NYT Crossword Answers 12/11/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Field for a Fortnite proESPORTS
• 8 “Wheels”VEHICLE
• 15 Actress who said “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it”MAEWEST
• 16 Attendee who’s not on the guest listCRASHER
• 17 Took advantage of a situation, so to speakMADEHAY
• 18 Presented to, as for approvalRANPAST
• 19 TolerateABIDE
• 20 Pride : lion :: gaggle : ___GOOSE
• 21 Like some nerves and stringsTAUT
• 24 Come clean, with “up”FESS
• 26 PrecedingPRIORTO
• 29 Takes back to the lab, maybeRETESTS
• 33 Seemingly foreverEON
• 34 The N.H.L.’s Kraken, on scoreboardsSEA
• 35 Billionaire philanthropist BroadELI
• 36 “Now I get it!”AHA
• 37 Smiling Face With Sunglasses, e.g.EMOJI
• 39 Fresno-to-San Diego dir.SSE
• 41 1-Across competitorGAMER
• 43 October Revolution leaderLENIN
• 44 “___ death do us part”TIL
• 45 Villainous animal in “The Lion King”HYENA
• 46 One might be good, bad or rottenEGG
• 47 Japan’s ___ Period (1603-1868)EDO
• 48 Business card abbr.TEL
• 49 Insult, informallyDISS
• 51 Keto diet no-noBREAD
• 53 Poetry contestSLAM
• 56 Part of I.P.A.ALE
• 57 BeaucoupALOADOF
• 59 Hosp. wardICU
• 60 Subaru Crosstrek or Honda HR-VMINISUV
• 62 Wins the heart ofENAMORS
• 64 DiversionPASTIME
• 65 Repositions, as tiresROTATES
• 66 Assault with soundDEAFEN
• 67 Equipment for an angioplastySTENTS

Vertical Clues

• 1 Jane Austen heroineEMMA
• 2 Car stolen by Jerry’s mechanic on an episode of “Seinfeld”SAAB
• 3 Spa treatment, informallyPEDI
• 4 Had because ofOWEDTO
• 5 Doing a musical read-throughREHEARSING
• 6 Carry-on checkers, for shortTSA
• 7 Place to muck about?STY
• 8 Old TV hookupVCR
• 9 Detergent in a red bottleERA
• 10 Waits patientlyHANGSTIGHT
• 11 “Guess so,” folksilyISPOSE
• 12 Elaine who served in two presidential cabinetsCHAO
• 13 Not as muchLESS
• 14 Art Deco iconERTE
• 22 Salt Lake Valley peopleUTE
• 23 Appliance with a door and a crumb trayTOASTEROVEN
• 24 MoochersFREELOADERS
• 25 ___ sauce (Japanese condiment)EEL
• 26 Source of zestPEEL
• 27 Variety of cooking appleROME
• 28 Description of this puzzle’s circled letters, and a clue to what they spellINONESENSE
• 30 Actor who narrates “The Big Lebowski”SAMELLIOTT
• 31 Now’s partnerTHEN
• 32 ___ LeeSARA
• 38 Irish dancesJIGS
• 40 Half of a cassetteSIDEA
• 42 Yes votesAYES
• 49 Mildly wetDAMP
• 50 Epic work that begins “Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles”ILIAD
• 51 Judy who wrote “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”BLUME
• 52 ___-call listDONOT
• 54 Back 40 makeupACRES
• 55 Tousle, as hairMUSS
• 57 “Like that’s ever going to happen”ASIF
• 58 It may be temptedFATE
• 61 Call ___ nightITA
• 63 Homo sapiensMAN