NY Times Crossword 29 Dec 22, Thursday

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Across

Clues	Answers
Easter starter?	NOR-
Element of an English Opening in chess	PAWN
Hayek who portrayed Frida Kahlo	SALMA
“___ got a feeling …”	I’VE
George who wrote “Romola”	ELIOT
“See ya!”	ADIOS!
Gathering of protesters	RALLY (LATERALLY – LATE)
Models used in copying	TEMPLATES (TEMPS + LATE)
What might have bumps on a log?	TOAD
DVR pioneer	TIVO
The last pope Julius	III
Makes the rounds	CIRCULATES (CIRCUS + LATE)
Large, flightless birds	EMUS (EMULATES – LATE)
Sort who’s easy to tick off	HOTHEAD
King at the start of “Game of Thrones”	ROBERT
Influential ties	INS
Grassy expanses	LEAS
Backing	AID
Overnight work assignment … or a hint to understanding four rows of answers in this puzzle	LATE SHIFT
Cry at la Copa Mundial	GOL!
The other side	THEM
Forensic inits.	CSI
Sections of a barn	STALLS
Tried casually, with “in”	DABBLED …
Chilly	COLD (COLLATED – LATE)
Fresh start, metaphorically	CLEAN SLATE (CLEANS + LATE)
“You got it!”	YUP!
Draped garment	SARI
___ mater	ALMA
Work as an interpreter	TRANSLATE (TRANS + LATE)
Size option at Starbucks	VENTI (VENTILATE – LATE)
Sister ___ Prejean, author of the 1993 best seller “Dead Man Walking”	HELEN
Makes less difficult	EASES
Top, for instance, but not bottom	TOY
Onetime Ford executive	EDSEL
Cry of accomplishment	DONE!
It’s stored in a vein	ORE

Down

Clues	Answers
Nada	NIL
Good thing to give someone while standing	OVATION
Comebacks	RETORTS
Chicken king?	PERDUE
Chicken ___ king	A LA
What leftover salad greens do in the refrigerator	WILT
“I swear!”	NO LIE!
Took the bench, say	SAT
Lime chaser?	-ADE
Capped	LIMITED
More petulant, in a way	MOPIER
World Cup datum	ASSIST
“I really appreciate it!,” in textspeak	TYVM!
For one	EACH
For us	OUR
X	CHI
Pinch in the kitchen	SALT
Idle	LOAF
Slightly	A BIT
Camper’s protection	DEET
Camper’s detritus	ASH
Molt	SHED
Lazily lie	LOLL
“It was ___ dream”	ALL A
Big Sur runner beginning in 2020	IMAC
Euphemism for a lesbian couple	GAL PALS
Hybrid beverage in a Bloody Caesar cocktail	CLAMATO
One in 100	SENATOR
Points to, in a way	IDS
Cutter with a curve	SCYTHE
Saw the sights	TOURED
You might check their crossings: Abbr.	STS
Good name for a firefighter?	BLAISE
Something dingy?	BELL
Piece of an overhanging roof	EAVE
Stomach-dropping feeling	DREAD
“___ doing …”	IN SO
Former name signifier	NEE
Show with “featured players,” in brief	SNL
X	TEN
Body part affected by heterochromia	EYE