New York Times Crossword Answers December 26, 2023

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Author: Neil Shook
Editor: Will Shortz

Across

Fella BUB
Digits carried in long division ONES
Lightens up? PALES
A, as in Avignon UNE
Baby's first word, maybe DADA
Lacking pigment ALBINO
Frequent object of doting attention GRANDKID
Stunk REEKED
Gift for a budding architect, maybe LEGOSET
___ of the Union STATE
Shocking fish in the Amazon EELS
Dental concern DECAY
"Here's a short summary," in internet lingo TLDR
What Santa doesn't get much of on Christmas Eve SLEEP
UPS competitor DHL
Alto or soprano VOICE
Union of Hollywood performers, for short SAG
Begin, as an adventure EMBARKON
Govt. prosecutors DAS
Material for an interior renovation DRYWALL
Quash END
Best-case scenarios OPTIMUMS
Blouse or tee TOP
Fashion designer Kamali NORMA
"That's my ___!" ("I'm up!") CUE
Of the kidneys RENAL
Health resorts SPAS
Attired like Batman or Superman CAPED
Hand (out) DOLE
Extinct birds of Mauritius DODOS
Words that start a game of tag YOUREIT
Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" MTDOOM
Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares TOYBOXES
"I'll wait to hear from you" CALLME
___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason ERLE
Gerund suffix ING
Soft leather SUEDE
___-do-well NEER
General on a Chinese menu TSO

Down

Some military brass? BUGLES
Pull off a spool UNREEL
Long-eared hound BEAGLE
:1 or 5:2, e.g. ODDS
Unadorned NAKED
Readied for publication EDITED
Disconsolate SAD
"Not guilty," e.g. PLEA
Partner in crime ABETTOR
Have a crush on, cutesily LIKELIKE
Suffix with benz- ENE
Turf SOD
Showily bohemian ARTY
Middles of Mr. Potato Head faces NOSES
Actress Hayek SALMA
Destroys, as a dog might a stuffed animal CHEWSUP
Pest control brand DCON
Tear up REND
Lakshmi who wrote the memoir "Love, Loss, and What We Ate" PADMA
Bravery VALOR
"Despicable Me" protagonist GRU
Classic sandwich order, in brief BLT
Puts on DONS
Each APOP
Sit on, as a seesaw STRADDLE
Some recreation ctrs. YMCAS
Over-the-hill lament IMSOOLD
Three-time Cy Young winner Martinez PEDRO
Long-eared pal of Pooh EEYORE
"You can't leave this way" sign NOEXIT
U.F.O. crew ALIENS
"Move it, already!" LETSGO
Arrive COME
Arthur Conan ___ DOYLE
Part of a mosque, typically DOME
Transportation company headquartered in San Francisco UBER
Hosts, for short MCS
Letter after sigma TAU
What's rolled to get from Free Parking to Go to Jail, in Monopoly TEN