Tuesday December 24, 2024 NYT Crossword Answers 🎯

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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Tuesday December 24, 2024 is displayed below.



ACROSS CLUES


1 Image on a "Fleece Navidad" sweater, perhaps SHEEP
6 Elves have pointy ones EARS
10 Ref's ring ruling TKO
13 Exchanged messages, say TEXTED
15 "Nevertheless ..." THATSAID
17 Word before room or key ESCAPE
18 Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930s CANETOAD
19 Enjoyed a gingerbread man, say ATE
20 One might be made with a snow shovel PATH
22 Wall St. debut IPO
23 Moisturizing stick LIPBALM
25 Available from a keg ONDRAFT
29 Appease, as hunger SATE
30 Alphabet ender, in Britain ZED
32 Fossilized tree resin AMBER
33 Confidentiality contract, for short NDA
36 Bird on the Canadian dollar coin LOON
38 Place, as a wager LAY
39 Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzle THENUTCRACKER
43 Ï„ TAU
44 Lago contents AGUA
45 Ticketmaster add-on FEE
46 Deep-fried cookies at a county fair OREOS
48 Mole SPY
50 Mother of Zeus RHEA
54 What you may have to do if someone doesn't take charge? PAYCASH
56 "That's disgusting!" EWGROSS
59 "Let me think ..." HMM
60 Office monitor, in brief OSHA
61 Nail polish brand with "Funny Bunny" and "Bubble Bath" shades OPI
62 Latvian or Liechtensteiner EUROPEAN
66 Perfect world UTOPIA
68 Mild chili designation ONEALARM
69 What some bees collect in special "baskets" on their legs POLLEN
70 "And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas" excerpt) NOD
71 Great Lake with the shortest name ERIE
72 Books it? READS

DOWN CLUES


1 Amazing bargains STEALS
2 Greek goddess of the hearth HESTIA
3 Not counting EXCEPT
4 Uber calculation, for short ETA
5 Title pig of children's TV PEPPA
6 Make an engraving ETCH
7 Sound of an epiphany AHA
8 Entered hurriedly RANIN
9 Irish jig, for one STEPDANCE
10 "The ___ of Pooh" (Benjamin Hoff book) TAO
11 Seoul-based automaker KIA
12 "That's strange ..." ODD
14 "You're on!" DEAL
16 Seattle team with which Sue Bird won four W.N.B.A. championships STORM
21 Celebrity gossip site TMZ
24 "Molto ___" BENE
25 Something carbon monoxide lacks ODOR
26 Partner of ready and willing ABLE
27 Subject of a famous F.D.R. quote FEAR
28 Have a go at TRY
31 Yosemite peak, familiarly ELCAP
34 Something collected for genealogy testing DNASAMPLE
35 Last mo. of summer vacation AUG
37 Lummox OAF
39 Skater Lipinski TARA
40 Singer Lewis with a cameo in "Back to the Future" HUEY
41 ___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove) TUSH
42 Deborah of "The King and I" KERR
43 Toy that spins TOP
47 Astronaut Ellen who was the first Hispanic woman in space OCHOA
49 "Can I help you?" YES
51 Ado HOOPLA
52 Caught a glimpse of ESPIED
53 "Crazy Rich ___" (hit 2018 film) ASIANS
55 Calumniate SMEAR
57 Trounce, informally WHUP
58 College athlete who plays in "The Swamp" GATOR
60 Treater's words ONME
62 Ages and ages EON
63 Game with Draw 4 cards UNO
64 Color associated with Santa since an 1881 Thomas Nast cartoon RED
65 NPR host Shapiro ARI
67 Repeated exclamation in the song "Hot Hot Hot" OLE