Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 31st 2024, New York Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Go downhill fast, maybe : SLED
5 Instigate : FOMENT
11 Little while : BIT
14 Adjective often paired with “hearty” : HALE
15 The “boy” in the Broadway lyric “Never before has a boy wanted more!” : OLIVER
16 Cruise through : ACE
17 “Duh!,” in textspeak : OBVS
18 Noted convention center? : GENEVA
19 “Moo, ___, La La La!” (children’s book) : BAA
20 June observance : PRIDE MONTH
22 Pastry whose dough is used in making pigs in a blanket : CRESCENT ROLL
24 Common situations in time travel narratives : PARADOXES
26 The emperor Caligula wanted to name his a consul, in legend : HORSE
27 Lowercase “n” lookalike : ETA
28 Its cups aren’t supposed to runneth over : BRA
29 Singer Lewis : HUEY
30 Last word in the full title of Cervantes’s most famous novel : MANCHA
33 Pigeonry : COTE
34 Halloween-themed hit, with a hint to four squares in this puzzle : MONSTER MASH
36 What the puck is going on? : RINK
37 ” … have it your way, then” : OR DON’T
38 BeBe’s sister, in a gospel duo : CECE
39 Something “dead” in a haunted corn maze? : END
40 ___ powder (manicure type) : DIP
43 It comes from the heart : AORTA
45 Summer drink made from the fruits of two tropical trees : MANGO LEMONADE
48 Graphic showing the status of a download, say : PROGRESS BAR
50 Like Polish, but not polish : PROPER
51 Lionizing lines : ODE
52 General during the Clone Wars : KENOBI
54 “Last Christmas” pop duo : WHAM
55 Marble count for each side in Chinese checkers : TEN
56 Opposite of a jumbo shake? : TREMOR
57 Prefix with trust or rust : ANTI-
58 Sounds of hesitation : ERS
59 Recorded, in a way : ON TAPE
60 Throw hard, in modern slang : YEET
DOWN
1 Quaint store : SHOPPE
2 Maze runner : LAB RAT
3 “Mistress of the Dark” in a 1988 film : ELVIRA
4 “Othello” role : DESDEMONA
5 Sound sounds : FOGHORNS
6 Encouragement to a flamenco performer : OLE
7 Cut finely : MINCE
8 Civil rights leader Medgar : EVERS
9 Campbell of horror film fame : NEVE
10 Just terrible, in slang : TRASH
11 One of the original five inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame : BABE RUTH
12 “Yes, that’s abundantly clear” : I CAN SEE
13 Source of refreshments on a train to London : TEA TROLLEY
21 Financial institution with A.T.M.s known as “Green Machines” : TD BANK
23 Fellow presenter : CO-HOST
25 Art knife brand : X-ACTO
30 Paintings in the “Water Lilies” series, e.g. : MONETS
31 Dating app for queer women : HER
32 Elizabeth of cosmetics : ARDEN
33 Openness : CANDOR
34 Certain edible seedlings : MICROGREENS
35 Khan tract? : MONGOL EMPIRE
36 Keep in stock, say : REORDER
38 “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” author : CAPOTE
40 “Apollo and ___” (Bernini masterpiece) : DAPHNE
41 Kick around some concepts : IDEATE
42 Aspiring driver’s need : PERMIT
44 Invite for : ASK TO
45 Painter whose “Olympia” caused controversy for its depiction of a sex worker : MANET
46 Result of burning sage : AROMA
47 “Not happening!” : NO WAY
49 2016 election nickname : BERN
53 Catchy song : BOP
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