New York Times 2024 12 11 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Actress who said “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”	MAEWEST
KETO DIET NO-NO	BREAD
NOT AS MUCH	LESS
Come clean, with “up”	FESS
ART DECO ICON	ERTE
___ LEE	SARA
“Wheels”	VEHICLE
“Now I get it!”	AHA
Car stolen by Jerry’s mechanic on an episode of “Seinfeld”	SAAB
Fresno-to-San Diego dir.	SSE
Part of I.P.A.	ALE
TOLERATE	ABIDE
Tousle, as hair	MUSS
Like some nerves and strings	TAUT
JANE AUSTEN HEROINE	EMMA
SPA TREATMENT, INFORMALLY	PEDI
OLD TV HOOKUP	VCR
Wins the heart of	ENAMORS
Detergent in a red bottle	ERA
Salt Lake Valley people	UTE
HAD BECAUSE OF	OWEDTO
Presented to, as for approval	RANPAST
MOOCHERS	FREELOADERS
Repositions, as tires	ROTATES
INSULT, INFORMALLY	DISS
Takes back to the lab, maybe	RETESTS
Actor who narrates “The Big Lebowski”	SAMELLIOTT
1-Across competitor	GAMER
SEEMINGLY FOREVER	EON
OCTOBER REVOLUTION LEADER	LENIN
Variety of cooking apple	ROME
Equipment for an angioplasty	STENTS
Billionaire philanthropist Broad	ELI
Mildly wet	DAMP
WAITS PATIENTLY	HANGSTIGHT
Half of a cassette	SIDEA
BEAUCOUP	ALOADOF
Doing a musical read-through	REHEARSING
Assault with sound	DEAFEN
Description of this puzzle’s circled letters, and a clue to what they spell	INONESENSE
DIVERSION	PASTIME
___ sauce (Japanese condiment)	EEL
“___ death do us part”	TIL
IT MAY BE TEMPTED	FATE
YES VOTES	AYES
HOMO SAPIENS	MAN
Field for a Fortnite pro	ESPORTS
Carry-on checkers, for short	TSA
PRECEDING	PRIORTO
Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.	EMOJI
One might be good, bad or rotten	EGG
Irish dances	JIGS
BUSINESS CARD ABBR.	TEL
“Like that’s ever going to happen”	ASIF
Appliance with a door and a crumb tray	TOASTEROVEN
The N.H.L.’s Kraken, on scoreboards	SEA
HOSP. WARD	ICU
Took advantage of a situation, so to speak	MADEHAY
POETRY CONTEST	SLAM
Attendee who’s not on the guest list	CRASHER
Back 40 makeup	ACRES
Villainous animal in “The Lion King”	HYENA
Now’s partner	THEN
SOURCE OF ZEST	PEEL
Place to muck about?	STY
___-call list	DONOT
“Guess so,” folksily	ISPOSE
CALL ___ NIGHT	ITA
Elaine who served in two presidential cabinets	CHAO
Japan’s ___ Period (1603-1868)	EDO
Epic work that begins “Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles”	ILIAD
Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-V	MINISUV
Judy who wrote “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”	BLUME
Pride : lion :: gaggle : ___	GOOSE

Actress who said “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”

MAEWEST

KETO DIET NO-NO

BREAD

NOT AS MUCH

LESS

Come clean, with “up”

FESS

ART DECO ICON

ERTE

___ LEE

SARA