NYT Crossword Answers 10/28/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Many a customer service assistant, nowadaysBOT
• 4 Animal on the state seal of MaineMOOSE
• 9 Lacking slackTAUT
• 13 Blackjack card worth 1 or 11ACE
• 14 Friend of Mickey and GoofyDONALD
• 15 Actress KendrickANNA
• 16 “___ all good!”ITS
• 17 Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hillJACKANDJILL
• 19 How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipeTOTASTE
• 21 Southeast Asian languageLAO
• 22 Knotted neckwearTIE
• 23 Susceptible to sunburnPALE
• 24 “Four score and seven years ___ ?”AGO
• 26 Pesky summer swarmGNATS
• 28 Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wallHUMPTYDUMPTY
• 31 Doesn’t wasteUSES
• 32 DineEAT
• 33 How heavy metal bands typically playLOUDLY
• 37 ___ Z, a.k.a. ZoomersGEN
• 38 Comedian Schumer or PoehlerAMY
• 39 VerbalizeSAY
• 40 Water, in FrenchEAU
• 41 Subject of a willESTATE
• 43 “My Zoom joke flopped ? I guess it’s not remotely funny,” e.g.PUN
• 44 Marx who co-wrote “The Communist Manifesto”KARL
• 45 Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructureLONDONBRIDGE
• 48 Energy, idiomaticallySTEAM
• 51 Flat tire’s lackAIR
• 52 Fashion magazine with a palindromic nameELLE
• 53 Commodity measured in barrelsOIL
• 54 HypotheticalsIFS
• 56 Typeface used for emphasisITALICS
• 59 Nickname for the World Series ? or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across?FALLCLASSIC
• 62 Word repeated in a double negativeNOT
• 63 Operatic highlightARIA
• 64 PurposeINTENT
• 65 Barely scratch (out)EKE
• 66 Quality of a hoarse voiceRASP
• 67 Drunk-ishTIPSY
• 68 Work with needle and threadSEW

Vertical Clues

• 1 Angler’s supplyBAIT
• 2 Eight-armed creaturesOCTOPUSES
• 3 The Bible has an Old and New oneTESTAMENT
• 4 Obstacle for a would-be castle attackerMOAT
• 5 How often many people brush their teeth (avert your eyes, dentists!)ONCEADAY
• 6 Acorn-bearing treeOAK
• 7 Downhill skiing eventSLALOM
• 8 Poet St. Vincent MillayEDNA
• 9 ___ MahalTAJ
• 10 R&B singer BakerANITA
• 11 Like birthday candles before the party startsUNLIT
• 12 StoriesTALES
• 14 Turn at the turntables, for shortDJSET
• 18 One might be squeaky or shaped like a boneDOGTOY
• 20 “Napoleon Crossing the ___” (painting series)ALPS
• 25 BellyGUT
• 27 Sch. in Lower ManhattanNYU
• 28 GinormousHUGE
• 29 Country south of Saudi ArabiaYEMEN
• 30 Fallback optionPLANB
• 34 “Submit by” datesDEADLINES
• 35 Beverage with a Big Mac, perhapsLARGECOKE
• 36 Christmas seasonYULE
• 38 Kind of clock that’s ultrapreciseATOMIC
• 39 They brighten everyone’s daysSUNRISES
• 42 ___ carteALA
• 43 Hawaiian taro dishPOI
• 44 Pass idly, as timeKILL
• 46 Bottled water brandDASANI
• 47 Respond to a stimulusREACT
• 48 To dateSOFAR
• 49 Sparkly headwearTIARA
• 50 ___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants)ELLIS
• 55 Dart aroundFLIT
• 57 Very smallTINY
• 58 Hearty meal in a bowlSTEW
• 60 Place for a snuggly catLAP
• 61 Valvoline competitorSTP