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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Thursday December 12, 2024 is displayed below.
| 1 Strike one! | POSE |
| 5 Word with slow or strawberry | JAM |
| 8 "___ gusto" ("Nice to meet you," in Spanish) | MUCHO |
| 13 Can | JOHN |
| 14 Spanish article | UNA |
| 15 Paella base | ARROZ |
| 16 Domino pip, e.g. | SPOT |
| 17 Party crashers, perhaps | STRANGERS |
| 19 Part of a bat that produces the best contact | SWEETSPOT |
| 21 Small nail | BRAD |
| 22 Express publicly | AIR |
| 23 Saint, in Rio | SAO |
| 25 "A Beautiful Mind" director Howard | RON |
| 27 Balayage providers | SALONS |
| 32 ___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winner | IGA |
| 33 Cake part | TIER |
| 35 Fresh | ANEW |
| 36 Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder | CATCHAIR |
| 40 Times for holiday parties | EVES |
| 41 Boomer in a band | TUBA |
| 42 It makes Max profits | HBO |
| 43 Italian dynasty that produced four popes | MEDICI |
| 46 Bit of kitchenware | PAN |
| 47 "Cleopatra With the ___" (Reni painting) | ASP |
| 48 Hosp. staffers | RNS |
| 50 Branch of a sort | SECT |
| 52 Three-digit numbers in parentheses | AREACODES |
| 57 Low-key place for gnocchi | TRATTORIA |
| 58 Toon with a monkey named Boots | DORA |
| 60 Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage) | LATTE |
| 61 Human thing to do | ERR |
| 62 Waze figs. | ETAS |
| 63 Easy to understand | CLEAR |
| 64 Hits up on Instagram, for short | DMS |
| 65 Meeting, informally | SESH |
| 1 A family might have matching ones, for short | PJS |
| 2 "D'oh!" | OOPS |
| 3 Strutted one's stuff | SHOWBOATED |
| 4 Maze prompt | ENTER |
| 5 Line below a swoosh | JUSTDOIT |
| 6 Pantry problem | ANTS |
| 7 "I Feel Pretty" singer in "West Side Story" | MARIA |
| 8 Mind repeating that? | MANTRA |
| 9 "Irresistible" feeling | URGE |
| 10 Language from which we get "Manitoba" and "Saskatchewan" | CREE |
| 11 Motorist's warning | HORN |
| 12 The "40" in a malt liquor 40: Abbr. | OZS |
| 18 x, y or z | AXIS |
| 20 The world at your feet? | EARTH |
| 23 Order to an attack dog | SICEM |
| 24 Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to drought | AGAVE |
| 26 Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L. | NEWT |
| 28 Nonexpert | LAY |
| 29 "While we're discussing it ..." | ONTHATNOTE |
| 30 Novice gamers, informally | NEWBS |
| 31 Word after one fell? | SWOOP |
| 34 Extend, as a contract | REUP |
| 37 Show with a "Cyber" spinoff | CSI |
| 38 Suns that shine? | NBASTARS |
| 39 Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857) | TANEY |
| 44 Sign of impact | CRATER |
| 45 Deets | INFO |
| 49 Begat | SIRED |
| 51 Writes in C or R, say | CODES |
| 52 Kazakhstan's ___ Sea | ARAL |
| 53 Quoted figure | RATE |
| 54 Pioneering blues guitarist Baker | ETTA |
| 55 Unyielding | FIRM |
| 56 ___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24 | ERAS |
| 57 Pampering, for short | TLC |
| 59 Tree with so-called helicopter seeds | ASH |