NYT Crossword Answers 12/13/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Put a lid on it!HATRACK
• 8 To which a “To/From” label might be attachedGIFTBOX
• 15 Chance meeting greetingOHHELLO
• 16 Away for a whileONLEAVE
• 17 Question after an untimely jokeTOOSOON
• 18 Attacked from the sidesFLANKED
• 19 Pronouncing “pronunciation” as “pronounciation,” e.g.ERRING
• 20 DriftMEANDER
• 21 Dorothea who documented the Great DepressionLANGE
• 22 LodgeBURY
• 23 What Han Solo never wants to be toldODDS
• 25 Stars are big onesNAMES
• 27 Open, as a compressed fileUNZIP
• 28 Sexually charged title track of a hit 1973 albumLETSGETITON
• 33 Title princess in a Gilbert and Sullivan operaIDA
• 34 Spanish pronounESA
• 35 Something to show for a towAAACARD
• 36 Recurring quirkTIC
• 37 Contribute to a company, sayACT
• 38 Hallmark of a hypocriteINSINCERITY
• 40 Trig ratioCOTAN
• 42 ___ shock (Japan’s term for the video game crash of 1983)ATARI
• 43 Place for an ornamentHOOD
• 44 Cornmeal cakePONE
• 46 “My heart is like a singing bird / ___ nest is in a water’d shoot”: Christina RossettiWHOSE
• 50 Features of work bootsTOECAPS
• 52 Elevated pitchesSHARPS
• 53 Main course?SEALANE
• 54 “The Fault in Our Stars” genre, informallyTEENLIT
• 55 Touchdown, e.g.ARRIVAL
• 56 Without exceptionBARNONE
• 57 Slack alternative, in briefMSTEAMS
• 58 Major product of JordanSNEAKER

Vertical Clues

• 1 W, for oneHOTEL
• 2 Now, in SpanishAHORA
• 3 Garden-variety poker?THORN
• 4 Steps downRESIGNS
• 5 1972 Gilbert O’Sullivan hit with a melancholy titleALONEAGAIN
• 6 Draining issueCLOG
• 7 ___Mari (organization method)KON
• 8 Office lackeyGOFER
• 9 Nacre on a nice guitar, sayINLAY
• 10 Dessert made with a double boilerFLAN
• 11 Achilles, e.g.TENDON
• 12 Cheesy casseroleBAKEDZITI
• 13 Went too farOVERDIDIT
• 14 Struck (out)XED
• 20 Performers of note?MUSICIANS
• 22 Test releasesBETAS
• 24 ScatterbrainedSPACY
• 26 Statistics calculationMEAN
• 27 Question that one is tricked into asking, in a classic gagUNDERWHERE
• 28 Drain (away)LEACH
• 29 Chargeable conveyancesESCOOTERS
• 30 Makeup of a sleeveTATTOOART
• 31 Soeur de la mèreTANTE
• 32 What’s black and white and wet all over?ORCA
• 39 Singer with the 2009 double-platinum album “Rated R”RIHANNA
• 41 Antarctic penguinADELIE
• 44 First airline to fly a jumbo jetPANAM
• 45 Cars known as Vauxhalls in the U.K.OPELS
• 47 Count ___, a.k.a. NosferatuORLOK
• 48 Book identifier, oftenSPINE
• 49 Compound formed from an alcohol and an acidESTER
• 51 Drink similar to ChampagneCAVA
• 52 Bean on the screenSEAN
• 53 Tech entrepreneur AltmanSAM
• 54 “American Dad!” airerTBS