NYT Crossword Answers 12/22/24

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Across Clues

• 1 Reality show about the perils of crabbing in the Bering SeaDEADLIESTCATCH
• 15 Apple cores, for short?CPUS
• 19 Fast laneEXPRESSCHECKOUT
• 21 “___ No Sunshine” (1971 Bill Withers hit)AINT
• 22 “God forbid!”PERISHTHETHOUGHT
• 24 “O Rei do Futebol,” to BraziliansPELE
• 25 Sporty car roof optionsTTOPS
• 26 Subsequently occurENSUE
• 27 Bioré productPORESTRIP
• 29 Sitters on the farmHENS
• 30 Sheets of floating iceFLOES
• 31 Shanghai or ShenzhenSEAPORT
• 32 Grp. that’s a year above 41-AcrossSRS
• 33 Vaquero’s tiesBOLOS
• 34 1/48 of a cup: Abbr.TSP
• 37 Wipe out at one’s desk, sayERASE
• 38 Cut downHEWED
• 39 Rentals at a bowling alleySHOES
• 41 Grp. that’s a year below 32-AcrossJRS
• 42 Solidify, as a jiggly dessertJELL
• 43 Rhyming toys with colored pegsLITEBRITES
• 46 Online initialism of excitementFTW
• 49 Rhyme for “soul” in “Frosty the Snowman”COAL
• 50 One catching bugsBETATESTER
• 51 Jungle warningROAR
• 52 Amusement park attraction that often ends in a splashLOGRIDE
• 54 Doo-wop’s ___ Na NaSHA
• 55 Frozen yogurt chain with a fruity namePINKBERRY
• 57 Pretends all is wellACTSNORMAL
• 59 Part of many an anniversary celebrationDINNERDATE
• 60 Wrap sheets?TORTILLAS
• 61 Many a Christmas treeFIR
• 62 Part of a jail cellIRONBAR
• 63 New Mexico’s ___ PuebloTAOS
• 64 GodsendsLIFESAVERS
• 67 Souvenir from an international vacation, maybeCOIN
• 68 Latin “is”EST
• 69 Travel-size makeup bagVANITYCASE
• 70 MultitudeHOST
• 71 Space station from 1986 to 2001MIR
• 72 Some volunteer babysittersAUNTS
• 73 Way to be brushed or pulledASIDE
• 75 Medicare section that covers ambulance servicesPARTB
• 77 Windows might be found on thesePCS
• 78 ___ panCREPE
• 79 Cry during an argument between siblingsMOM
• 82 Neighbor of LatviaBELARUS
• 84 Stopping points for runnersBASES
• 85 Public squaresFORA
• 86 Court staffersLAWCLERKS
• 88 Brought to tears, sayMOVED
• 89 Object of knightly questsGRAIL
• 90 Eight, in ItalianOTTO
• 91 Only African nation where Spanish is an official languageEQUATORIALGUINEA
• 94 Author SilversteinSHEL
• 95 Second-place finish?ALTERNATEENDING
• 96 One of four for F.D.R.TERM
• 97 They’re usually written in DecemberLETTERSTOSANTA

Vertical Clues

• 1 Shipwreck’s resting place, with “the”DEPTHS
• 2 English city in the county of DevonEXETER
• 3 Garments with stringsAPRONS
• 4 Makes like a melting icicleDRIPS
• 5 You shouldn’t settle for itLESS
• 6 “Well, kinda”ISH
• 7 One-named singer of 2008’s “American Boy”ESTELLE
• 8 Hybrid dog breed with curly hairSCHNOODLE
• 9 Master’s mustsTHESES
• 10 Whale constellationCETUS
• 11 Feel soreACHE
• 12 It’s a bout done!TKO
• 13 Despot’s undoingCOUP
• 14 Annual science fiction awardsHUGOS
• 15 Tradition at the end of a graduation ceremonyCAPTOSS
• 16 Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population, after MontpelierPIERRE
• 17 Like new matchesUNLIT
• 18 Out of ___STEP
• 20 What a waltzer counts toTHREE
• 23 Emotion picture?TEARJERKER
• 28 Trades jabsSPARS
• 30 Any of the meats in a turducken, e.g.FOWL
• 33 Cocktail made from peach nectar and ProseccoBELLINI
• 34 Letter before iotaTHETA
• 35 Drink brand with lizards in its logoSOBE
• 36 SweatsPERSPIRES
• 38 Members of a publishing dynastyHEARSTS
• 39 “60 Minutes” journalist LesleySTAHL
• 40 Protest that goes nowhere?SITIN
• 42 Relaxed gaitJOGTROT
• 44 “We’re being framed!”ITSASETUP
• 45 Sport with a chair umpireTENNIS
• 46 BrieflyFORABIT
• 47 Textile with roots in the Scottish HighlandsTARTAN
• 48 More sardonicWRYER
• 49 Ski lodge beveragesCOCOAS
• 50 Most populous city in the European UnionBERLIN
• 51 Prominent feature of RudolphREDNOSE
• 52 Drink made with steamed milkLATTE
• 53 Chain store that sells many of its items for $1.25, curiouslyDOLLARTREE
• 56 Dudes abide by itBROCODE
• 58 Party game in which participants try to identify a secret assassinMAFIA
• 59 Demanding sortsDIVAS
• 61 Bits of triviaFACTS
• 65 Align, as audio to videoSYNC
• 66 Foldable parts of some carsREARSEATS
• 69 Widely shared, sayVIRAL
• 70 Hula swayersHIPS
• 71 ___ XMALCOLM
• 74 Small plant germSEEDLET
• 75 Alloy containing tinPEWTER
• 76 Head-to-toe Islamic garmentBURQA
• 78 Expensive appetizerCAVIAR
• 79 Jazz standard with the lyric “I’m so tired of paying my dues”MOANIN
• 80 Get acclimatedORIENT
• 81 Spanish city where Picasso was bornMALAGA
• 82 Cats do it with their tonguesBATHE
• 83 Día de los Muertos propSKULL
• 84 Transported, as by waterBORNE
• 85 Surrealist KahloFRIDA
• 86 Without a clueLOST
• 87 Fully fillSATE
• 88 French for “death”MORT
• 89 Revs, as an engineGUNS
• 92 Holiday in which bánh chung cakes are eatenTET
• 93 Prefix with -graphicGEO