NYT Crossword Answers 12/09/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Discontinued Apple music playerIPOD
• 5 Baker’s amts.TSPS
• 9 Iranian languageFARSI
• 14 Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me ___”MUCH
• 15 Backboard attachmentHOOP
• 16 “Break the ice” or “break a leg”IDIOM
• 17 “Guilty,” e.g.PLEA
• 18 Upper handEDGE
• 19 Accept eagerlyLAPUP
• 20 Cocktail made with Southern Comfort, sloe gin, amaretto and orange juiceALABAMASLAMMER
• 23 Give a positive or negative chargeIONIZE
• 24 Flat-screen TV type, for shortLCD
• 25 Drs.’ colleaguesRNS
• 26 SubdivisionUNIT
• 29 Relax, or a place to relaxLOUNGE
• 34 Crinkly kitchen wrapALUMINUMFOIL
• 36 Prank on the publicHOAX
• 39 Actor Daniel ___ KimDAE
• 40 Assns.ORGS
• 41 Writer, director and co-star of “Defending Your Life,” 1991ALBERTBROOKS
• 46 Capital of the BahamasNASSAU
• 47 Green Gables girlANNE
• 48 PasséOLD
• 51 Stephen Colbert’s networkCBS
• 53 ___ Babies (stuffed toys)BEANIE
• 55 1986 hit song for Paul Simon … or an instruction from the starts of 20-, 34- and 41-Across?YOUCANCALLMEAL
• 60 Pianist’s paceTEMPO
• 61 Predator sometimes called the “wolf of the sea”ORCA
• 62 “To write is human, to ___ is divine”: Stephen KingEDIT
• 63 $100, in slangHUNDO
• 64 Humdrum routinesRUTS
• 65 Grp. whose logo features an orbiting spacecraftNASA
• 66 The “U” of 22-DownUNION
• 67 Sign in a parking garageEXIT
• 68 Some food additivesDYES

Vertical Clues

• 1 Cause damage toIMPAIR
• 2 Like many comfy pantsPULLON
• 3 Vast blue expansesOCEANS
• 4 Abu ___DHABI
• 5 2022 dark comedy that satirized haute cuisineTHEMENU
• 6 Bubbly beverageSODA
• 7 Collectible cardboard caps of the 1990sPOGS
• 8 Compete in a beeSPELL
• 9 The movie industryFILMDOM
• 10 Politician Schiff or KinzingerADAM
• 11 Like yellow bananasRIPE
• 12 Like lemonsSOUR
• 13 Little hell-raiserIMP
• 21 Blue, in SpanishAZUL
• 22 Free speech grp.ACLU
• 27 Online source for cinephilesIMDB
• 28 Bejeweled topperTIARA
• 30 Sci-fi vehiclesUFOS
• 31 “We can neither confirm ___ deny that this is our first tweet” (how @CIA opened its Twitter account)NOR
• 32 Short-term engagementGIG
• 33 Chi-town trainsELS
• 34 x and y, on a graphAXES
• 35 Highlighter-coloredNEON
• 36 Chinese dynasty during which paper was inventedHAN
• 37 Hello, in PortugueseOLA
• 38 Six-pack musclesABS
• 42 Trash-loving critterRACCOON
• 43 What’s deep in a pit?TUBA
• 44 Subjected to public condemnation, in modern slangONBLAST
• 45 Ship’s spineKEEL
• 48 EventuallyONEDAY
• 49 Work together (with)LIAISE
• 50 Triangular Greek lettersDELTAS
• 52 Apt rhyme for “bore”SNORE
• 54 Change, as a bill or a willAMEND
• 55 Steven ___, Oscar-nominated actor for “Minari”YEUN
• 56 Prefix meaning “everything”OMNI
• 57 Hairstyle that’s sweptUPDO
• 58 Pivotal pointCRUX
• 59 Play openerACTI
• 60 Two after Tue.THU