New York Times - Crossword Answers | 2024 12 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
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
DECLARE ASSERT
Like lines / that rhyme / and keep / good time POETIC
HI-___ IMAGE RES
Enemy of the Jedi SITH
REMOVE, AS A BOTTLE CAP UNSCREW
Drugstore that prints famously long receipts CVS
BAD TEMPER SPLEEN
What cilantro tastes like to some people SOAP
Carelessly sits (down) PLOPS
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
Crumbly Greek cheeses FETAS
Cat with a colorful coat CALICO
FALL BEHIND LAG
Sun, in San Juan SOL
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
Lip-plumping injection FILLER
HORNSWOGGLE CON
DOUBLE ___ OREOS STUF
GUACAMOLE INGREDIENT AVOCADO
This stinks! ODOR
Department handling media inquiries PRESSOFFICE
U-pick locale FARM
Compound with the same number of atoms in a different arrangement ISOMER
“That’s the word on the street” SOIHEAR
Phil ___, QB who won two Super Bowls with the Giants SIMMS
Timeout at work ? as represented visually by this puzzle’s circled letters COFFEEBREAK
EGG CELLS OVA
Ingredient in bug spray DEET
WORD ON THE STREET? STOP
Packaging for a stack of cookies SLEEVE
DIRECTOR EPHRON NORA
Eagle’s nest AERIE
MAKE A MISTAKE ERR
Place to get a cucumber mask SPA
Blingy piece of neckwear CHAIN
Team that won the most medals at the 2024 Olympics USA
ANIMATION FRAME CEL
BITS OF WISDOM PEARLS
“Don’t mind ___ do” IFI
Is distressing to EATSAT
Competition whose winner gets a tiara and sash MISSAMERICA
“I’ve got it!” AHA
Behind the ___ SCENES
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
End of a college URL EDU
SOME LAPTOPS PCS
NO LONGER WORKING: ABBR. RET
Tidbit in a nutritious pudding CHIASEED