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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Friday December 20, 2024 is displayed below.
| 1 Abbr. in a scholarly paper | ETAL |
| 5 Places with scrubs and masks | SPAS |
| 9 Acquire, informally | SCORE |
| 14 Common motifs in high art? | MARIJUANALEAVES |
| 17 Major success stories in the entrepreneurial world | UNICORNSTARTUPS |
| 18 Goddess often depicted clothed in green | GAIA |
| 19 Triumph | WIN |
| 20 Barn greeting | MOO |
| 21 #1 overall, say | TOPSEEDED |
| 26 One of three in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" | ACT |
| 29 2023 film in which Michael Jordan is only shown from behind | AIR |
| 30 Check mark alternatives | XES |
| 32 Symbol of America's first transcontinental railroad | THEGOLDENSPIKE |
| 38 Veins, e.g. | MINERALDEPOSITS |
| 40 Harsh sentences? | TONGUETWISTERS |
| 41 Mens ___ | REA |
| 42 Pablo Neruda wrote one to a large tuna in the market | ODE |
| 43 Where to watch the cubs | DEN |
| 44 Young and inexperienced, so to speak | SNOTNOSED |
| 49 Egg ___ yung | FOO |
| 52 Subject of 199 silkscreen paintings by Warhol | MAO |
| 53 Softballs | LOBS |
| 56 "Sorry, those secrets are *beyond* classified" | IDHAVETOKILLYOU |
| 62 Refuse to sign one's work, say | REMAINANONYMOUS |
| 63 Like the ruins in Tulum | MAYAN |
| 64 It comes straight from the horse's mouth | REIN |
| 65 Willing partner | ABLE |
| 1 Rhea's relative | EMU |
| 2 Sharpness | TANG |
| 3 Performance that might elicit a "Brava!" | ARIA |
| 4 Allowed | LICIT |
| 5 Lead-in to pass | SUR |
| 6 Certain film shot, or film reaction | PAN |
| 7 Had carte blanche | ANSWEREDTONOONE |
| 8 French composer who influenced Ravel and Debussy | SATIE |
| 9 Spanish 101 verb | SER |
| 10 Garfield, for one | CAT |
| 11 Largest cell in the human body | OVUM |
| 12 Certain seizure | REPO |
| 13 Aptly named descendant of Standard Oil | ESSO |
| 15 John, in Portuguese | JOAO |
| 16 Sighting from the crow's nest | LAND |
| 22 Micronesian nation | PALAU |
| 23 Move like a crab | SIDLE |
| 24 M.L.B. team that once drafted Tom Brady | EXPOS |
| 25 Many a founding father, religiously | DEIST |
| 26 Place to take notes | ATM |
| 27 I.O.U. | CHIT |
| 28 Lin-Manuel Miranda, vocally | TENOR |
| 31 Came down after getting lifted up? | SKIED |
| 33 Pool contents | GENES |
| 34 Lymph node, e.g. | ORGAN |
| 35 Hairstyle change | NEWDO |
| 36 Masters of disguise | SPIES |
| 37 French 101 verb | ETRE |
| 39 Fig. that's often redacted | SSN |
| 45 The sun emerging from the clouds at exactly the right time, say | OMEN |
| 46 Member of the Golden Horde | TATAR |
| 47 2024 M.L.B. All-Star ___ De La Cruz | ELLY |
| 48 Dish whose name is Turkish for "stuffed" | DOLMA |
| 49 Like some handshakes and mattresses | FIRM |
| 50 Ancient music halls | ODEA |
| 51 "Jeepers!" | OHMY |
| 54 Letters on an invite | BYOB |
| 55 "'Hope' is the thing with feathers / That perches in the ___": Emily Dickinson | SOUL |
| 57 Org. with towers | AAA |
| 58 Chablis, e.g. | VIN |
| 59 Splash of orange in a Japanese pond | KOI |
| 60 Stay there! | INN |
| 61 Milk | USE |