New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ADO HOOPLA
Amazing bargains STEALS
ALPHABET ENDER, IN BRITAIN ZED
___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove) TUSH
Office monitor, in brief OSHA
“You’re on!” DEAL
Elves have pointy ones EARS
MOTHER OF ZEUS RHEA
Something collected for genealogy testing DNASAMPLE
“The ___ of Pooh” (Benjamin Hoff book) TAO
Word before room or key ESCAPE
LAGO CONTENTS AGUA
Moisturizing stick LIPBALM
MAKE AN ENGRAVING ETCH
Uber calculation, for short ETA
What you may have to do if someone doesn’t take charge? PAYCASH
Entered hurriedly RANIN
Toy that spins TOP
Repeated exclamation in the song “Hot Hot Hot” OLE
Game with Draw 4 cards UNO
What some bees collect in special “baskets” on their legs POLLEN
NPR HOST SHAPIRO ARI
Deborah of “The King and I” KERR
Color associated with Santa since an 1881 Thomas Nast cartoon RED
APPEASE, AS HUNGER SATE
Subject of a famous F.D.R. quote FEAR
Fossilized tree resin AMBER
CELEBRITY GOSSIP SITE TMZ
Calumniate SMEAR
PLACE, AS A WAGER LAY
Books it? READS
CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF ESPIED
GREAT LAKE WITH THE SHORTEST NAME ERIE
PERFECT WORLD UTOPIA
Something carbon monoxide lacks ODOR
Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say ATE
SEOUL-BASED AUTOMAKER KIA
LUMMOX OAF
Nail polish brand with “Funny Bunny” and “Bubble Bath” shades OPI
Yosemite peak, familiarly ELCAP
“Crazy Rich ___” (hit 2018 film) ASIANS
AGES AND AGES EON
GREEK T TAU
HAVE A GO AT TRY
MOLE SPY
Image on a “Fleece Navidad” sweater, perhaps SHEEP
Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle THENUTCRACKER
Astronaut Ellen who was the first Hispanic woman in space OCHOA
Title pig of children’s TV PEPPA
Irish jig, for one STEPDANCE
Deep-fried cookies at a county fair OREOS
GREEK GODDESS OF THE HEARTH HESTIA
Latvian or Liechtensteiner EUROPEAN
“And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose” (“A Visit From St. Nicholas” excerpt) NOD
Exchanged messages, say TEXTED
SKATER LIPINSKI TARA
MILD CHILI DESIGNATION ONEALARM
Last mo. of summer vacation AUG
Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930s CANETOAD
“Can I help you?” YES
“Nevertheless …” THATSAID
TICKETMASTER ADD-ON FEE
Singer Lewis with a cameo in “Back to the Future” HUEY
WALL ST. DEBUT IPO
TROUNCE, INFORMALLY WHUP
“That’s strange …” ODD
“Let me think …” HMM
BIRD ON THE CANADIAN DOLLAR COIN LOON
College athlete who plays in “The Swamp” GATOR
Seattle team with which Sue Bird won four W.N.B.A. championships STORM
Not counting EXCEPT
One might be made with a snow shovel PATH
AVAILABLE FROM A KEG ONDRAFT
Confidentiality contract, for short NDA
“Molto ___” BENE
Treater’s words ONME
SOUND OF AN EPIPHANY AHA
Ref’s ring ruling TKO
PARTNER OF READY AND WILLING ABLE
“That’s disgusting!” EWGROSS