NY Times Crossword Answers 19 Dec 23, Tuesday
Constructed by: Seth Weitberg
Edited by: Will Shortz
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 ___ 2600 (bygone console) : ATARI
6 Raised : BRED
10 Worker welfare org. : OSHA
14 Guitar accessories : CAPOS
15 ___-de-camp : AIDE
16 Close by : NEAR
17 “This cardboard belt is a waist of paper,” for example? : CLOTHES PUN (from “clothes pin”)
19 Like the Gobi : ARID
20 Capacity : ROLE
21 Noon, on some clocks : XII
22 Sharp increase : SPIKE
23 Year abroad : ANO
24 Good times doing bench presses? : PECTORAL FUN (from “pectoral fin”)
27 “Canvases” for crossword constructors : GRIDS
29 Bread for baba ghanouj : PITA
30 Billy the Kid, for one : ALIAS
32 Granola grain : OAT
33 Reusable shopping bag : TOTE
37 Why the pizza oven is so hard to clean? : MOZZARELLA STUCK (from “mozzarella stick”)
41 Egyptian ruler from 51 to 30 B.C., familiarly : CLEO
42 “Curious …” : ODD …
43 “I want a turn!” : LET ME!
44 Auditioned, maybe : READ
46 ___ poker (bluffing game) : LIAR’S
48 Desire in the dessert aisle? : GROCERY LUST (from “grocery list”)
52 Stock advice, say : TIP
55 ___ Horan, Irish musician : NIALL
56 Summertime quaff : ADE
57 Hand, in Spanish : MANO
58 ___-Seltzer : ALKA
59 Start of some advice … or a phonetic hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across : IF I WERE YOU … or IF “I” WERE “U”
62 Overflow (with) : TEEM
63 It has the makings of a hero : DELI
64 Took a dive : ATE IT
65 Tax form figs. : SSNS
66 Convention freebies : SWAG
67 One way to be in love : MADLY
Down
1 Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
2 Prey snatcher : TALON
3 Issue a mea culpa : APOLOGIZE
4 Mechanical repetition : ROTE
5 “Sorta” suffix : ISH
6 White tees and blue jeans, e.g. : BASICS
7 Hit the ball out of the park, say : RIP IT
8 End of an academic address : EDU
9 Fox’s refuge : DEN
10 How hors d’oeuvres may be served : ON A PLATTER
11 Typographical embellishment : SERIF
12 17-syllable verse : HAIKU
13 French forest in a Shakespeare play : ARDEN
18 Ticked, as a box : EXED
22 Took a load off : SAT
24 Where tourists might take a picture of themselves seemingly holding up a tower : PISA
25 Iridescent gem : OPAL
26 Singer Ora : RITA
28 Mollusks named for their shape : RAZOR CLAMS
30 Largest movie theater chain in the world : AMC
31 “Hilarious!,” in a text : LOL!
32 Shabby, maybe : OLD
34 Lasted longer than : OUTSTAYED
35 Cinephile’s channel : TCM
36 Scrape (out) : EKE
38 Shout with laughter : ROAR
39 Little whirlpool : EDDY
40 Bedframe piece : SLAT
45 Snakelike fish : EEL
46 “Black Panther” composer Göransson, who shares his first name with another famous composer : LUDWIG
47 “OK, got it” : I SEE
48 Nipping pests : GNATS
49 Nettles : RILES
50 Like some wine barrels : OAKEN
51 Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in “Ali” : LAILA
53 How many sardines are packed : IN OIL
54 Petulant : POUTY
57 WhatsApp owner : META
59 They might be checked at the door : IDS
60 Not a lot : FEW
61 One that ewe can count on? : RAM