1230-22 NY Times Crossword 30 Dec 22, Friday


Constructed by: Brendan Emmett Quigley
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Theme: None

Bill’s time: 15m 56s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

My wife and I are in Ireland right now, for Christmas and to start off the New Year with family. I just managed to slip away to solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.

Thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Sleeper’s support : SOFA LEG
8 Quick refresher : CATNAP
14 “The Spoonful of Milk” painter, 1912 : CHAGALL
15 Whom The New York Times co-named athlete of the year, with Babe Ruth, in 1920 : MAN O’ WAR
16 Peppery orange-red condiment : ANNATTO
17 What a single is worth : ONE BASE
18 Toy inspector? : DOG SHOW JUDGE
20 Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris, once: Abbr. : SEN
21 Missed-the-turn maneuver : UEY
22 Not doing anything : FREE
26 What comes before a final : SEMI
29 Some bands’ practice sessions : JAMS
31 Place to get a platza treatment : SAUNA
32 Gymnast Raisman : ALY
33 Simplest choice : A OR B
34 State of ___ : THINGS
35 Condone an action tacitly : LOOK THE OTHER WAY
38 Secretly pass gas? : SIPHON
39 M.L.B. great with a famous “unbreakable” streak, familiarly : JOE D
40 Ottoman authority : AGA
41 ___ fusion : ASIAN
42 Antidiscrimination govt. agency : EEOC
43 Nautical ropes : TYES
44 Do some branding? : SEAR
45 Mexican free-tailed ___ (world’s fastest horizontal flier) : BAT
46 Place to go, for short : LAV
48 “Damn right!” : THAT’S FOR SURE!
54 One who is mean as the Dickens? : SCROOGE
57 “Ohhh …” : I SEE NOW …
58 “September 1, 1939” poet : WH AUDEN
59 “Never heard that before” : NEW TO ME
60 45-Across, for one : MAMMAL
61 Bridesmaids’ expenses : DRESSES

Down

1 Great deal : SCAD
2 “This CAN’T be happening” : OH NO
3 Biter : FANG
4 Tennis great nicknamed “The Punisher” : AGASSI
5 Tool that you turn on : LATHE
6 His “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy” was the first album to debut at #1 on Billboard : ELTON JOHN
7 What the “angler” on a deep-sea anglerfish can do : GLOW
8 It may go on sale on November 1 : CANDY
9 Uncommon blood type, for short : A-NEG
10 “Admittedly …” : TO BE FAIR …
11 Group that had the first hardcore rap album to reach #1 on Billboard : NWA
12 Power couple? : AAS
13 Intro to cognition : PRE-
15 Pouts : MOUES
19 UPS fleet : JUMBO JETS
23 Place for a working model : RUNWAY
24 Get involved : ENGAGE
25 They’re chosen for their high-grade potential : EASY AS
26 Red or green condiments : SALSAS
27 Fictional girl who says “I go to all the weddings in the White and Gold room and I usually stay for the reception” : ELOISE
28 What LASIK treats : MYOPIA
30 Metric unit equal to 100 square meters : ARE
31 Take off, as a layer : SHED
33 Lots and lots : A TON
34 Popular TNT drama that starred Kyra Sedgwick : THE CLOSER
36 World capital whose name means “elephant trunk” in Arabic : KHARTOUM
37 As well : TOO
42 Polished off : EATEN
43 Objects thrown out hotel windows, in a rock ‘n’ roll cliché : TV SETS
45 Zero, in scoring slang : BAGEL
47 “___ there yet?” : ARE WE
49 Morning host Kotb : HODA
50 Discover : FIND
51 Pizza chain, informally : UNO’S
52 1990 World Cup final city : ROME
53 Milk sources for pecorino Romano : EWES
54 Personal ad abbr. : SWM
55 Cuppa from China : CHA
56 Hit head-on : RAM

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