Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday September 15th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Here’s looking at you, kid” or “You can’t handle the truth!,” famously : AD LIB
6 Jane Goodall subject : CHIMP
11 Platform for Mega Man, for short : NES
14 Butter (up) : GAS
17 Jim who sang “Time in a Bottle” : CROCE
18 Scintillae : TRACES
19 Turn in some board games : ROLL
20 Humble dwelling : HUT
21 Record book? : HIGH FIDELITY
23 Home to Cedar Point : OHIO
24 Sugar ending : -OSE
25 ___ Air (carrier to Taiwan) : EVA
26 Marked with a tag, maybe : ON SALE
27 Composted material : FOOD WASTE
29 Altima alternative : SENTRA
31 Spell book? : MERRIAM-WEBSTER
34 Apt name for a gardener : HERB
36 Goofs up : ERRS
37 FAQ consulters : USERS
38 Group of conferences, for short : NCAA
41 Creature whose mating habitats are a scientific mystery : EEL
43 Pack ‘N Play and stroller, for a traveling parent : GEAR
44 Walk with confidence : STRIDE
46 Green book? : THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
50 Talent finder : HIRER
51 Placed on a peg : TEED
52 Bops (in two senses) : HITS
53 Nail salon extensions : TIPS
57 Musical finales : CODAS
59 Kunis of “Black Swan” : MILA
62 Conductor’s announcement : LAST STOP
64 Lost-at-sea plea : SOS
65 Logbook? : THE GIVING TREE
69 Most of van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” : SKY
70 Perfunctory : PRO FORMA
72 Source of a natural gel : ALOE
73 Mother of Perseus : DANAE
75 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine : AYLA
76 Sebastian the ___, University of Miami mascot : IBIS
78 Picked a card : DREW
81 John who married Pocahontas : ROLFE
83 Yearbook? : NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
88 Member of the original “S.N.L.” cast : RADNER
90 Lambs’ moms : EWES
91 Sticky substance : GOO
92 Occasional disruptor of activity at Sicily’s Vincenzo Bellini Airport : ETNA
93 Bad buy : LEMON
94 Spot for a wineglass charm : STEM
95 Where the chair of St. Peter sits in St. Peter’s Basilica : APSE
97 Rule book? : A GAME OF THRONES
103 Curtain adornment : TASSEL
107 Potluck dish : CASSEROLE
108 Makes blank : ERASES
110 Diagnostic tool, in brief : MRI
111 Org. that administers the G.R.E. : ETS
112 Chugging a bottle of hot sauce, perhaps : DARE
113 Scrapbook? : FRANKENSTEIN
116 Four Corners native : UTE
117 Kristin ___, first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic games : OTTO
118 Late-night host who once wrote for “The Simpsons” : O’BRIEN
119 Pass : ENACT
120 Always product : PAD
121 Dismissive cry : FEH
122 Climbs : RISES
123 Cheat, so to speak : STRAY
DOWN
1 Back issues : ACHES
2 Determination : DRIVE
3 2017 film about Wolverine : LOGAN
4 I, to Einstein : ICH
5 Caption under the first half of a makeup ad : BEFORE
6 Mix, as butter and sugar : CREAM
7 Bailey of 2023’s “The Little Mermaid” : HALLE
8 Less friendly : ICIER
9 Bumped into : MET
10 Liberal arts major: Abbr. : PSY
11 “Ain’t happening!” : NOHOW
12 Skip over, as a sound : ELIDE
13 Gradual buildup : SLOW BURN
14 Suddenly stopped texting : GHOSTED
15 Like monastery life : AUSTERE
16 Takes the helm : STEERS
18 Rare punt return outcomes, for short : TDS
19 Stays (with) : ROOMS
22 Covered by one’s network : IN AREA
27 Fawcett who played one of Charlie’s Angels : FARRAH
28 Column in a hockey box score : ASSISTS
30 Sat on the kitchen counter, perhaps : THAWED
32 Natural barrier : REEF
33 It’s opposite Oman on the Gulf of Oman : IRAN
35 Waist product? : BELT
38 High degree : NTH
39 Plant also known as coffeeweed : CHICORY
40 Nebulizer’s output : AEROSOL
42 Cell service inits. : LTE
43 Big name in chocolate : GODIVA
44 Instrument with as many as 21 strings : SITAR
45 Thrown out : TOSSED
47 Lyre-plucking Muse : ERATO
48 Lead-in to sphere : HEMI-
49 Pinball game ender : TILT
54 “I’m overwhelmed by all this” : IT’S A LOT
55 Tease : POKE FUN
56 Bad person to confide in : SPY
58 Pilgrim’s destination, maybe : SHRINE
60 Rapper ___ Baby : LIL
61 Some poles : ANODES
63 In a flow state? : TEARY
64 Business that offers microdermabrasion : SPA
66 Glowing remnant : EMBER
67 Manner of walking : GAIT
68 Halliwell of the Spice Girls : GERI
71 The Beyhive and the Swifties, for two : FANDOMS
74 Credit card lure : NO FEES
77 See red : SEETHE
79 A Tyrannosaurus rex’s was nearly 17 inches long : EGG
80 “Hold your horses!” : WHOA
82 Chapter of history : ERA
84 Requiring : IN NEED OF
85 Decorative pitcher : EWER
86 Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist’s office : NEMO
87 Many a critic’s year-end list : TOP TEN
88 Crew meet : REGATTA
89 Stockpiled : AMASSED
93 Get ready to skate : LACE UP
94 “The Great” pope : ST LEO
96 Addresses impudently : SASSES
98 Give an address : ORATE
99 Onward : FORTH
100 Approaches : NEARS
101 Hudson of the “Ghostbusters” movies : ERNIE
102 Listings on a Japanese menu, maybe : SAKES
104 Bad-mouth : SMEAR
105 Writer Jong : ERICA
106 Like a dryer trap : LINTY
109 Title for Sanders: Abbr. : SEN
113 Word in many greeting card categories : FOR
114 Slugger’s stat : RBI
115 What takes this puzzle out with a bang? : TNT
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