New York Times Crossword Answers December 17, 2022

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Author: Christina Iverson and Tom Pepper
Editor: Will Shortz

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Psychs KEYSUP
Certain parental figure? DADBOD
One confined to a cell? AMOEBA
Place with multiple ports WINEBAR
The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey MAULER
"Ideas worth spreading" series TEDTALKS
It makes scents! AIRFRESHENER
Gifts often given with kisses LEIS
Shut (up) PENT
Informal times of day AFTS
One with sole possession? SHOE
Chicago mayor Lightfoot LORI
It's a trap SNARE
Great deal TON
"I'll take another" HITME
Void ANNUL
Org. whose motto is "Per Ardua ad Astra" RAF
Like the Northern Lights AURORAL
Souvenir shop purchase TEE
It goes without saying AXIOM
Act big? EMOTE
Bae HON
Forked-tailed fliers TERNS
Something that may be cut and then cured MEAT
Michael of "Life & Beth" CERA
"Ah, yes, understood" ISEE
No-frills retirement options? COTS
Bit of silliness GOOF
Not getting involved in any nastiness ABOVETHEFRAY
Ralphie's wish in "A Christmas Story" REDRYDER
Recorded ONFILE
Detail-oriented sort IDOTTER
Clerical worker? PRIEST
Made too much of something, perhaps GUSHED
Honorific that translates to "born before" SENSEI

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Hindu god of love and desire KAMA
Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly EMAILHOAXES
Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak YOUREONFIRE
Something you reach out and take SELFIE
Eschews a cab, say UBERS
Winnow PARE
"___ bat an eye" DIDNT
Pay to play ANTE
Start of an old advice column DEARANN
Crude meas. BBL
Common street name OAK
Practice group?: Abbr. DRS
Outdoor event with long sticks, informally WEENIEROAST
Cold shower? THERMOMETER
"I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he's gone": Steven Wright SPOTREMOVER
Some modern media-related speculations FANTHEORIES
Start of many a trick question TRUEORFALSE
Gomez who got her start on "Barney & Friends" SELENA
Overcast clouds STRATI
Lucy of "Why Women Kill" LIU
Pitcher's aim? SALE
Big actors HAMS
Court fig. ATT
Here ONEARTH
Final resting place COFFIN
Like some hard-to-read messages CODED
Soul, for one GENRE
Storage unit BYTE
Buds for brewers HOPS
Subject of a Nepali hunting license YETI
Fix RIG
Alternative to .com or .org EDU
Shags, e.g. DOS