NYT Crossword Answers 10/31/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Go downhill fast, maybeSLED
• 5 InstigateFOMENT
• 11 Little whileBIT
• 14 Adjective often paired with “hearty”HALE
• 15 The “boy” in the Broadway lyric “Never before has a boy wanted more!”OLIVER
• 16 Cruise throughACE
• 17 “Duh!,” in textspeakOBVS
• 18 Noted convention center?GENEVA
• 19 “Moo, ___, La La La!” (children’s book)BAA
• 20 June observancePRIDEMONTH
• 22 Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanketCRESCENTROLL
• 24 Common situations in time travel narrativesPARADOXES
• 26 The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legendHORSE
• 27 Lowercase “n” lookalikeETA
• 28 Its cups aren’t supposed to runneth overBRA
• 29 Singer LewisHUEY
• 30 Last word in the full title of Cervantes’s most famous novelMANCHA
• 33 PigeonryCOTE
• 34 Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzleMONSTERMASH
• 36 What the puck is going on?RINK
• 37 ” ? have it your way, then”ORDONT
• 38 BeBe’s sister, in a gospel duoCECE
• 39 Something “dead” in a haunted corn maze?END
• 40 ___ powder (manicure type)DIP
• 43 It comes from the heartAORTA
• 45 Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical treesMANGOLEMONADE
• 48 Graphic showing the status of a download, sayPROGRESSBAR
• 50 Like Polish, but not polishPROPER
• 51 Lionizing linesODE
• 52 General during the Clone WarsKENOBI
• 54 “Last Christmas” pop duoWHAM
• 55 Marble count for each side in Chinese checkersTEN
• 56 Opposite of a jumbo shake?TREMOR
• 57 Prefix with trust or rustANTI
• 58 Sounds of hesitationERS
• 59 Recorded, in a wayONTAPE
• 60 Throw hard, in modern slangYEET

Vertical Clues

• 1 Quaint storeSHOPPE
• 2 Maze runnerLABRAT
• 3 “Mistress of the Dark” in a 1988 filmELVIRA
• 4 “Othello” roleDESDEMONA
• 5 Sound soundsFOGHORNS
• 6 Encouragement to a flamenco performerOLE
• 7 Cut finelyMINCE
• 8 Civil rights leader MedgarEVERS
• 9 Campbell of horror film fameNEVE
• 10 Just terrible, in slangTRASH
• 11 One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of FameBABERUTH
• 12 “Yes, that’s abundantly clear”ICANSEE
• 13 Source of refreshments on a train to LondonTEATROLLEY
• 21 Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as “Green Machines”TDBANK
• 23 Fellow presenterCOHOST
• 25 Art knife brandXACTO
• 30 Paintings in the “Water Lilies” series, e.g.MONETS
• 31 Dating app for queer womenHER
• 32 Elizabeth of cosmeticsARDEN
• 33 OpennessCANDOR
• 34 Certain edible seedlingsMICROGREENS
• 35 Khan tract?MONGOLEMPIRE
• 36 Keep in stock, sayREORDER
• 38 “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” authorCAPOTE
• 40 “Apollo and ___” (Bernini masterpiece)DAPHNE
• 41 Kick around some conceptsIDEATE
• 42 Aspiring driver’s needPERMIT
• 44 Invite forASKTO
• 45 Painter whose “Olympia” caused controversy for its depiction of a sex workerMANET
• 46 Result of burning sageAROMA
• 47 “Not happening!”NOWAY
• 49 2016 election nicknameBERN
• 53 Catchy songBOP