New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics USA
DIRECTOR EPHRON NORA
Real smooth SUAVE
What cilantro tastes like to some people SOAP
Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing SPLAT
BLAB TELL
Tidbit in a nutritious pudding CHIASEED
Bulgy belly button OUTIE
Department handling media inquiries PRESSOFFICE
Is distressing to EATSAT
HORNSWOGGLE CON
Like the direction of this answer ACROSS
MAKE A MISTAKE ERR
REFINED GRACE ELEGANCE
REMOVE, AS A BOTTLE CAP UNSCREW
DOUBLE ___ OREOS STUF
Timeout at work ? as represented visually by this puzzle’s circled letters COFFEEBREAK
Faller during fall LEAF
Packaging for a stack of cookies SLEEVE
Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash MISSAMERICA
Carelessly sits (down) PLOPS
Muppet with his own “world” on “Sesame Street” ELMO
Blingy piece of neckwear CHAIN
Teddy Grahams shape BEAR
Ingredient in bug spray DEET
Initials on an “Organic” sticker USDA
Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants SIMMS
Sun, in San Juan SOL
“That’s the word on the street” SOIHEAR
Good with a paintbrush, perhaps ARTISTIC
Loses one’s hair BALDS
Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time POETIC
Cat with a colorful coat CALICO
Place to get a cucumber mask SPA
GUACAMOLE INGREDIENT AVOCADO
Calcutta currency RUPEE
ANIMATION FRAME CEL
FALL BEHIND LAG
This stinks! ODOR
ESPY SPOT
“I’ve got it!” AHA
“Don’t mind ___ do” IFI
PREFIX WITH -CERATOPS TRI
COMING IN HANDY OFUSE
BELGRADE NATIVES SERBS
Discount offer SALE
U-pick locale FARM
Observant quality KEENNESS
The “F” of F.B.I. FEDERAL
Lip-plumping injection FILLER
Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement ISOMER
Behind the ___ SCENES
King’s domain REALM
Drugstore that prints famously long receipts CVS
GESTURE OF APPROVAL NOD
BITS OF WISDOM PEARLS
EGG CELLS OVA
NO LONGER WORKING: ABBR. RET
BAD TEMPER SPLEEN
DECLARE ASSERT
WORTH VALUE
HABEAS CORPUS, E.G. WRIT
End of a college URL EDU
HI-___ IMAGE RES
Enemy of the Jedi SITH
SOME LAPTOPS PCS
ANN ___, MICH. ARBOR
STAND IN THE WAY OF IMPEDE
___ DHABI ABU
PELVIC BONE ILIUM
WORD ON THE STREET? STOP
Crumbly Greek cheeses FETAS
Yes, in Japanese HAI
Eagle’s nest AERIE