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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 65 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 32 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 16 2021 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 16, 2021 puzzle with the solution beside every clue, followed by the completed grid. Tap a clue to see its letter count and every other puzzle it has appeared in.

65 of 65 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Slumber party garb, for short PJS 3 4A "___ Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" ITS 3 7A Sharp bend in a road (rhymes with "sink") KINK 4 11A Burj Khalifa's country: Abbr. UAE 3 12A Kind of sauce or latte SOY 3 13A Length times width, for a rectangle AREA 4 14A Marla ___, con artist played by Rosamund Pike in the 2021 film "I Care A Lot" GRAYSON 7 16A Mediator's skill TACT 4 17A Sixteenth of a pound OUNCE 5 19A Squid's protection INK 3 20A Illegally copy, as a signature FORGE 5 23A Casino cube DIE 3 25A Warrior princess voiced by Kelly Marie Tran in the 2021 Disney film also starring Awkwafina RAYA 4 26A Lady who starred in "A Star Is Born" GAGA 4 28A Tony Stark, to Morgan Stark DAD 3 31A "I figured it out!" AHA 3 32A Rickman who played the Potions Master ALAN 4 33A Fragile self-image EGO 3 34A Sister with a rosary NUN 3 35A ___ the moon (elated) OVER 4 36A "The ___ thickens!" PLOT 4 37A Jaden Smith's character in "Karate Kid" DRE 3 38A Palindromic constellation ARA 3 39A Character played by Emma Stone in the 2021 Disney film featuring dalmatians: 3 wds. CRUELLADEVIL 12 45A Greek God of war ARES 4 46A Card game, or its shout UNO 3 47A Hawaii's ___ crater EKE 3 48A Small sea vessel BOAT 4 49A Soup-soaked bread, say SOP 3 50A ___-Z (colloquially called zoomers) GEN 3 51A Light on one's feet SPRY 4 52A Big blast letters TNT 3 53A "___ in apple": 2 wds. AAS 3
Down
1D Wrinkly-faced pup PUG 3 2D Nutella container JAR 3 3D Arabian or Caribbean, e.g. SEA 3 4D Magazine edition ISSUE 5 5D Bugs Bunny or Daffy, informally TOON 4 6D Match, as devices SYNC 4 7D ___ Mitchell, character voiced by Abbi Jacobson in the 2021 film "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" KATIE 5 8D Tehran's land IRAN 4 9D Nape's location NECK 4 10D Kit ___ (trick-or-treat item) KAT 3 15D Stretches on mats YOGA 4 18D ___ Paget, henchman played by Jamie Dornan in the 2021 film "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" EDGAR 5 20D ___ Lebowitz from "Pretend It's a City" FRAN 4 21D Honolulu's home OAHU 4 22D Actor Reynolds from "Free Guy" RYAN 4 24D Fleming who created James Bond IAN 3 26D "Order in the court!" prop GAVEL 5 27D Drink for a happy hour ALE 3 28D Usnavi ___, bodega owner played by Anthony Ramos in the 2021 film "In The Heights" : 3 wds. DELAVEGA 8 29D "Long ___ and Far Away" (TV series) AGO 3 30D Feature in "j" but not "J" DOT 3 35D Miner's stuff ORE 3 36D Post's opposite PRE 3 37D Like used chalkboard erasers DUSTY 5 38D Take in from a pet shelter ADOPT 5 39D Trim in Canva, say CROP 4 40D "___ Window" (Hitchcock thriller) REAR 4 41D Lana Del Rey's "___ for Life" LUST 4 42D Unknown chat room visitor, slangily ANON 4 43D Giant in furniture sales IKEA 4 44D Optical device LENS 4 45D Russian twists targets, for short ABS 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 127 letters
1P
2J
3S
4I
5T
6S
7K
8I
9N
10K
11U
A
E
12S
O
Y
13A
R
E
A
14G
R
A
15Y
S
O
N
16T
A
C
T
17O
U
N
C
18E
19I
N
K
20F
21O
22R
G
E
23D
24I
E
25R
A
Y
A
26G
27A
G
A
28D
29A
30D
31A
H
A
32A
L
A
N
33E
G
O
34N
U
N
35O
V
E
R
36P
L
O
T
37D
R
E
38A
R
A
39C
40R
U
E
L
41L
42A
D
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V
43I
44L
45A
R
E
S
46U
N
O
47E
K
E
48B
O
A
T
49S
O
P
50G
E
N
51S
P
R
Y
52T
N
T
53A
A
S

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 16, 2021. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 16, 2021 puzzle

The December 16, 2021 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 65 clues — 33 across and 32 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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