island Medium” CAPUTO
Blonde or brown quaff ALE
___ Lingus AER
After midnight: Ointments infused with cottonwood or calendula, e.g. LOTIONS
Fleece ROB
After midnight: Journey’s “Open Arms” and Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,” e.g. LADS
See 71-Down POP
TikTok post, informally VID
Prepared, as a report TYPEDUP
Actress Lindsay LOHAN
Chai, for one SPICETEA
Cedar Rapids college COE
“Despicable Me” supervillain GRU
Hookup that might get kinky? HOSE
Big acronym in purifying filters HEPA
“What hath ___ to do with sleep?”: Milton NIGHT
Before midnight: Devices with warm water and massaging rollers FOOTBATHS
Kind of rock … or where to see it ARENA
Bygone Palm smartphone TREO
Saint ___ (Caribbean nation) LUCIA
Before midnight: Some household expenses WATERBILLS
Branch offices, e.g. SATELLITES
Journalist Couric KATIE
Wagering sites that closed in N.Y.C. in 2010, in brief OTBS
After midnight: Event for Cowboys or Broncos LGAME
“Can’t win ’em all” THATSLIFE
Some adobe abodes CASAS
Clarified butter variety GHEE
Fourth ingredient in a classic three-ingredient sandwich MAYO
After midnight: Synchronized swimming LET
Forbid BAR
Before midnight: Surpass GOBEYOND
Run up, as debts INCUR
Mexican shawls SERAPES
Beam RAY
Ice cream name EDY
___ Spring (2010s protests) ARAB
Drag queen and TV personality Bianca ___ Rio DEL
Potter’s pal at Hogwarts WEASLEY
ESE or NNW DIR
Conjunction used in logic NOR
Eddie Bauer competitor LLBEAN
After midnight: Totally lose it LISTIC
“Ack! All these options sound great!” ICANTDECIDE
Middle name for musician Sean Lennon ONO
Unacquainted with NEWTO
Where to see the 86-Down TIMESSQUARE
Star sign? AUTOGRAPH
Final image in a preschooler’s book, maybe ZEBRA
Toledan title SENOR
Japanese crispy cutlet KATSU
Vexation IRE
Rapid transit? RAFT
Pranks with rolls, informally TPS
Bring (in) LOOP
Start to make fiction fact? NON

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Laughs HAHAS
Latin expression that’s almost always abbreviated IDEST
Condo-organizing Kondo MARIE
Romantic profession IMINLOVE
App coder, for short DEV
Home to the Wat Xieng Thong temple LAOS
Physicist Fermi ENRICO
College athletics channel ESPNU
Device placed under a tongue SHOETREE
Snore, idiomatically SAWWOOD
“Seriously?” FORREAL
Greek god whose name is an anagram of a flower EROS
Try TAKEASHOT
Aspirin alternative ALEVE
Sublet offerer TENANT
It’s got all the answers KEY
BART part AREA
___ Rabbit BRER
Event for Cinderella BALL
Foot part BALL
Fighting ATIT
Title roles for Norman Bates and Patrick Bateman PSYCHOS
Phishing targets IDENTITIES
Evacuation survival pack BUGOUTBAG
Qatar’s capital DOHA
“Balderdash!” PSHAW
Word with space or rock OPERA
Lab tube with a bulb PIPET
Mary Jane POT
Computer circuitry components PROCESSORS
Wildfire debris ASH
Duck Hunt console, in brief NES
Sugar source CANE
Transported, as some emergency goods AIRLIFTED
Gas, e.g.: Abbr. UTIL
Cosmetic goop GELEE
Bike ride mishaps FLATS
Great time BALL
Holy chambers in Judaism ARKS
Wad (up) BALL
“Same for us!” SOAREWE
With 42-Across, “Lust for Life” singer IGGY
Chevy S.U.V. TAHOE
Make edits to EMEND
Like some dives or jams SEEDY
“I didn’t need to know all that!” TMI
Largest ethnic group of China HAN
Bart Simpson catchphrase AYCARAMBA
Go all over TOUR
A mushroom’s is called a pileus CAP
End-of-December tradition depicted five times in this puzzle BALLDROP
Umpire’s call BALL
Giving a once-over EYEINGUP
Subjects to a tirade RANTSAT
Hinging (on) RELIANT
Form of algae also known as rockweed SEAOAK
Physiques, for short BODS
Like most award shows ANNUAL
Belgian river in a W.W. I battle YSER
Spacey sort DITZ
Less welcoming ICIER
Nonelective courses: Abbr. REQS
Brewskis BEERS
“The father of American literature,” per Faulkner TWAIN
Geek Squad specialist, informally ITPRO
TV and radio host Andy COHEN
Brand owned by Hasbro NERF
Pool accessory CUE
Mathematician Neugebauer OTTO
Spanish bear OSO

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