The full solution for the NY Times December 24 2024 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Sarah Sinclair and edited by Joel Fagliano.
Quick searchAcross Clues
- 1 Image on a “Fleece Navidad” sweater, perhapsSHEEP
- 6 Elves have pointy onesEARS
- 10 Ref’s ring rulingTKO
- 13 Exchanged messages, sayTEXTED
- 15 “Nevertheless …”THATSAID
- 17 Word before room or keyESCAPE
- 18 Invasive amphibian introduced to Australia in the 1930sCANETOAD
- 19 Enjoyed a gingerbread man, sayATE
- 20 One might be made with a snow shovelPATH
- 22 Wall St. debutIPO
- 23 Moisturizing stickLIPBALM
- 25 Available from a kegONDRAFT
- 29 Appease, as hungerSATE
- 30 Alphabet ender, in BritainZED
- 32 Fossilized tree resinAMBER
- 33 Confidentiality contract, for shortNDA
- 36 Bird on the Canadian dollar coinLOON
- 38 Place, as a wagerLAY
- 39 Classic ballet set on Christmas Eve, with a hint to four black squares in this puzzleTHENUTCRACKER
- 43 Greek TTAU
- 44 Lago contentsAGUA
- 45 Ticketmaster add-onFEE
- 46 Deep-fried cookies at a county fairOREOS
- 48 MoleSPY
- 50 Mother of ZeusRHEA
- 54 What you may have to do if someone doesn’t take charge?PAYCASH
- 56 “That’s disgusting!”EWGROSS
- 59 “Let me think …”HMM
- 60 Office monitor, in briefOSHA
- 61 Nail polish brand with “Funny Bunny” and “Bubble Bath” shadesOPI
- 62 Latvian or LiechtensteinerEUROPEAN
- 66 Perfect worldUTOPIA
- 68 Mild chili designationONEALARM
- 69 What some bees collect in special “baskets” on their legsPOLLEN
- 70 “And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose” (“A Visit From St. Nicholas” excerpt)NOD
- 71 Great Lake with the shortest nameERIE
- 72 Books it?READS
Vertical Clues
- 1 Amazing bargainsSTEALS
- 2 Greek goddess of the hearthHESTIA
- 3 Not countingEXCEPT
- 4 Uber calculation, for shortETA
- 5 Title pig of children’s TVPEPPA
- 6 Make an engravingETCH
- 7 Sound of an epiphanyAHA
- 8 Entered hurriedlyRANIN
- 9 Irish jig, for oneSTEPDANCE
- 10 “The ___ of Pooh” (Benjamin Hoff book)TAO
- 11 Seoul-based automakerKIA
- 12 “That’s strange …”ODD
- 14 “You’re on!”DEAL
- 16 Seattle team with which Sue Bird won four W.N.B.A. championshipsSTORM
- 21 Celebrity gossip siteTMZ
- 24 “Molto ___”BENE
- 25 Something carbon monoxide lacksODOR
- 26 Partner of ready and willingABLE
- 27 Subject of a famous F.D.R. quoteFEAR
- 28 Have a go atTRY
- 31 Yosemite peak, familiarlyELCAP
- 34 Something collected for genealogy testingDNASAMPLE
- 35 Last mo. of summer vacationAUG
- 37 LummoxOAF
- 39 Skater LipinskiTARA
- 40 Singer Lewis with a cameo in “Back to the Future”HUEY
- 41 ___ Push (N.F.L. play also known as the Brotherly Shove)TUSH
- 42 Deborah of “The King and I”KERR
- 43 Toy that spinsTOP
- 47 Astronaut Ellen who was the first Hispanic woman in spaceOCHOA
- 49 “Can I help you?”YES
- 51 AdoHOOPLA
- 52 Caught a glimpse ofESPIED
- 53 “Crazy Rich ___” (hit 2018 film)ASIANS
- 55 CalumniateSMEAR
- 57 Trounce, informallyWHUP
- 58 College athlete who plays in “The Swamp”GATOR
- 60 Treater’s wordsONME
- 62 Ages and agesEON
- 63 Game with Draw 4 cardsUNO
- 64 Color associated with Santa since an 1881 Thomas Nast cartoonRED
- 65 NPR host ShapiroARI
- 67 Repeated exclamation in the song “Hot Hot Hot”OLE
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