New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ANIMATION FRAME CEL
WORD ON THE STREET? STOP
Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics USA
Packaging for a stack of cookies SLEEVE
DIRECTOR EPHRON NORA
Eagle’s nest AERIE
MAKE A MISTAKE ERR
“Don’t mind ___ do” IFI
Place to get a cucumber mask SPA
Blingy piece of neckwear CHAIN
DECLARE ASSERT
Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time POETIC
HI-___ IMAGE RES
Enemy of the Jedi SITH
BAD TEMPER SPLEEN
REMOVE, AS A BOTTLE CAP UNSCREW
What cilantro tastes like to some people SOAP
Carelessly sits (down) PLOPS
BITS OF WISDOM PEARLS
Drugstore that prints famously long receipts CVS
FALL BEHIND LAG
Sun, in San Juan SOL
EGG CELLS OVA
REFINED GRACE ELEGANCE
HABEAS CORPUS, E.G. WRIT
BLAB TELL
COMING IN HANDY OFUSE
The “F” of F.B.I. FEDERAL
Faller during fall LEAF
Timeout at work ? as represented visually by this puzzle’s circled letters COFFEEBREAK
Lip-plumping injection FILLER
HORNSWOGGLE CON
Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants SIMMS
“That’s the word on the street” SOIHEAR
“I’ve got it!” AHA
Calcutta currency RUPEE
Loses one’s hair BALDS
GESTURE OF APPROVAL NOD
Initials on an “Organic” sticker USDA
Good with a paintbrush, perhaps ARTISTIC
Like the direction of this answer ACROSS
WORTH VALUE
ANN ___, MICH. ARBOR
PELVIC BONE ILIUM
Behind the ___ SCENES
Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash MISSAMERICA
Is distressing to EATSAT
BELGRADE NATIVES SERBS
PREFIX WITH -CERATOPS TRI
___ DHABI ABU
Observant quality KEENNESS
STAND IN THE WAY OF IMPEDE
Real smooth SUAVE
Yes, in Japanese HAI
End of a college URL EDU
NO LONGER WORKING: ABBR. RET
Tidbit in a nutritious pudding CHIASEED
SOME LAPTOPS PCS
Sound of an unfortunate bird poop landing SPLAT
ESPY SPOT
King’s domain REALM
Teddy Grahams shape BEAR
Bulgy belly button OUTIE
Discount offer SALE
Muppet with his own “world” on “Sesame Street” ELMO
Cat with a colorful coat CALICO
Crumbly Greek cheeses FETAS
U-pick locale FARM
GUACAMOLE INGREDIENT AVOCADO
Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement ISOMER
This stinks! ODOR
Department handling media inquiries PRESSOFFICE
Ingredient in bug spray DEET
DOUBLE ___ OREOS STUF