NYT Crossword Answers 12/21/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Shifty little sucker?BENDYSTRAW
• 11 C.D., e.g.: Abbr.ACCT
• 15 Madrid’s Teatro Real, for oneOPERAHOUSE
• 16 Character who says “I am short, fat and proud of that”POOH
• 17 The “King of Mambo”TITOPUENTE
• 18 Austrian composer MahlerALMA
• 19 No longer waffleOPT
• 20 Pill alternatives, in briefIUDS
• 22 Returner’s callLET
• 23 À la king?NOBLY
• 26 Reason for foot-tappingANTSINESS
• 28 Lines in barsURLS
• 29 Confirmation, for oneRITE
• 30 Mount ___, Canada’s highest peakLOGAN
• 31 Certain tech execCIO
• 32 Chinese dog breed, for shortPEKE
• 33 All the greaterMORESO
• 34 Alabama is in it, but Alaska is notLOWERFORTYEIGHT
• 37 Adds to the code, sayENACTS
• 38 StakeFUND
• 39 Apt name for a thiefROB
• 40 “The Hate U Give” author ThomasANGIE
• 41 First name in countryREBA
• 42 Rooney of “Women Talking”MARA
• 43 Most of the 1980sREAGANERA
• 45 Slogged (through)WADED
• 46 Its first airing was “The French Chef” with Julia ChildPBS
• 47 “And the ___ raths outgrabe” (“Jabberwocky” line)MOME
• 48 Exclamation with a shakeBRR
• 49 Black-and-white diversAUKS
• 51 It’s a little shadyBONSAITREE
• 56 Last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, familiarlyCLEO
• 57 “Worth a shot”ITCANTHURT
• 58 What some people display after getting stuck?TATS
• 59 Far below the surfaceDEEPSEATED

Vertical Clues

• 1 X follower, perhapsBOT
• 2 Lead-in to -gramEPI
• 3 Losing athlete in the 2002 and 2003 N.B.A. FinalsNET
• 4 Runs off at the mouth?DROOLS
• 5 Like a noisy toyYAPPY
• 6 Turned (off)SHUT
• 7 Oft-kissed part of the statue of St. Peter in Vatican CityTOE
• 8 Shield, with “for”RUNINTERFERENCE
• 9 Not born yesterday, so to speakASTUTE
• 10 Bed hogs, at timesWEEDS
• 11 Shrinks’ org.APA
• 12 One who’s made it to some degree?COLLEGEGRAD
• 13 LandsCOMESASHORE
• 14 “I kinda like it!”THATSNOTBAD
• 21 IsolatedSILOED
• 23 SALT, but not PEPPERNUCLEARPACT
• 24 Star-forming region nearest to EarthORIONNEBULA
• 25 Go ballisticBLOWAGASKET
• 26 Jhené ___, Grammy-nominated R&B singerAIKO
• 27 Japanese food that’s a good source of what it spells backwardNORI
• 29 Some who whistle while they workREFS
• 32 Comms groupPRTEAM
• 33 Noisy Asian birdMYNA
• 35 Pen for a hitECIG
• 36 Latin for “trumpet”TUBA
• 41 Like many on a Zoom callREMOTE
• 42 Vineyard eponymMARTHA
• 44 Like a sole-source contractNOBID
• 45 Form letters?WRITE
• 48 Blue laws, e.g.BANS
• 50 This means troubleSOS
• 52 Woodpecker’s fareSAP
• 53 Bad place to be stuckRUT
• 54 Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer oneERE
• 55 Track statETD