NYT Crossword Answers 10/17/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Fed the kitty, perhapsCATSAT
• 7 SalveBALM
• 11 #1 palBFF
• 14 Hercule’s creatorAGATHA
• 15 One who might make a comeback?ALUM
• 16 Hebrew name meaning “my God”ELI
• 17 Much ado about some punctuation?PERIODDRAMA
• 19 No proCON
• 20 It’s often gained by knockingENTRY
• 21 Only city that entirely surrounds a countryROME
• 22 Request from Oliver TwistMORE
• 23 Nutrition fig.RDA
• 24 Anger over a grammatically incorrect sentence?RUNONFUMES
• 26 She served on the court with Antonin and AnthonySANDRA
• 29 Silky fabricsSATINS
• 30 Hunting cap featureEARLAP
• 34 1930s vice president John ___ GarnerNANCE
• 35 Harsh words regarding the past and the present?TENSEEXCHANGE
• 38 Harbor sightsBOATS
• 39 Take offDEPART
• 40 Commercial success?ADSALE
• 42 Shipmate of Capt. KirkLTSULU
• 46 Brawl over what to call a piece of writing?TITLEFIGHT
• 50 Toddler’s need, maybeNAP
• 51 Grassy expansesLEAS
• 52 RegardingINRE
• 53 Build, as a relationshipFORGE
• 55 PossibilitiesIFS
• 56 Punny summary of the battle between editor and writer seen in 17-, 24-, 35- and 46-Across?ALTERCATION
• 58 Ornamental pond fishKOI
• 59 Cross pathsMEET
• 60 Pill bug, e.g.ISOPOD
• 61 The Middle Ages or the RenaissanceERA
• 62 ___ Nublar, fictional setting of “Jurassic Park”ISLA
• 63 Ending point of the first marathonATHENS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Sprinkling on a lox bagelCAPERS
• 2 What is to be done?AGENDA
• 3 Pattern of intersecting stripesTARTAN
• 4 Use a spoon, saySTIR
• 5 What Alexander Graham Bell suggested as the standard telephone-answering greetingAHOY
• 6 Thomas Lincoln, familiarlyTAD
• 7 Industry mogulBARON
• 8 Don’t you forget it!ALAMO
• 9 Light unitsLUMENS
• 10 Violent sport, for shortMMA
• 11 Flattering, as clothingBECOMING
• 12 First city in Europe with paved streets (1339)FLORENCE
• 13 TouchFINESSE
• 18 Gru’s twin brother in the “Despicable Me” franchiseDRU
• 22 Blue lobsters and white tigers, e.g.MUTANTS
• 24 Half-baked?RARE
• 25 Drawings that might encounter problems with intellectual property lawFANART
• 27 Consonants articulated with the tongue against the upper teethDENTALS
• 28 Do some grapplin’RASSLE
• 31 Was upLED
• 32 Big feller?AXE
• 33 Drug also called “rocket fuel” or “ozone,” for shortPCP
• 35 Absolutely amazingTODIEFOR
• 36 One side of a perpetual war in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four”EASTASIA
• 37 “Stop right there!”HALT
• 38 Tall and pointy, as earsBATLIKE
• 41 Uses TurboTax, perhapsEFILES
• 43 Green, sayUNRIPE
• 44 Scenic spot to snorkelLAGOON
• 45 OverturnsUPENDS
• 47 DirtINTEL
• 48 Climate activist ThunbergGRETA
• 49 Billy Joel’s “Tell ___ About It”HER
• 53 Observe Ramadan, in a wayFAST
• 54 “Then again ?,” in a textOTOH
• 56 Bon ___AMI
• 57 K.G.B. rival during the Cold WarCIA