Our NYT Crossword Hints for December 15, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The NYT Crossword is a daily crossword that tests solvers’ knowledge and vocabulary. It’s one of the most popular crosswords in the world, known for its challenging clues and clever wordplay. The puzzle is published in the print edition of the paper and is also available online.
NYT Crossword Hints, December 15, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the NYT Crossword on 12/15/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
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1A. Chess player's study
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8A. Painting stolen from 71-Across
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13A. Cashless deal
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17A. Crunchy root vegetables
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19A. Fertilizer compound
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20A. Painting stolen from 64-Across
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21A. Winter setting in New England
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21A. Winter setting in New England
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23A. Hunter on high
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24A. Like the Beatles' "Yesterday," key-wise
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25A. Plum variety often used in spirits
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26A. ___ center
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27A. Made eyes at
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28A. Schedules
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31A. Architectural annexes
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33A. Bronx cheer
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33A. Bronx cheer
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35A. Capital on the Río de la Plata
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35A. Capital on the Río de la Plata
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39A. Anchors Aweigh grp.
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40A. One step ___ time
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41A. Oodles
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42A. Downhill event
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44A. Prefix with health
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48A. Niçoise salad need
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50A. Role for Jay Silverheels
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52A. Charles de Gaulle's birthplace
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53A. Neighborhood grocery stores
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53A. Neighborhood grocery stores
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54A. Painting stolen from 21-Across
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56A. Nobelist Bohr
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58A. Evenhanded
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59A. Customary practice
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60A. Popeye's witchy foe in early comics
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62A. Like a car's wheels
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64A. Bar with hashish pipes
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64A. Bar with hashish pipes
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66A. Baseball great Hershiser
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68A. Solution strength, in chemistry
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70A. Fat used in candlemaking
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71A. Common scale range
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71A. Common scale range
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75A. Champing at the bit
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77A. Fog and haze generated for a theatrical production
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77A. Fog and haze generated for a theatrical production
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81A. Flimsy, as an excuse
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82A. Pillow cover
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84A. Fastens, in a way
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86A. Nose (around)
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87A. Director DuVernay
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88A. Crumple into a ball
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90A. Informal speech
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92A. Painting stolen from 33-Across
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93A. Painting stolen from 105-Across
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95A. Opened or closed like an eye, in film lingo
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97A. No longer interested in
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98A. Tour de France units: Abbr.
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99A. Bout enders, for short
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101A. Health professional focused on nutrition
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101A. Health professional focused on nutrition
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105A. Household appliance that makes a hissing sound
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105A. Household appliance that makes a hissing sound
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108A. Right now!
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109A. Connecticut coastal town near Stamford
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110A. Has the gumption
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111A. Actress Thurman
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114A. Abbr. on a music score
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116A. Member of la familia
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117A. "Get ___"
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118A. Classic nursery rhyme
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118A. Classic nursery rhyme
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124A. Toronto team, for short
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125A. Attacked by mosquitoes, say
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126A. Claudius, vis-à-vis King Hamlet
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127A. Land in the sea
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128A. Iditarod entries
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129A. Annual star-studded fashion event
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1D. Three, in Torino
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2D. Letters associated with baseball and batteries
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3D. Many '90s music purchases
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4D. Painting stolen from 101-Across
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5D. Enjoys as a hobby
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5D. Enjoys as a hobby
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6D. Gets irritated by
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7D. Title for Manchin or Murkowski: Abbr.
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8D. First cars made by Ford
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8D. First cars made by Ford
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9D. See 122-Down
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10D. Hair removal brand
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11D. Salinger's "For ___ - With Love and Squalor"
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12D. "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" airer
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12D. "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" airer
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13D. Painting stolen from 35-Across
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14D. "___ we're waiting …"
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15D. Cactuslike plants
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16D. Duffer's obstacle
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18D. '60s campus activist grp.
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19D. "1984" drudge
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20D. Eccentric types
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22D. Certain emergency message
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28D. Surgeon's stitch
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29D. Actress Creel of "Saved by the Bell"
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30D. Beauty spot?
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32D. Place to keep plants
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34D. Abundant
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35D. Motel proprietor in "Psycho"
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36D. Ancient Greek region for which part of the Mediterranean is named
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37D. Innocent sort
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38D. God of the Qu'ran
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43D. Hodgepodges
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45D. Dark, in poesy
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46D. Like some vowels and memories
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47D. 90° from norte
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47D. 90° from norte
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49D. On dry ground
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49D. On dry ground
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51D. Basic skateboard trick
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55D. Root in some speckled chips
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57D. Adjust to, as a thermostat
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59D. ___ Clan, iconic hip-hop group of the 1990s
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59D. ___ Clan, iconic hip-hop group of the 1990s
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61D. Catches on
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61D. Catches on
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63D. Painting stolen from 53-Across
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65D. Some partners in lesbian couples
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65D. Some partners in lesbian couples
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67D. Franz who composed "The Merry Widow"
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69D. Mapped out again
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69D. Mapped out again
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71D. Deception
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72D. Shankar at Woodstock
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73D. Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan
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74D. Acme's antonym
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76D. Plunder, archaically
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78D. Online tracker
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79D. Old-fashioned trinket shop vendors
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80D. Twitch
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80D. Twitch
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83D. Think aloud
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85D. Bergens dummy Mortimer
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89D. Identifies
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91D. "Half a truth is often a ___": Benjamin Franklin
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94D. Painting stolen from 77-Across
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96D. Abandons
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100D. Places of refuge
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102D. Xerox : copy machine :: ___ : kitchen wrap
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103D. Most boring
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104D. Lines at the theater?
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105D. Corporate department
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106D. Culmination of many a "Law & Order" episode
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107D. Desensitizes
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110D. Painting stolen from 118-Across
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112D. It might be held during vacation
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113D. Comedian Johnson of "Laugh-In"
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115D. Big inits. in fuel additives
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119D. From Jan. 1 until now
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120D. Male turkey
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121D. Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"
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122D. With 9-Down, legendary Giant
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123D. A nursing one has snaps
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