Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 12th 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “It can’t be!” : THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE
16 Blissful stretch : HONEYMOON PERIOD
17 “Nobody can do this alone” : IT TAKES A VILLAGE
18 Put down : SHAMED
19 Make an example of : CITE
20 First name in classic horror films : LON
21 Brother of Lech and Czech in Slavic lore : RUS
22 ___ Thai (Vietnamese fruit cocktail) : CHE
23 Set against? : NAYS
25 Letters on old kopecks : CCCP
27 “Well, I’ll be darned!” : GEE WHIZ
29 Word before “tip” or after “top” : HAT
30 Chickpea, e.g. : SEED
31 Liszt’s “Transcendental ___” : ETUDES
35 “Is it just me …?” : AM I NUTS
37 Direct flight? : BEELINE
38 Boil down : DECOCT
39 Lubricants used in oil drilling : MUDS
40 Zest for life: Abbr. : SYN
41 Lofty passages : SKYWAYS
43 Future D.O.’s exam : MCAT
44 Disgruntled grunts : UGHS
46 Legal V.I.P.s : AGS
47 Invite qualifier, for short : BYO
48 Good point : PRO
49 What flashers do : WARN
51 Takes for a ride : DRIVES
54 Unable to make progress, say : HITTING A DEAD END
57 Verbally backpedaling : EATING ONE’S WORDS
58 “See?” : WHAT DID I TELL YOU
DOWN
1 See 51-Down : THIS
2 Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back” : HOTH
3 Like Mount Terror and Mount Terra Nova : ANTARCTIC
4 Ally : TEAM UP
5 Co-creator and co-star of Netflix’s “The Upshaws” : SYKES
6 Had a side convo on Zoom, e.g. : IM’ED
7 Approaches, briefly : MOS
8 Took in a bad way : POACHED
9 Displayed : ON VIEW
10 Narrow peninsula : SPIT
11 Insectoid moon dwellers in H.G. Wells’s “The First Men in the Moon” : SELENITES
12 Texter’s “off-line” : IRL
13 Polish roll : BIALY
14 Corporate figures : LOGOS
15 Blissful patch : EDEN
22 Pair of accessories? : CEES
24 Un color on El Salvador’s flag : AZUL
25 Lake ___, body of water spanning four African countries : CHAD
26 Made it : CAME
27 L.A. museum, with “the” : GETTY
28 Takes to heart : HEEDS
30 Doesn’t breathe easy : SUCKS WIND
32 Find : DISCOVERY
33 Grammy-winning singer who has recorded in several fictional languages : ENYA
34 No longer being drafted, say : SENT
36 Satisfy a midday craving : NOSH
37 Is persuaded of : BUYS
39 Anna ___, first Italian to win an acting Oscar : MAGNANI
42 Mars, e.g. : WAR GOD
43 Melodramatic cry of appreciation : MY IDOL!
44 Character played by Kieron Moore in “David and Bathsheba” (1951) : URIAH
45 Can’t not, informally : GOTTA
47 Donnybrook : BRAWL
48 “Just made it!” : PHEW
50 Online home services marketplace : ANGI
51 Plural form of 1-Down, in dialect : DESE
52 Mountain biking move akin to a front wheelie : ENDO
53 Calif. school less than an hour’s ride from Tijuana : SDSU
55 Little warbler : TIT
56 Lead follower: Abbr. : DET
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