Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 29th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Alternatives to Ubers : CABS
5 Game also called “hoops” : B-BALL
10 “I’ll drink to ___!” : THAT
14 Eleven, in Évian : ONZE
15 Stan’s partner in old comedy : OLLIE
16 ___ cava (blood line to the heart) : VENA
17 Whole bunch at a family reunion? : DOZENS OF COUSINS
20 Give for safekeeping : ENTRUST
21 Titular film character who lives in a swamp : SHREK
22 Parent company of Instagram : META
24 Kerfuffle : ADO
25 Large array for a desk? : SCORES OF DRAWERS
33 Author Horatio : ALGER
34 “___ the season!” : ‘TIS
35 Customizable Nintendo avatar : MII
36 Kind of salad with celery, apples, walnuts and grapes : WALDORF
39 Performing group at a homecoming game : PEP BAND
42 Uno + due : TRE
43 The sun or the moon : ORB
45 You might ask for one at an annual review : RAISE
46 Big group in a dog show? : OODLES OF POODLES
51 Word before cream or crystals : ICE
52 Mattress specification : FIRM
53 Lead-in to soprano : MEZZO-
56 Suddenly started speaking : PIPED UP
61 Massive collection for an alchemist? : OCEANS OF POTIONS
65 Blacken on the grill : CHAR
66 Be behind : TRAIL
67 Boring routines : RUTS
68 Word after “Going once, going twice!” : SOLD!
69 Tube-shaped pasta : PENNE
70 Achievement for Elton John and John Legend, in brief : EGOT
DOWN
1 With 28-Down, emergency status : CODE
2 Unknown writer, for short : ANON
3 [Wrong answer!] : BZZT
4 Oracle : SEER
5 Office heads : BOSSES
6 Drunk as a skunk : BLOTTO
7 Sitcom extraterrestrial : ALF
8 D.M.V. document: Abbr. : LIC
9 Virgo preceder : LEO
10 “Nashville” or “Atlanta,” e.g. : TV SHOW
11 ___ apparent : HEIR
12 Name shared by two of King Henry VIII’s wives : ANNE
13 Job : TASK
18 Uno or due : NUMERO
19 Org. that grades meat : USDA
23 Fore’s counterpart : AFT
24 Rear end, in London’s West End : ARSE
25 Took care of : SAW TO
26 “Of course!,” in Spanish : CLARO
27 Looked at rudely : OGLED
28 See 1-Down : RED
29 Guacamole or hummus : DIP
30 It might be spam : EMAIL
31 Lather, ___, repeat : RINSE
32 Diner add-ons : SIDES
37 Warm pink hue : ROSE
38 To and ___ : FRO
40 Not tardy : PROMPT
41 Misbehaving : BAD
44 Very good pal, informally : BFF
47 ___ brain (source of our primal instincts, it’s said) : LIZARD
48 Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
49 Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne : PIPPIN
50 Baltimore ballplayer : ORIOLE
53 Slipperlike shoes, for short : MOCS
54 Repeat word for word : ECHO
55 Ardent enthusiasm : ZEAL
57 Ireland, to the Irish : EIRE
58 ___ Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris : DOUG
59 “For ___ us a child is born” : UNTO
60 Vowelless attention-getter : PSST
62 Pit stop brand : STP
63 Something crushed during a gold rush : ORE
64 Devotee : FAN
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