Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday November 6th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gobi Desert grazer : ASS
4 Green roll : SOD
7 Domain suffix that most people can’t register : EDU
10 Tailor’s line : HEM
13 Bit of fried finger food, casually : TOT
14 Silvery element : PLATINUM
17 Band initials missing from their hit song “_vi_ W_man” : ELO
18 Possible response to a question that begins “Est-ce que …” : OUI
19 Northernmost city in North America with over one million people : EDMONTON
20 Inspiration for Toblerone’s shape : ALP
21 Channel with Steve Kornacki’s election day “Big Board” : MSNBC
23 Gucci played by Al Pacino in 2021’s “House of Gucci” : ALDO
24 Hop on board? : OLLIE
26 Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail : SAKE
27 Dress shirt fit option : SLIM
28 Site for crafts : ETSY
29 Band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : BLACK SABBATH
34 Spacecraft that docked with the Soyuz in 1975 : APOLLO
36 Croak : RIBBIT
39 African country : SOMALIA
41 Sweetened beverage : LIMEADE
42 Container for sour cream : TUB
43 Snack brand from the Spanish word for “fried” : FRITOS
46 Make go “Vroom!” : REV
47 “Go-o-oal!” : IT’S IN
50 Object of adoration : IDOL
51 Brazilian jazz subgenre, informally : BOSSA
53 Bird with a distinctive call : MEADOWLARK
56 Spinning one’s wheels? : BIKING
59 Puff pieces? : CIGARS
63 General idea … or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across : LONG AND SHORT OF IT
68 Conversely, in a text : OTOH
69 Second-smallest of seven : EUROPE
70 Like many granola bars : OATY
71 Unit of power : WATT
72 Performs brilliantly : SHINES
73 Dave Bautista’s role in “Guardians of the Galaxy” : DRAX
DOWN
1 Focuses of quantum mechanics : ATOMS
2 Composer with a namesake horn : SOUSA
3 Foul-smelling prank items : STINK BOMBS
4 Required word count for a freelance article, e.g. : SPEC
5 Like food you should probably smell before eating : OLD
6 Patterned fabric named for a Mideast capital : DAMASK
7 Lay to rest : ENTOMB
8 Hip-hop’s Madvillain or Mobb Deep : DUO
9 “Yeah, don’t even think about it” : UM NO
10 Indicators of remaining energy for video game characters : HEALTH BARS
11 Actress Tracee ___ Ross of “American Fiction” : ELLIS
12 Sullen : MOPEY
15 Avoid ___ (Google Maps option) : TOLLS
16 World’s most populous country as of 2023 : INDIA
22 ___ Baxter, “Poor Things” protagonist : BELLA
25 Leave undisturbed : LET BE
30 A-game, so to speak : ALL
31 Elaborate hairdo : COIF
32 Jewish rite : BRIS
33 Target : AIM
34 Italian wine region : ASTI
35 Look sullen : POUT
37 Middle-of-the-month time : IDES
38 Big name in athletic sandals : TEVA
40 Like Antarctica’s climate : ARID
41 Hang out : LOLL
44 Swearing-in words : I DO
45 Drag on the road : TOW
48 “My plans aren’t set in stone” : I MIGHT
49 “99 Luftballons” singer : NENA
51 Liverpudlian or Mancunian : BRIT
52 “Oh, phew!” : OK GOOD
54 ___ Varda, director with an honorary Palme d’Or and Oscar : AGNES
55 Plot units : ACRES
56 Major setback : BLOW
57 Three-syllable letter : IOTA
58 Something a rock climber might make with one hand : KNOT
60 In the distance : AFAR
61 Multitalented Moreno : RITA
62 River in which Achilles was dipped : STYX
64 “Tell me something I don’t know!” : DUH
65 ___ Lanka : SRI
66 Sweetie : HON
67 Midwesterner’s embarrassed interjection : OPE
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