New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 24

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