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The full solution for the NY Times Crossword puzzle on Thursday December 26, 2024 is displayed below.
| 1 Targets of crunches, informally | ABS |
| 4 "Smart" guy | ALEC |
| 8 Vibes | AURAS |
| 13 Hawaiian dish with cubed fish | POKEBOWL |
| 15 Perceptive | ASTUTE |
| 16 End-of-year hope | PAYRAISE |
| 17 Lawyers, collectively | THEBAR |
| 18 Astronauts' outpost, for short | ISS |
| 19 Like the last name of swimming legend Diana Nyad | APT |
| 21 Original N.Y.C. subway line | IRT |
| 22 Vampire hunter's weapon | STAKE |
| 25 "Well, that's just perfect" | GREAT |
| 27 Telluride maker (that's 6,000+ miles away from Telluride) | KIA |
| 28 Faith Hill hit with the lyric "It's perpetual bliss" | THISKISS |
| 29 Slim-fitting bottom | PENCILSKIRT |
| 31 Humorist Bombeck | ERMA |
| 32 Spoiled | BAD |
| 33 Forgo a ring, maybe | KNOCK |
| 35 Fills in the gaps of, in a way | PUTTIES |
| 37 Futuristic zappers | RAYGUNS |
| 39 Samira Wiley's role on "The Handmaid's Tale" | MOIRA |
| 40 Pops | DAD |
| 41 A thing of the passed? | OBIT |
| 42 Wetland fuel source | PEATBOG |
| 44 Breaking the fourth wall, say | META |
| 45 Cartoon frame | CEL |
| 47 Snarkily disparaging | SNIDE |
| 48 Like a baby in need of burping | GASSY |
| 49 Dismiss abruptly | AXE |
| 50 Dutch banking giant | ING |
| 51 Get to 21 first in cornhole, e.g. | WIN |
| 52 Oscar nominee for "Carrie" | SPACEK |
| 55 Peak picker-uppers, as depicted three times in this puzzle's grid | SKILIFTS |
| 60 "Money talks" | CASHISKING |
| 61 Unapproved, pharmaceutically | OFFLABEL |
| 62 Remained home for supper | ATEIN |
| 63 CBS drama with five spinoffs | NCIS |
| 64 In need of salt, say | ICY |
| 1 Home screen selection | APP |
| 2 Stole onstage | BOA |
| 3 Difficult area of a jigsaw puzzle, maybe | SKY |
| 4 Humble | ABASE |
| 5 Lane in DC? | LOIS |
| 6 Grossed-out cries | EWS |
| 7 Given the go-ahead | CLEARED |
| 8 Pizza oven residue | ASH |
| 9 Beehive State native | UTE |
| 10 Toys once marketed as having "Over three billion combinations, but only one solution" | RUBIKSCUBES |
| 11 Chess : check :: go : ___ | ATARI |
| 12 Tempur-Pedic competitor | SERTA |
| 14 Early 20th-century composer who introduced the typewriter as a percussion instrument | ERIKSATIE |
| 15 Negative campaign tactic | ATTACKAD |
| 20 Signature item | PEN |
| 22 Prefix with any family member | STEP |
| 23 Steady engine sound | THRUM |
| 24 Focus on making others happy | AIMTOPLEASE |
| 25 They might accompany SAT scores | GPAS |
| 26 Minute | TINY |
| 30 Slangy term for an obsession with branded fashion items | LOGOMANIA |
| 32 Coffeehouse poets | BEATNIKS |
| 34 Sweaters and such | KNITS |
| 36 401(k) alternatives | IRAS |
| 37 Short-lived fashion | RAGE |
| 38 Court-ordered delay | STAY |
| 40 Lewis Carroll's real last name, hence Lewis's last name in "Jurassic Park" | DODGSON |
| 43 Hamper, e.g. | BIN |
| 45 Caesar's first stabber | CASCA |
| 46 One living abroad | EXPAT |
| 48 Bass organs | GILLS |
| 51 Something that's often free in airports but expensive on airplanes | WIFI |
| 53 Life force | CHI |
| 54 Köln one | EIN |
| 56 Fast-food chain with 30,000+ locations | KFC |
| 57 "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" org. | FBI |
| 58 Gumshoe | TEC |
| 59 Roguish | SLY |