NYT Crossword Clues and Answers 12/30/23
NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 Dad on “Black-ish”DRE
- 4 Source of intelligenceRECON
- 8 They work in metersPOETS
- 12 Bucket of boltsJUNKER
- 14 ConcealerVEIL
- 16 Hour at which to sing “Auld Lang Syne”XII
- 17 It might have a small bulbMEDICINEDROPPER
- 20 Coat named for a former Irish provinceULSTER
- 21 Brand with a joystickATARI
- 22 Letter of completion, in briefCERT
- 24 Post-op programREHAB
- 26 Took a turnWENT
- 28 “Count” in the Blues Hall of FameBASIE
- 30 Uncertain affirmationIGUESSSO
- 32 BootCAN
- 33 Pair of hand drums, in Indian musicTABLA
- 35 Speakers in many classrooms, for shortPAS
- 36 Rarer than rareONCEINALIFETIME
- 40 Directional suffixERN
- 41 Craft at campCANOE
- 42 Ref. work that Tolkien contributed to from “waggle” to “wild”OED
- 43 Aromatic herbTARRAGON
- 46 ExhaustingUSING
- 48 Shade by the pool?AQUA
- 49 Anesthetized, so to speakUNDER
- 51 “All ___” (court order)RISE
- 53 What may come before further notice?UNTIL
- 55 They hang around the houseDRAPES
- 57 Wall Street, e.g.FINANCIALCENTER
- 60 Grand ___ OpryOLE
- 61 ___ Drogo, Jason Momoa’s character on “Game of Thrones”KHAL
- 62 “Seinfeld” roleELAINE
- 63 Event suggested by this puzzle’s circled squares, read clockwise from the topPARTY
- 64 Cabinet resignee of 1988MEESE
- 65 End of nearly half of all website addressesCOM
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 Part of a turntablist’s headgear, for shortDJMIC
- 2 Street in StrasbourgRUE
- 3 Participant in an ultramarathonENDURANCERUNNER
- 4 Letters of endorsement, in briefRECS
- 5 African who lives along the coast of the Red SeaERITREAN
- 6 Across a wide expanse of rural landOVERHILLANDDALE
- 7 Nickname for EdwardNED
- 8 Twists can thicken itPLOT
- 9 Like art conveying emotion rather than realismEXPRESSIONISTIC
- 10 Some merchandising opportunitiesTIEINS
- 11 “Dear” manSIR
- 13 Attire for many bagpipe playersKILTS
- 15 Onetime Yankees pitcher HidekiIRABU
- 18 Previously known asNEE
- 19 Handles clumsilyPAWSAT
- 23 Longtime diplomat AbbaEBAN
- 25 “Tonight?s another chance to start ___” (lyric from “It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve”)AGAIN
- 27 FitTONED
- 29 Turner autobiographyITINA
- 31 Foil alternativesEPEES
- 32 Terra ___COTTA
- 34 Strips in a club?BACON
- 37 Goofs in proofsERRATA
- 38 Very good hand to be dealt in pokerFOURACES
- 39 Gig componentsMEGS
- 44 Eagle constellationAQUILA
- 45 Relative of a slot canyonGULCH
- 47 “The Faerie Queene” woman whose name means “peace”IRENA
- 50 Goethe’s “The ___-King”ERL
- 52 Violinist ZimbalistEFREM
- 54 Completely black, as the skyINKY
- 56 Soccer legend who played for both sides in his final match in 1977PELE
- 57 Fashionable dresserFOP
- 58 “Do you know who ___?”IAM
- 59 Musician BrianENO