#1 pal Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “#1 pal” from the New York Times crossword of December 30, 2024? It has 6 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

NEW YORK TIMES, DECEMBER 30, 2024

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Hints

Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.

Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

Hint 3 Another clue

More clues from the New York Times (December 30, 2024)

Across

1. Brainy
6. Wacky
10. Desktop computer that might run Sonoma or Sequoia
14. Choir member
15. Writer Wiesel
16. Forbidden
17. Waiter's imperative after bringing food
18. Flower that reflects yellow when held under one's chin
20. It might have a twist or hole
21. What a sleeve covers
22. "Don't worry about me!"
23. Primitive timer
26. Surface for doing exercises
27. Globes
28. Going out romantically
32. #1 pal
35. Language suffix
36. Father
37. Music genre prefix
38. N.F.L. all-star game
41. Texter's reaction to a joke
42. Some beers
44. Bathroom fixture
45. Clinks a glass and gives a speech to
47. Indian pastries with savory fillings
49. Obnoxious person, informally
50. "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying)
51. Place for policy wonks
56. Huge to-dos
59. "Sounds good!"
60. Norse god of war and death
61. Make logical sense ... or what the ends of 18-, 23-, 38- and 51-Across do
63. Grammarian's concern
64. Troubles
65. Number of planets before Pluto was demoted
66. Food item that might come with lox
67. El ___, Tex.
68. Exhausted, metaphorically
69. Put forth, as effort

Down

1. Basketball star Curry
2. ___ Park, location of Edison's first major laboratory
3. Type of pear
4. Plant affliction that's below ground
5. Attempt
6. Creatures that are actually black with white stripes
7. What grads become
8. Tiny complaint
9. Abominable Snowman
10. Advances
11. Shirley Temple and Virgin Bloody Mary, for two
12. H2O, in Mexico
13. "I understand you"
19. Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like"
21. Canadian province that's home to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site
24. Grasp tightly
25. Meh
29. Units of force
30. Gait faster than a walk but slower than a canter
31. Snakelike fish
32. Sheep sounds
33. "Enchanted" girl in a Gail Carson Levine book
34. Biomedical building blocks
35. Recede, as the tide
39. Remove from office
40. Cry made while pointing
43. No-goodnik
46. Jazz combo instrument
48. Dish served from a crockpot
49. In stacks, like a wedding cake
52. Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King"
53. "The early bird gets the worm," for one
54. Landlocked African country
55. Prepared to propose
56. Wish for a romantic pairing between, in modern parlance
57. Pepsi or Coke
58. Contents of a 23-Across
62. "How to ___ a ___" (common tutorial topic)
63. Purple yam common in Filipino cooking

Seen before

This clue also appeared in the New York Times on October 17, 2024.

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Questions

What is the answer to “#1 pal”?

BESTIE, 6 letters: a best friend.

When was “#1 pal” last seen in a crossword?

In the New York Times crossword of December 30, 2024, and 1 more time before that.

How many letters does the answer have?

6 letters, starting with B.