New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 16

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