NYT Crossword Answers 12/14/24

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Across Clues

• 1 The 20th-century king Peter the Liberator, for oneSERB
• 5 Electric Nissan modelLEAF
• 9 Chips and suchTECH
• 13 Cutesy expression borrowed from FrenchEXCUSEZMOI
• 16 Prefix meaning “other”ALLO
• 17 Under-the-table allianceSECRETPACT
• 18 Sound preceding a ripplePLOP
• 19 Expiate, with “for”ATONE
• 20 Like the biggest starsALIST
• 22 Titular TV role for Sandra OhEVE
• 23 Panini, e.g.MELT
• 24 Grp. whose first letter is now outdatedBSA
• 25 Team in the N.H.L.’s Atlantic DivisionSABRES
• 27 A Swiftie might have a favorite oneERA
• 28 Put-downDIS
• 29 Brainwave-amplifying headpiece worn by Marvel’s Professor XCEREBRO
• 30 Post-run celebrationsCASTPARTIES
• 32 Subject of United States v. Windsor (2013)GAYMARRIAGE
• 33 Fashion aesthetic with flower crowns and rustic dressesCOTTAGECORE
• 34 Service providersPASTORS
• 35 ToneHUE
• 36 Boy band whose members include Suga, Jimin and JungkookBTS
• 39 Matched upINSYNC
• 40 Many graders, for shortTAS
• 41 Whom God asked “Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?”CAIN
• 42 Something taken from waiters to get waters?ANI
• 43 Arabic for “greater”AKBAR
• 45 GrubLARVA
• 46 “Wrong!”NOPE
• 48 What might come up organicallyNONGMOCROP
• 50 Spanish cheersOLES
• 51 Laundry room leftoverDRYERSHEET
• 52 “Dear ___ ?”SIRS
• 53 One giveaway for the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood”EARS
• 54 Indoor-grown marijuana, in slangENDO

Vertical Clues

• 1 A little bit of everything?SESAME
• 2 New Hampshire schoolEXETER
• 3 Soft drink since 1905RCCOLA
• 4 Feeling overworked, with “out”BURNT
• 5 RentLET
• 6 They really take a toll nowadaysEZPASSTAGS
• 7 Doja Cat’s given first name, for which her debut album is namedAMALA
• 8 Central pointsFOCI
• 9 BugTAP
• 10 Award-winning journalist LindaELLERBEE
• 11 Symbols much seen on March 17CLOVERS
• 12 “Fingers crossed!”HOPESO
• 14 Take inSEE
• 15 “This relationship could be the one”ITSSERIOUS
• 21 Rare and then someTARTARE
• 24 Midwest city named in an attempt to attract German settlersBISMARCKND
• 26 Fawn relativeBEIGE
• 28 Annual NASCAR race, familiarlyDAYTONA
• 29 Electric vehicle’s needCARCHARGER
• 30 Slyly spitefulCATTY
• 31 BeforePRE
• 32 Tea supplierGOSSIPER
• 33 Sicilian treatCANNOLI
• 34 Uprights, e.g.PIANOS
• 36 Devoid of all lifeBARREN
• 37 Recorded, in a wayTIVOED
• 38 Leave la-la landSNAPTO
• 40 Country singer TuckerTANYA
• 41 StoreCACHE
• 44 Drip ? or drillBORE
• 45 Mexican pop’s ___ TemerariosLOS
• 47 Lead character in “Stranger Things”?ESS
• 49 ___ FieldsMRS