NYT Crossword December 15 2024 Answers (12/15/24)

We have all of the answers to the NYT Crossword puzzle for December 15 2024 to help you finish it up!
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Our NYT Crossword December 15, 2024 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily puzzle that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of The New York Times and is also available online.

NYT Crossword December 15, 2024 Answers

If you need help solving the NYT Crossword on 12/15/24, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

Looking for answers to another NYT Crossword puzzle? Check out our archive of NYT Crossword Answers. Our NYT Crossword Hints for December 15, 2024 are also available if you prefer not to be immediately spoiled.

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# Clue
1A Chess player's study
8A Painting stolen from 71-Across
13A Cashless deal
17A Crunchy root vegetables
19A Fertilizer compound
20A Painting stolen from 64-Across
21A Winter setting in New England
23A Hunter on high
24A Like the Beatles' "Yesterday," key-wise
25A Plum variety often used in spirits
26A ___ center
27A Made eyes at
28A Schedules
31A Architectural annexes
33A Bronx cheer
35A Capital on the Río de la Plata
39A "Anchors Aweigh" grp.
40A One step ___ time
41A Oodles
42A Downhill event
44A Prefix with health
48A Niçoise salad need
50A Role for Jay Silverheels
52A Charles de Gaulle's birthplace
53A Neighborhood grocery stores
54A Painting stolen from 21-Across
56A Nobelist Bohr
58A Evenhanded
59A Customary practice
60A Popeye's witchy foe in early comics
62A Like a car's wheels
64A Bar with hashish pipes
66A Baseball great Hershiser
68A Solution strength, in chemistry
70A Fat used in candlemaking
71A Common scale range
75A Champing at the bit
77A Fog and haze generated for a theatrical production
81A Flimsy, as an excuse
82A Pillow cover
84A Fastens, in a way
86A Nose around
87A Director DuVernay
88A Crumple into a ball
90A Informal speech
92A Painting stolen from 33-Across
93A Painting stolen from 105-Across
95A Opened or closed like an eye, in film lingo
97A No longer interested in
98A Tour de France units: Abbr.
99A Bout enders, for short
101A Health professional focused on nutrition
105A Household appliance that makes a hissing sound
108A "Right now!"
109A Connecticut coastal town near Stamford
110A Has the gumption
111A Actress Thurman
114A Abbr. on a music score
116A Member of la familia
117A "Get ___!"
118A Classic nursery rhyme
124A Toronto team, for short
125A Attacked by mosquitoes, say
126A Claudius, vis-à-vis King Hamlet
127A Land in the sea
128A Iditarod entries
129A Annual star-studded fashion event
1D Three, in Torino
2D Letters associated with baseball and batteries
3D Many '90s music purchases
4D Painting stolen from 101-Across
5D Enjoys as a hobby
6D Gets irritated by
7D Title for Manchin or Murkowski: Abbr.
8D First cars made by Ford
9D See 122-Down
10D Hair removal brand
11D Salinger's "For ___ - With Love and Squalor"
12D "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" airer
13D Painting stolen from 35-Across
14D "___ we're waiting …"
15D Cactuslike plants
16D Duffer's obstacle
18D '60s campus activist grp.
19D "1984" drudge
20D Eccentric types
22D Certain emergency message
28D Surgeon's stitch
29D Actress Creel of "Saved by the Bell"
30D Beauty spot?
32D Place to keep plants
34D Abundant
35D Motel proprietor in "Psycho"
36D Ancient Greek region for which part of the Mediterranean is named
37D Innocent sort
38D God of the Qu'ran
43D Hodgepodges
45D Dark, in poesy
46D Like some vowels and memories
47D 90° from norte
49D On dry ground
51D Basic skateboard trick
55D Root in some speckled chips
57D Adjust to, as a thermostat
59D ___ Clan, iconic hip-hop group of the 1990s
61D Catches on
63D Painting stolen from 53-Across
65D Some partners in lesbian couples
67D Franz who composed "The Merry Widow"
69D Mapped out again
71D Deception
72D Shankar at Woodstock
73D Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan
74D Acme's antonym
76D Plunder, archaically
78D Online tracker
79D Old-fashioned trinket shop vendors
80D Twitch
83D Think aloud
85D Bergen's dummy Mortimer
89D Identifies
91D "Half a truth is often a ___": Benjamin Franklin
94D Painting stolen from 77-Across
96D Abandons
100D Places of refuge
102D Xerox : copy machine :: ___ : kitchen wrap
103D Most boring
104D Lines at the theater?
105D Corporate department
106D Culmination of many a "Law & Order" episode
107D Desensitizes
110D Painting stolen from 118-Across
112D It might be held during vacation
113D Comedian Johnson of "Laugh-In"
115D Big inits. in fuel additives
119D From Jan. 1 until now
120D Male turkey
121D Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"
122D With 9-Down, legendary Giant
123D A nursing one has snaps

We also recommend trying your hand at the NYT Mini Crossword, which is definitely easier (on all days!) as it is a 5×5, compared to the full-sized crossword (which is 15×15, and the Sunday edition is 21×21!). New crosswords are released at 10PM ET on weekdays and 6PM ET on weekends.

The New York Times crossword was first published in The New York Times in 1942 and has been a daily feature ever since. It is known for its high level of difficulty and for its clever, often playful, clues and themes. The puzzles range in size from 15x15 grids on weekdays to larger 21x21 grids on Sundays, with varying levels of difficulty.

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The New York Times crossword is created by a team of skilled puzzle constructors and editors, who work to ensure that each puzzle is both entertaining and challenging for solvers. The puzzles are often themed, with clues and answers related to a particular subject or concept, and they frequently feature wordplay and puns.

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Solving the New York Times crossword has become a beloved pastime for many, and there are even competitions and clubs devoted to crossword puzzle solving. The New York Times crossword is available in print in the newspaper and online, and it has a dedicated following of loyal solvers who eagerly await each day's puzzle.

If you’re still struggling to solve your NYT crosswords, consider practicing with the Eugene Sheffer and Thomas Joseph dailies first. If you’re looking for similarly challenging crosswords, we recommend the WSJ Crossword and LA Times Crossword.

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Christine Mielke

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