New York Times - Dec 27 2022

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Clues Answers
'Honest' guy on a five ABE
'I don't need to hear all that!' TMI
'Now I see!' AHA
'The Spanish Tragedy' dramatist Thomas KYD
42 weeks pregnant, e.g OVERDUE
Assault on the ears NOISE
Be crazy about ADORE
Bemoans, as a loss LAMENTS
Betray ... or a hint to what's found in this puzzle's shaded squares DOUBLECROSS
Blockhead OAF
Bring back to its original condition RESTORE
Catching some Z's ASLEEP
Caterpillar or tadpole LARVA
Charitable offerings of old ALMS
Classic car inits REO
Command for a soldier to relax STANDATEASE
Compañero AMIGO
Cookie once promoted with the line 'Take a lick — you'll love it' OREO
D.C.-based teachers' union NEA
Drifting ice mass FLOE
Fail to keep a promise RENEGE
Financially solvent AFLOAT
Former Exxon name ESSO
Glisten SPARKLE
Goes out of business CLOSES
Hauls into court SUES
Have as one's residence LIVEAT
Helpful pollinator BEE
Ice skate part BLADE
In the manner of ALA
Italy's outline BOOT
Joined together by heating FUSED
Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops SIDEARM
Mafia chief CAPO
Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk CASS
Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale BEANSTALK
Melville's '___ Budd' BILLY
Most serious GRAVEST
Name that's hidden in 'Easy does it' SYD
Clues Answers
Negotiator's skill DIPLOMACY
Nonhuman internet 'account holder' BOT
Ohio city on Lake Erie TOLEDO
One of the Gershwin brothers IRA
One of the Kardashians KIM
One with a booth at a flea market VENDOR
Org. that oversees court battles NBA
Passing craze FAD
Pen for horses on a ranch CORRAL
Plastic used in piping, for short PVC
Poet W. H. ___ AUDEN
PONG Quest gaming company ATARI
Post-disaster help, e.g AID
Pretends LETSON
Promotional snippets from a film CLIPS
Reddish purple MAGENTA
Relative of an ostrich EMU
Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael ASTIN
Sheepish utterance? BAA
Small groups of conspirators CABALS
Snoopy's breed BEAGLE
Sound that rebounds ECHO
Sound upgrade from mono STEREO
Spits rhymes, so to speak RAPS
Square footage AREA
State out loud SAY
Stock market purchases SHARES
Tableware for special guests CHINA
Take a breather REST
Texter's chortle LOL
Thickness, as of yarn PLY
Trojan hero in a Virgil epic AENEAS
Trucker's haul LOAD
U.S. TV regulator FCC
Unhinge mentally DERANGE
Weekend comedy hit, in brief SNL
White wine named for the European river valley where it's produced MOSELLE
Yeats's '___ and the Swan' LEDA
___ room (play space) REC