New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
RELAXED GAIT JOGTROT
Despot’s undoing COUP
Fast lane EXPRESSCHECKOUT
Holiday in which bánh chung cakes are eaten TET
Textile with roots in the Scottish Highlands TARTAN
Reality show about the perils of crabbing in the Bering Sea DEADLIESTCATCH
Vaquero’s ties BOLOS
Doo-wop’s ___ Na Na SHA
Any of the meats in a turducken, e.g. FOWL
Makes like a melting icicle DRIPS
WITHOUT A CLUE LOST
CUT DOWN HEWED
LETTER BEFORE IOTA THETA
___ PAN CREPE
Sitters on the farm HENS
Rhyming toys with colored pegs LITEBRITES
Online initialism of excitement FTW
Stopping points for runners BASES
You shouldn’t settle for it LESS
Emotion picture? TEARJERKER
Most populous city in the European Union BERLIN
Día de los Muertos prop SKULL
Small plant germ SEEDLET
Foldable parts of some cars REARSEATS
“We’re being framed!” ITSASETUP
They’re usually written in December LETTERSTOSANTA
Transported, as by water BORNE
“60 Minutes” journalist Lesley STAHL
Sheets of floating ice FLOES
LIKE NEW MATCHES UNLIT
DRINK MADE WITH STEAMED MILK LATTE
Alloy containing tin PEWTER
Frozen yogurt chain with a fruity name PINKBERRY
1/48 of a cup: Abbr. TSP
CRY DURING AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN SIBLINGS MOM
Expensive appetizer CAVIAR
Garments with strings APRONS
Way to be brushed or pulled ASIDE
TRADES JABS SPARS
Shanghai or Shenzhen SEAPORT
JUNGLE WARNING ROAR
Head-to-toe Islamic garment BURQA
Annual science fiction awards HUGOS
Apple cores, for short? CPUS
Rhyme for “soul” in “Frosty the Snowman” COAL
One catching bugs BETATESTER
Medicare section that covers ambulance services PARTB
English city in the county of Devon EXETER
Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population, after Montpelier PIERRE
Sport with a chair umpire TENNIS
French for “death” MORT
BRIEFLY FORABIT
It’s a bout done! TKO
Hula swayers HIPS
Court staffers LAWCLERKS
Amusement park attraction that often ends in a splash LOGRIDE
Wipe out at one’s desk, say ERASE
NEIGHBOR OF LATVIA BELARUS
New Mexico’s ___ Pueblo TAOS
Object of knightly quests GRAIL
Space station from 1986 to 2001 MIR
OUT OF ___ STEP
Second-place finish? ALTERNATEENDING
“God forbid!” PERISHTHETHOUGHT
Master’s musts THESES
Latin “is” EST
Pretends all is well ACTSNORMAL
Jazz standard with the lyric “I’m so tired of paying my dues” MOANIN
Bioré product PORESTRIP
Brought to tears, say MOVED
PUBLIC SQUARES FORA
MULTITUDE HOST
FULLY FILL SATE
MORE SARDONIC WRYER
Eight, in Italian OTTO
“O Rei do Futebol,” to Brazilians PELE
Rentals at a bowling alley SHOES
Wrap sheets? TORTILLAS
Some volunteer babysitters AUNTS
Windows might be found on these PCS
Shipwreck’s resting place, with “the” DEPTHS
Hybrid dog breed with curly hair SCHNOODLE
Tradition at the end of a graduation ceremony CAPTOSS
Prominent feature of Rudolph REDNOSE
Party game in which participants try to identify a secret assassin MAFIA
Get acclimated ORIENT
GODSENDS LIFESAVERS
PREFIX WITH -GRAPHIC GEO
___ X MALCOLM
MANY A CHRISTMAS TREE FIR
Spanish city where Picasso was born MALAGA
Sporty car roof options TTOPS
Subsequently occur ENSUE
Drink brand with lizards in its logo SOBE
Grp. that’s a year below 32-Across JRS
Only African nation where Spanish is an official language EQUATORIALGUINEA
Dudes abide by it BROCODE
AUTHOR SILVERSTEIN SHEL
Cats do it with their tongues BATHE
Cocktail made from peach nectar and Prosecco BELLINI
Chain store that sells many of its items for $1.25, curiously DOLLARTREE
One-named singer of 2008’s “American Boy” ESTELLE
PART OF A JAIL CELL IRONBAR
“___ No Sunshine” (1971 Bill Withers hit) AINT
BITS OF TRIVIA FACTS
FEEL SORE ACHE
PART OF MANY AN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNERDATE
Souvenir from an international vacation, maybe COIN
Protest that goes nowhere? SITIN
“Well, kinda” ISH
Align, as audio to video SYNC
Solidify, as a jiggly dessert JELL
What a waltzer counts to THREE
Ski lodge beverages COCOAS
Surrealist Kahlo FRIDA
SWEATS PERSPIRES
One of four for F.D.R. TERM
WHALE CONSTELLATION CETUS
Grp. that’s a year above 41-Across SRS
Widely shared, say VIRAL
Revs, as an engine GUNS
Members of a publishing dynasty HEARSTS
Travel-size makeup bag Vanitycase
Demanding sorts DIVAS