New York Times Crossword Clues and Answers December 31, 2023
Author: Matt Linzer and Rafael Musa
Editor: Will Shortz
Across
“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 |
Down
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 |