New York Times – Nov 15 2022
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Hmm, where ___ I?’ | WAS |
| ‘Just chill!’ | DONTHAVEACOW |
| ‘Please demonstrate’ | SHOWME |
| ‘Pshaw!’ | HAH |
| ‘The Book of ___’ (2010 Denzel Washington film) | ELI |
| ‘The Rose’ singer Midler | BETTE |
| ‘___ to a Nightingale’ (Keats poem) | ODE |
| 1980s sitcom E.T | ALF |
| Actress Saldana of ‘Avatar’ | ZOE |
| Ain’t, in other words | ISNOT |
| Alma mater for Aldous Huxley and George Orwell | ETON |
| Alum | GRAD |
| Anger | IRE |
| Apple storage service beginning in 2011 | ICLOUD |
| Assistant | AIDE |
| Astonish | AMAZE |
| Audition, with ‘out’ | TRY |
| Capital of the Yukon | WHITEHORSE |
| Carol words before ‘Born is the King of Israel’ | NOELNOEL |
| Chicago ballplayer | CUB |
| Children’s song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle | OLDMACDONALD |
| City NNW of Oklahoma City | ENID |
| Consecrate, in a way | ANOINT |
| Convene to strategize on the football field | HUDDLE |
| Dog-___-dog (vicious) | EAT |
| Feminine name that’s also a tropical jungle vine | LIANA |
| Fix, as shoelaces | RETIE |
| French suffix with jardin | IERE |
| Game fish whose face resembles that of a herd animal | SHEEPSHEAD |
| Got some shut-eye | SLEPT |
| Greek war god | ARES |
| Group that may stand on risers | CHOIR |
| Healthful husks in cereal or muffins | BRANS |
| Hip-hop dance move popular in the 2010s | NAENAE |
| Hole-punching tool | AWL |
| Humble, as a manger | LOWLY |
| Like brand-new tires | UNWORN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Loose-fitting Hawaiian dress | MUUMUU |
| Marketer’s suggestion for the holidays | GIFTIDEA |
| Married woman in Madrid | SENORA |
| Maternity ___ | WARD |
| Nowhere to be found, colloquially | AWOL |
| Off! ingredient | DEET |
| Old dagger | SNEE |
| On fire | LIT |
| Patriotic World Cup chant | USAUSA |
| Places of paradise | EDENS |
| Pointy-eared magical creature | ELF |
| Power source for old locomotives | STEAM |
| Prompted, in a play | CUED |
| Rank between sarge and cap’n | LOOIE |
| Realtor-speak for ‘move’ | RELO |
| Recede | EBB |
| Refrain in 51-Across that accompanies the sounds at 24-, 37- and 47-Across | EIEIO |
| Rum-soaked cake | BABA |
| Singer Gibson or Harry | DEBBIE |
| Slow on the uptake | DENSE |
| Some moving rentals | UHAULS |
| Something good to have on hand for cold weather? | GLOVE |
| Sooner than soon | NOW |
| Speech therapist’s concern | LISP |
| The Allman brother who married Cher | GREGG |
| The best of the best | AONE |
| Toward the back of a ship | AFT |
| Treble symbol | GCLEF |
| Turn to others for assistance | GETHELP |
| U.K.-based financial giant | HSBC |
| Up overhead | ALOFT |
| What an adjective modifies | NOUN |
| What Jupiter and Saturn are made of | GAS |
| Win-win | NOLOSE |
| Word with change or spill | OIL |
| ___ Chicken (Chicago-based restaurant chain) | HAROLDS |
| ___ Scout cookies | GIRL |
