12/24/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/24/16

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1D
Many a cabaret performer
SHOWGIRL

2D
Sandwich often served with Dijon mustard
HAM ON RYE

3D
Not out
AWAKE

4D
Firm backing?
LTD

5D
Observation satellites, so to speak
EYES

6D
Fixes
MESSES

7D
Leading
AHEAD OF

8D
Starting point of many a red-eye
LAX

9D
How Stephen Colbert sometimes speaks
WRYLY

10D
Prefix whose last two letters are a prefix meaning the same thing
AMBI-

11D
Nomad
ROAMER

12D
Make tough to make out
ENCODE

13D
Address
SPEAK TO

15D
Like relative
Y’KNOW

20D
He wrote “Venus favors the bold”
OVID

23D
Navy ___
SEALS

25D
Ill will
ANIMUS

29D
Cattle herder
DROVER

30D
City of 150,000+ between Raleigh and Durham
CARY

32D
My ___!
HERO

34D
___ d’identité
CARTE

37D
Wing covering
BBQ SAUCE

38D
Beau
LOVERBOY

39D
Say LIKE THIS!
EXCLAIM

41D
Develop
PLAY OUT

42D
Heckle
JEER

43D
Let up
EASED

44D
Ire
CHOLER

45D
Date night choice
CINEMA

47D
Essential principle of Hinduism
DHARMA

50D
Strike while the iron is hot?
BRAND

52D
Mr. T vehicle
DC CAB

54D
State publicly
AVOW

56D
Temperamental type
DIVA

59D
Chorus syllable
TRA

61D
Projecting point
NIB

1A
Something fracked in fracking
SHALE

6A
Worms and such
MALWARE

13A
Attractive young woman, in rap slang
SHAWTY

14A
Connection site?
EHARMONY

16A
Fragrant dressing
POMADE

17A
2006 Justin Timberlake 1 hit
SEXYBACK

18A
Arboreal sci-fi creature
EWOK

19A
Fifth player to hit 600 homers
SOSA

21A
Fruta that’s sour
LIMON

22A
Saint often depicted with a lamb
AGNES

24A
Celebration that coincided with Truman turning 61
V-E DAY

26A
Japan’s ___ Castle
EDO

27A
Cassis cocktail
KIR

28A
Tesla competitor
EDISON

30A
Mission group
CREW

31A
Slacker’s opposite, in modern lingo
TRY-HARD

33A
Form W-2 abbr.
FICA

35A
Palindromic 1976 greatest hits album
OLE ELO

36A
Harmless shooter
MARBLE

40A
Say yes or no, say
RSVP

42A
What’s usually about 12 people?
JURY BOX

43A
Danish shoe maker with more than 1,000 global stores
ECCO

46A
Senior
ELDEST

48A
HSN competitor
QVC

49A
Sushi bar selection
AHI

50A
Astronomer who coined the term “nova”
BRAHE

51A
Bomb with wheels
EDSEL

53A
Capability of whales and dolphins
SONAR

55A
Navy ___
YARD

57A
Italian “dear”
CARA

58A
Kind of car commonly seen in cities
ELEVATOR

60A
Evil spirits
INCUBI

62A
Prohibitionists’ target
DEMON RUM

63A
Company that owns Paramount
VIACOM

64A
Stuff to mine
RAW DATA

65A
Order setting
ABBEY