New York Times December 23 2018 crossword clues & answers

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New York Times Dec 23 2018

Clue	Answer
'Alas!'	howsad
'And who ___?'	isnt
'Git!'	scat
'Go ahead!'	doso
'I did it!'	tada
'Shame!'	tsk
'x' in 5x = x^2 ÷ 2	ten
4-0 series, say	sweep
Align	trueup
All limbs	lank
Alternative to pavement	gravel
Antidiscriminatory abbr	eeo
Arabic name that sounds like a polite affirmative	yasir
Architect Maya	lin
Audit a class, say	sitin
Awestruck	gaga
Banisters	rails
BBQ side	slaw
Beau's girl	amie
Bee, e.g	samantha
Biblical spy	caleb
Big suit	ceo
Bleachers	stands
Botanical bristles	awns
Brief swim	dip
Buckwheat cereal	kasha
Bygone office position	steno
California's motto	eureka
Certifiable, so to speak	insane
City near the Sierras	reno
Codger	coot
Connoisseur of food and drink	epicure
Cross inscription	inri
Data maintained by competitive dentists?	fillingstats
Dead reckoning?	obitpage
Doesn't really see	imagines
Dutch cheese	gouda
English guy	chap
Enthrones	crowns
Envelope abbr	attn
Evidence left by a moth	hole
Fervor	zeal
Figure in Jewish folklore	golem
Flowering herb also known as devil's nettle	yarrow
G.I.'s address	apo
Gift tag word	for
Halliburton of the Halliburton Company	erle
Harvard University Press's ___ Classical Library	loeb
Has a 42-Down	eats
How polka bands get their start?	withoneaccordion
Hundredths: Abbr	pcts
Iago or Othello	role
Improvised	riffed
Inits. before many state names	uss
Intentionally lost	threw
Introvert's focus	self
Irish port, county or bay	sligo
Islamic mystic	sufi
It fits in a lock	oar
It notably has two bridges	sitar
It's not as simple as a), b), c)	essaytest
Italian article	una
Italian wine city	asti
Jesus Christ, with 'the'	son
Kitchenware brand	ekco
Lansing-to-Flint dir	ene
Like a truck descending a steep hill	inlow
Like corsets	laced
Like panang curry	thai
Like powwows	tribal
Like some factories ... or, in a different sense, like 90-, 109- and 119-Across (but not 24-, 32- and 53-Across)?	unionized
Main ingredient in Wiener schnitzel	veal
Mathematician's 116-Down	qed
Max at the MoMA	ernst
Modern prefix with tag	geo
More pulchritudinous	comelier
Most remote of the Near Islands	attu
Move slowly (along)	chug
Need for a model	glue
Nickname for a hard-to-please girl?	missimpossible
Not loose, as a diamond	inset
Noted beauty contest loser	hera
Offshore sight, maybe	oilrig
One might be found near a cloverleaf	motel
Online enticement	clickbait
Org. with an annual Help a Horse Day	aspca
Partner in indecision with 5-Across	haw
Partner in indecision with 5-Down	hem
Pas sans	avec
Performed creditably	didok
Philosophical argument for belief in God	pascalswager
Pontiff's gold treasure?	papalbullion
Potentially unhelpful answer to 'Who's there?'	itsme
Protective sorts in showbiz	stagemothers
Query about the Freedom Caucus or Berniecrats?	isthatafaction
Rare success story from the dot-com bubble	ebay
Register things	sales
Restroom sign	ladies
Room to maneuver	leeway
Russian 'peace'	mir
Sea cow	manatee
See 41-Down	meal
Seethe	boil
Series	run
Shoddy	cheap
Some refuges	arks
Some refuges	dens
Some runoff sites	eaves
Sources of Manchego cheese	ewes
Spanish greeting	hola
Speakers' searches for just the right words?	rhetoricalquests
Speed	race
St. Petersburg's river	neva
Star bursts	novae
Summer hat	panama
Sushi eel	unagi
Terminus	endpoint
Texter's transition	otoh
That's right!	east
The 21st Amendment, e.g	repeal
Tinker (with)	fiddle
Tit for tat?	swap
Trolley sound	clang
Unctuousness	smarm
Unduly harsh	draconic
Value	esteem
Vexes	annoys
War-torn Syrian city	aleppo
What can go before watt	mega
What comes before 'B'?	oral
What leads many people to say 'Let's face it'?	mecca
White part of pearly whites	enamel
Woman's name that means 'star'	stella
Wonder	awe
Wood for a raft	balsa
Word with store or sign	dollar
Word with you but not me	are
___ Alcorn, creator of Pong	allan
___ Lee, singer with the 2011 #1 album 'Mission Bell'	amos
___-Dixie (grocery chain)	winn

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