New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PAELLA BASE ARROZ
EASY TO UNDERSTAND CLEAR
EXPRESS PUBLICLY AIR
Motorist’s warning HORN
Boomer in a band TUBA
“D’oh!” OOPS
Italian dynasty that produced four popes MEDICI
Pioneering blues guitarist Baker ETTA
Strike one! POSE
SAINT, IN RIO SAO
Strutted one’s stuff SHOWBOATED
NONEXPERT LAY
HUMAN THING TO DO ERR
“___ gusto” (“Nice to meet you,” in Spanish) MUCHO
___ Swiatek, four-time French Open winner IGA
Bit of kitchenware PAN
Word after one fell? SWOOP
Order to an attack dog SICEM
MEETING, INFORMALLY SESH
Hits up on Instagram, for short DMS
It makes Max profits HBO
The world at your feet? EARTH
Quoted figure RATE
X, Y OR Z AXIS
Toon with a monkey named Boots DORA
Suns that shine? NBASTARS
Language from which we get “Manitoba” and “Saskatchewan” CREE
Times for holiday parties EVES
Writes in C or R, say CODES
Matcha ___ (tea-based beverage) LATTE
Hogwarts exam after the O.W.L. NEWT
Maze prompt ENTER
BEGAT SIRED
___ Tour, pop culture phenomenon of 2023-24 ERAS
“While we’re discussing it …” ONTHATNOTE
Branch of a sort SECT
Kazakhstan’s ___ Sea ARAL
Line below a swoosh JUSTDOIT
Extend, as a contract REUP
The “40” in a malt liquor 40: Abbr. OZS
CAKE PART TIER
Low-key place for gnocchi TRATTORIA
“A Beautiful Mind” director Howard RON
Sign of impact CRATER
Mind repeating that? MANTRA
SMALL NAIL BRAD
PAMPERING, FOR SHORT TLC
PANTRY PROBLEM ANTS
Party crashers, perhaps STRANGERS
“Irresistible” feeling URGE
UNYIELDING FIRM
Show with a “Cyber” spinoff CSI
FRESH ANEW
Balayage providers SALONS
SPANISH ARTICLE UNA
Domino pip, e.g. SPOT
“Cleopatra With the ___” (Reni painting) ASP
A family might have matching ones, for short PJS
Part of a bat that produces the best contact SWEETSIXTEEN
Roger B. ___, justice who infamously authored the Dred Scott decision (1857) TANEY
CAN JOHN
Waze figs. ETAS
DEETS INFO
HOSP. STAFFERS RNS
Word with slow or strawberry JAM
“I Feel Pretty” singer in “West Side Story” MARIA
Tree with so-called helicopter seeds ASH
Three-digit numbers in parentheses AREAFIFTYONE
Novice gamers, informally NEWBS
Plant used in xeriscaping because of its tolerance to drought AGAVE
Get serious hang time, as a skateboarder CATCHTWENTYTWO