
Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday December 16th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics : USA
4 Ann , Mich. : ARBOR
9 Some laptops : PCS
12 Director Ephron : NORA
14 Real smooth : SUAVE
15 What cilantro tastes like to some people : SOAP
16 Enemy of the Jedi : SITH
17 Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing : SPLAT
18 Blab : TELL
19 Tidbit in a nutritious pudding : CHIA SEED
21 Bulgy belly button : OUTIE
22 Hi- image : RES
23 Department handling media inquiries : PRESS OFFICE
26 Is distressing to : EATS AT
28 End of a college URL : EDU
29 Hornswoggle : CON
30 Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
31 Like the direction of this answer : ACROSS
34 Timeout at work … as represented visually by this puzzle’s circled letters : COFFEE BREAK
38 Bits of wisdom : PEARLS
39 Faller during fall : LEAF
42 “Don’t mind _ do” : IF I
45 Prefix with -ceratops : TRI-
46 Packaging for a stack of cookies : SLEEVE
48 Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash : MISS AMERICA
52 Gesture of approval : NOD
53 Carelessly sits (down) : PLOPS
54 Refined grace : ELEGANCE
56 Muppet with his own “world” on “Sesame Street” : ELMO
57 Blingy piece of neckwear : CHAIN
59 Teddy Grahams shape : BEAR
60 Ingredient in bug spray : DEET
61 Worth : VALUE
62 Initials on an “Organic” sticker : USDA
63 Make a mistake : ERR
64 Phil _, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants : SIMMS
65 Sun, in San Juan : SOL
DOWN
1 Remove, as a bottle cap : UNSCREW
2 “That’s the word on the street” : SO I HEAR
3 Good with a paintbrush, perhaps : ARTISTIC
4 Declare : ASSERT
5 Calcutta currency : RUPEE
6 Loses one’s hair : BALDS
7 Egg cells : OVA
8 No longer working: Abbr. : RET
9 Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time : POETIC
10 Cat with a colorful coat : CALICO
11 Bad temper : SPLEEN
13 “I’ve got it!” : AHA
15 Double _ Oreos : STUF
20 Place to get a cucumber mask : SPA
21 Coming in handy : OF USE
24 Belgrade natives : SERBS
25 This stinks! : ODOR
27 Word on the street? : STOP
31 Eagle’s nest : AERIE
32 Animation frame : CEL
33 Discount offer : SALE
35 Crumbly Greek cheeses : FETAS
36 U-pick locale : FARM
37 Observant quality : KEENNESS
40 Guacamole ingredient : AVOCADO
41 The “F” of F.B.I. : FEDERAL
42 Stand in the way of : IMPEDE
43 Lip-plumping injection : FILLER
44 Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement : ISOMER
46 Behind the : SCENES
47 Fall behind : LAG
49 Espy : SPOT
50 King’s domain : REALM
51 Pelvic bone : ILIUM
55 __ Dhabi : ABU
57 Drugstore that prints famously long receipts : CVS
58 Yes, in Japanese : HAI
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