Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Tuesday December 15, 2020.
Acid’ – LSD
‘But then again …,’ in a text – OTOH
‘Darn it!’ – SHOOT
‘You crack me up,’ in a text – LOL
‘Yup, absolutely right’ – TRUEDAT
‘___ anything’ – ASKME
‘___ be an honor!’ – ITD
Actress Zellweger – RENEE
All-encompassing – ATOZ
Annual video game competition, for short – EVO
Bag with an NPR logo, maybe – TOTE
Bearded figure in a classic poster – UNCLESAM
Beaten to a news scoop in Los Angeles? – BEHINDTHETIMES
Bit of animation – CEL
Bright part of Rudolph – NOSE
British rule in India – RAJ
Bronze finisher’s place – THIRD
Cal Ripken, for his entire major-league career – ORIOLE
Cheese go-with – MAC
Comic Fields on old Ed Sullivan shows – TOTIE
Crab traps – POTS
Cutting board wood – TEAK
Diarist Frank – ANNE
Donations to the poor – ALMS
Female grouses – HENS
Go for the gold? – MINE
Greece/Turkey separator – AEGEANSEA
H.S. math for some college-bound students – APCALC
Hawaiian taro dish – POI
Indian ox – ZEBU
John D. Rockefeller, for one – OILBARON
Like ‘A Star Is Born,’ repeatedly – REMADE
Locale for an outdoor Japanese party – TEAGARDEN
Lowest workers – PEONS
Male calendar figures – STUDS
Misbehaving toddler – TERROR
Nickname for the 1967 N.F.L. Championship Game, famously played at about -15° – ICEBOWL
One of 17 in Monopoly – AVENUE
One of 28 in Monopoly – DEED
Org. for Kings and Senators – NHL
Parisian priest – PERE
Part of orange juice that’s not juice – PULP
PBS-funding org – NEA
Permeated by – RIFEWITH
Prefix with political or physics – GEO
Record spinners, informally – DJS
See 21-Down – EYE
See 24-Across – WAS
Sharp split – SCHISM
Short, quick breath – PANT
Sleeping spot for a baby – CRIB
Something dropped in a mystery novel – CLUE
Sound from a floorboard – CREAK
Source of information leaked by Edward Snowden, for short – NSA
Stars-and-stripes land, informally – USOFA
Start over on a blackboard – ERASE
Sticky note – POSTIT
Stocks up on again – REORDERS
Surface competitor – IPAD
Talk show queen named after a figure in Ruth – OPRAH
The ugly duckling, eventually – SWAN
Threw, as a party – HOSTED
Together, in music – ADUE
Try to pick up – HITON
U.N.C. and Clemson are in it – ACC
Use a ‘+’ sign – ADD
Wear, as something snazzy – SPORT
Welcome at the door – SEEIN
Well-ventilated – AIRY
What a boater might have hands-on experience with? – OAR
Where a Baltimore news reader’s desk might be found? – UNDERTHESUN
Where one might find Boston news reporters? – AROUNDTHEGLOBE
With 13-Down, means of viewing sans telescope – NAKED
With 25-Across, ‘___ saying …’ – ASI
___ Bell – TACO
___-Magnon – CRO
