Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Thursday December 24, 2020.
‘Good ___!’ – RIDDANCE
‘Honest!’ – NOLIE
‘I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face’: Harry Hill – BALD
‘Paradise Lost’ and others – EPICS
‘The Game of Strategic Conquest’ – RISK
‘This round’s ___’ – ONME
‘You got that right about me!’ – SUREDO
1815 novel made into films in 1996 and 2020 – EMMA
A bit of resistance – STATIC
Actress Kendrick of ‘Pitch Perfect’ – ANNA
Adrift – ATSEA
Advantage – PLUS
Advantages – PROS
Baby rabbit – KITTEN
Barely perceptible, say – DIM
Body part that’s also a woman’s name – IRIS
Certain break-dancing move – SPIN
Certain deposit – ORE
Concentration – AREA
Cons – FELONS
Dish that might be seasoned with adobo sauce – TACO
Do drugs – USE
Endurance of hardship without complaint – STOICISM
Font flourish – SERIF
French setting for Puccini’s ‘Il Tabarro’ – SEINE
Gets away – ESCAPES
Gets down cold – MASTERS
Go on a date with a honeybun? – TAKEONESSWEET
Half of a 1960s folk/pop group – MAMAS
Hidden drawback – CATCH
High-quality French vineyard – CRU
How often Bette Davis won Best Actress – TWICE
Is unable to get away, say … or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across? – CANTFINDTHETIME
It destroyed the town of Mascali in 1928 – ETNA
Kind of artist – SCAM
Kind of engine – DIESEL
Lip ___ – BALM
Lover of Giorgetta in Puccini’s ‘Il Tabarro’ – LUIGI
Makes a duck face, say – MUGS
Native language of 50 million citizens of India – URDU
Not going anywhere – IDLE
Not hold back fury – ERUPT
One target of doxycycline – ACNE
Org. whose vision is ‘a great public school for every student’ – NEA
Pageant identifiers – SASHES
Pants measure – WAIST
Part of an Instagram profile – BIO
Part of one’s mental life – EGO
Person not to be trusted – RAT
Piece by Puccini – ARIA
Piece of curling equipment – STONE
Plops down – SITS
Poker slang for three of a kind – TRIPS
Polar bear, to seals – PREDATOR
Provide initial funding for – SEED
Run over – READ
Sad sound – MOAN
See 5-Across – ALERTS
Separates, in a sense – SILOS
Series of goals – HATTRICK
SOS response – AID
Speak out – OPINE
Spill a shipment of bowling balls? – LETTHEGOODSROLL
Start of this clue – ESS
There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly – BRIDES
Tract of low-growing vegetation – HEATH
What benchwarmers ride, with ‘the’ – PINE
Wild party – BASH
With 5-Down, some emergency bulletins – AMBER
Word with rule or tackle – SLIDE
Works during a slow day at the restaurant? – WAITSFORNOONE
Zero – NULL
