New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 16

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