Friendly squeeze — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the December 25 2024 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
HUG
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
December 25 2024
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword December 25 2024
HUG
Affectionate embrace
HUG
3
Affectionate embrace
HUG
3
Affectionate embrace
HUG
3
At the end of the day, the kids pile on top of him in a group ___ (embrace). "Best Father's Day ever," he says. He means it every year.
HUG
3
What an "O" symbolizes in XO
HUG
3
Affectionate embrace
HUG
3
Group ___ (team huddle, perhaps)
HUG
3
A warm ___, the kind of comfort that feels just right after a long summer afternoon
HUG
3
Warm embrace
HUG
3
Bear ___, tight and warm embrace that starts with a big, cuddly animal
HUG
3
Squeezed embrace
HUG
3
Affectionate embrace
HUG
3
Young British fellow
LAD
3
Nile reptile
ASP
3
Chest-beating primate
APE
3
"___ Baba and the Forty Thieves"
ALI
3
Opposite of "in"
OUT
3
Squirrel's save
NUT
3
Car navigator: Abbr.
GPS
3
What the sun does in the east
RISE
4
Helix with your heredity
DNA
3
Michael ___, "The Office" boss who insists on being the only Santa at the holiday party but is upset when another Santa shows up
SCOTT
5
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