The full solution for the NY Times December 21 2022 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Wednesday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Nancy Stark and Will Nediger.
Across Clues
- Be an omen ofBODE
- ReduceLOWER
- Belabor, with “on”HARP
- Follower of Bay or grayAREA
- ___ setterIRISH
- Sheepish answer to “Who broke this?”IDID
- Sign in a clearance sectionFIFTYPERCENTOFF
- “___ soon?”TOO
- The duck in “Peter and the Wolf”OBOE
- Grunts and groans, e.g.NOISES
- Country with the second-most Portuguese speakersANGOLA
- StretchSTINT
- Party people, for shortPOLS
- Peach or plumHUE
- Download that might use a freemium modelAPP
- “A fickle food,” per Emily DickinsonFAME
- Large-scale corporate unionMEGAMERGER
- In the loopAWARE
- One able to lift 10 to 50 times its body weightANT
- Like flourless cakeDENSE
- Dream hand for a poker playerROYALFLUSH
- ___ slickerCITY
- “Cabin Fever” director RothELI
- Enthusiastic response to “Wanna come?”DOI
- ExpelOUST
- Deceptive movementFEINT
- “Fudge,” “fie” and “fiddlesticks” are some of the printable onesFWORDS
- Title holdersOWNERS
- Ideal for audiophiles, in briefHIFI
- Swing ___ERA
- “Why are you making such a fuss?” ? or a hint to 17-, 36- and 43-AcrossWHATSTHEBIGDEAL
- It means nothing at WimbledonLOVE
- U.S. theater awardsOBIES
- Modify, as an articleEDIT
- Key word when writing dialogueSAYS
- Word with due or trueNORTH
- Manhattan, on an envelopeNYNY
Vertical Clues
- U.K. acting awardBAFTA
- Hunter visible at nightORION
- Remove condensation fromDEFOG
- Conquer a hero?EAT
- It can prevent crackingLIPBALM
- Snack item sometimes shown in ads next to a glass of milkOREO
- Confusion might ensue when they’re crossedWIRES
- Key for getting out, not inESC
- Metal next to tungsten on the periodic tableRHENIUM
- Signal to playHITIT
- BrouhahasADOS
- WidespreadRIFE
- E-tickets often come as thesePDFS
- Risk taker’s acronymYOLO
- “You don’t really have to”NONEED
- Field for Maria CallasOPERA
- “Oh yeah?”THATSO
- Protect, as freshnessSEALIN
- Hindu fire godAGNI
- Target for an exterminatorPEST
- Food, potentiallyPREY
- FoodFARE
- Nowhere to be foundAWOL
- “Do you mind?”MAYI
- Antelope with chin hairGNU
- One side of a pageRECTO
- Patriarchs and matriarchsELDERS
- Shove down the throat ofFOISTON
- SulkyHUFFISH
- Large swallowSWIG
- Major bashesFETES
- “A League of ___ Own”THEIR
- Like marshes or bagpipesREEDY
- Exhaust physicallyDRAIN
- Like tears and some languageSALTY
- Bevyquails :: parliament
- “Now wait just a second!”WHOA
- Blue shadeNAVY
- “Yeah, sure”IBET
- “Euphoria” channelHBO
- Place for thievesDEN
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