Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 11th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Make something possible, so to speak : PAVE THE WAY
11 Celebratory dance : JIG
14 Question from someone bursting through the door : AM I TOO LATE
15 Musician’s pitch? : DEMO
16 Builders of pyramids, perhaps : CON ARTISTS
17 If not : ELSE
18 Venture (to) : TRY
19 Island home of a goat known as the kri-kri : CRETE
20 Bits of fiction : TALES
21 Dish topped with lime, basil and hoisin sauce : PHO
22 Online provocateur, in slang : EDGELORD
24 Like some watermelons and tennis players : SEEDED
26 Female dog portrayed by nine different male dogs : LASSIE
27 Pro side : YEAS
28 High 90s, say : A-PLUS
30 Weeding tool : HOE
31 German beer historically consumed by monks : BOCK
32 “The ___ of the System” (David Foster Wallace’s first novel) : BROOM
33 21-Across, e.g. : SOUP
34 Taylor Swift’s “___ Song” : OUR
35 Shells out for dinner, say : PASTA
36 Makes a pick : OPTS
37 Low tie : ONE-ALL
39 What hilarity often does, it’s said : ENSUES
41 Superhero alter ego for Kathy Kane : BATWOMAN
43 “___ be my pleasure!” : IT’D
44 😡 😡 😡 : I’M MAD
45 Was downright awful : STANK
47 Sound from a pointer : ARF
50 Smell something fierce : REEK
51 Catcher of drops : RAIN BARREL
53 Feast : DINE
54 “False!” : THAT IS A LIE
55 Run after R : -S-T-U
56 Setting indicated by a bell with a slash : SILENT MODE
DOWN
1 Diplomatic success : PACT
2 ___ patriae (Latin for “patriotism”) : AMOR
3 Ivy descriptor : VINY
4 Concourse info, in brief : ETA
5 Items wielded by angry mobs : TORCHES
6 Drag participant? : HOT ROD
7 Human rights activist Wiesel : ELIE
8 Underachiever’s issue : WASTED POTENTIAL
9 Called out on Instagram, informally : ATTED
10 Consent cue : YES
11 They’re set for a night of drinking : JELL-O SHOTS
12 “No, really!” : I’M SERIOUS
13 Prepares for a bomb : GOES DEEP
15 Hands out : DEALS
20 Array on a trolley : TEAS
21 Max : PEAK
23 Lugubrious : GLUM
24 What might have sandwiches under wraps? : SECRET MENU
25 All ___ : EARS
27 “I’ll do whatever” : YOU NAME IT
29 Floated sum : LOAN
31 Fans that are hardly keeping cool : BOOBIRDS
32 Skin soother : BALM
33 Went in the high 90s, say : SPED
35 Drag one’s feet : PLOD
36 Southern hip-hop duo with the #1 hit “Ms. Jackson” : OUTKAST
38 Not out : AWAKE
40 Penalty box, in hockey slang : SIN BIN
42 Competitor of Kirin : ASAHI
46 Alternative to blinds : ANTE
47 Janis’s cartoon partner : ARLO
48 Super Bowl-winning coach Andy : REID
49 Become a fugitive : FLEE
51 Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
52 Force (through) : RAM
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