The full solution for the NY Times December 12 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Daniel Bodily and edited by Joel Fagliano.
Across Clues
- 1 Strike one!POSE
- 5 Word with slow or strawberryJAM
- 8 “___ gusto” (“Nice to meet you,” in Spanish)MUCHO
- 13 CanJOHN
- 14 Spanish articleUNA
- 15 Paella baseARROZ
- 16 Domino pip, e.g.SPOT
- 17 Party crashers, perhapsSTRANGERS
- 19 Part of a bat that produces the best contactSWEETSIXTEEN
- 21 Small nailBRAD
- 22 Express publiclyAIR
- 23 Saint, in RioSAO
- 25 “A Beautiful Mind” director HowardRON
- 27 Balayage providersSALONS
- 32 ___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winnerIGA
- 33 Cake partTIER
- 35 FreshANEW
- 36 Get serious hang time, as a skateboarderCATCHTWENTYTWO
- 40 Times for holiday partiesEVES
- 41 Boomer in a bandTUBA
- 42 It makes Max profitsHBO
- 43 Italian dynasty that produced four popesMEDICI
- 46 Bit of kitchenwarePAN
- 47 “Cleopatra With the ___” (Reni painting)ASP
- 48 Hosp. staffersRNS
- 50 Branch of a sortSECT
- 52 Three-digit numbers in parenthesesAREAFIFTYONE
- 57 Low-key place for gnocchiTRATTORIA
- 58 Toon with a monkey named BootsDORA
- 60 Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage)LATTE
- 61 Human thing to doERR
- 62 Waze figs.ETAS
- 63 Easy to understandCLEAR
- 64 Hits up on Instagram, for shortDMS
- 65 Meeting, informallySESH
Vertical Clues
- 1 A family might have matching ones, for shortPJS
- 2 “D’oh!”OOPS
- 3 Strutted one’s stuffSHOWBOATED
- 4 Maze promptENTER
- 5 Line below a swooshJUSTDOIT
- 6 Pantry problemANTS
- 7 “I Feel Pretty” singer in “West Side Story”MARIA
- 8 Mind repeating that?MANTRA
- 9 “Irresistible” feelingURGE
- 10 Language from which we get “Manitoba” and “Saskatchewan”CREE
- 11 Motorist’s warningHORN
- 12 The “40” in a malt liquor 40: Abbr.OZS
- 18 x, y or zAXIS
- 20 The world at your feet?EARTH
- 23 Order to an attack dogSICEM
- 24 Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to droughtAGAVE
- 26 Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L.NEWT
- 28 NonexpertLAY
- 29 “While we’re discussing it …”ONTHATNOTE
- 30 Novice gamers, informallyNEWBS
- 31 Word after one fell?SWOOP
- 34 Extend, as a contractREUP
- 37 Show with a “Cyber” spinoffCSI
- 38 Suns that shine?NBASTARS
- 39 Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857)TANEY
- 44 Sign of impactCRATER
- 45 DeetsINFO
- 49 BegatSIRED
- 51 Writes in C or R, sayCODES
- 52 Kazakhstan’s ___ SeaARAL
- 53 Quoted figureRATE
- 54 Pioneering blues guitarist BakerETTA
- 55 UnyieldingFIRM
- 56 ___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24ERAS
- 57 Pampering, for shortTLC
- 59 Tree with so-called helicopter seedsASH
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