The full solution for the NY Times December 08 2022 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Thursday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Grant Thackray.
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NYT Across Clues
- HankeringsYENS
- About seven or eight weeks before 5-DownMAY
- Rapper Biggie ___SMALLS
- StateAVOW
- What can precede heartbeat or nutshellINA
- ArrivedCAMEIN
- Aucklander, e.g.KIWI
- Blue grp.DNC
- Suave and sophisticatedURBANE
- Literary character with an eponymous chain of seafood restaurantsLONGJOHNSILVER
- Big name in contact lens careRENU
- Most itsy-bitsyTEENIEST
- Talking-tosEARFULS
- HarbingerOMEN
- What a monkey has that an ape doesn’tTAIL
- SnoozefestYAWNER
- Roman equivalent of the Greek HeliosSOL
- Country that lacks an official language, informallyTHEUS
- One of the women in “Little Women”MEG
- Beginning or end for Alexa?SCHWA
- DunderheadASS
- Nickname for Gotham City’s protectorTHEBAT
- ExpressedSAID
- Ponied upPAID
- Butcher birdsSHRIKES
- You might see snow when it’s disruptedTVSIGNAL
- Winter coatRIME
- Grateful Dead founding member BobWEIR
- Like “Blade Runner” and “Fahrenheit 451”DYSTOPIAN
- CocoonENCASE
- “So clever!”AHA
- EachAPOP
- One who’s far from stone-facedEMOTER
- Beauty that’s only skin deep, for short?TAT
- ___ MillionsMEGA
- “Nothing to report”NONEWS
- Absolute dumpSTY
- Misnomer for the character Fritz in the original “Frankenstein” (1931)IGOR
NYT Vertical Clues
- Shaggy, horned beastYAK
- Word with twin or grinEVIL
- “It’s all good”NOWORRIES
- Pandemic cause of 2009SWINEFLU
- Time in the dog days of summerMIDJULY
- 365 giorniANNO
- An extravagant one might have a swimming poolYACHT
- “Uh, what was that?”SCUSEME
- SeafarersMARINERS
- Film production company founded by Steven SpielbergAMBLIN
- Bail, so to speakLEAVE
- What an actor studiesLINES
- Hägar the Horrible’s dogSNERT
- Shaggy, horned beastGNU
- It glows orange-red when placed in an electric fieldNEONGAS
- “___ Kett” (old comic strip that taught teens manners)ETTA
- Sounds at a fireworks showAAHS
- Expensive shipping optionSAMEDAY
- It’s a trap!WEB
- “Come on, move it!”SHAKEAPEG
- Toddler’s boo-booOWIE
- BlokesLADS
- John Deere logo animalSTAG
- Hit CBS series that, despite its name, was filmed primarily in CaliforniaCSIMIAMI
- ImpedesHINDERS
- Like Louis Armstrong’s singingTHROATY
- One with an “eye patch,” hook hand and peg leg, as represented in this puzzle’s gridPIRATE
- Grave lettersRIP
- One getting “the talk,” sayTWEEN
- Modern payment methodVENMO
- Order to attackSICON
- Hurdles for aspiring D.A.sLSATS
- “Top ___!”THAT
- ScuttledNOGO
- Fix a hole, in a waySEW
- Double eagle plus threePAR
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I have issues with “shake a peg” for “move it.” I had never heard of this expression, and when I looked it up I saw that it has a very different meaning.
What are 23a and 26d?