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FRIDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 68 CLUES · 33 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 17 2021 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 17, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Facebook's new name META 4 5A Tai ___ (martial art form) CHI 3 8A Month in 2021 when GameStop's stock prices soared after it was discussed on Reddit (for short) JAN 3 11A "Gosh darn it!" DRAT 4 12A "It'll be ___ little secret" OUR 3 13A Angsty teen's music genre EMO 3 14A Month in 2021 when Bond film "No Time To Die" premiered after getting delayed for over 18 months SEPTEMBER 9 17A Most preferred, in texts FAV 3 18A Letters on a hoppy beer IPA 3 19A Reaction to a punch in the gut OOF 3 21A Month in 2021 when Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet got sold for $2.9 million MARCH 5 24A Campfire remnants ASH 3 25A "___ audible?" (Zoom meeting question, perhaps): 2 wds. AMI 3 26A Month in 2021 when the film "The Lost Daughter" released in the US DECEMBER 8 31A Cheer like a cheerleader, say YELL 4 33A Wayfarer's roadhouse INN 3 34A Christmas season YULE 4 35A Prefix meaning "new" NEO 3 36A Genesis garden EDEN 4 38A Eggs in a sushi bar ROE 3 39A Month in 2021 when Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram shut down for almost 6 hours (for short) OCT 3 41A Month in 2021 when NASA's Ingenuity became the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars APRIL 5 43A "Drake and ___," old Nickelodeon show JOSH 4 45A Austen who wrote "Sense and Sensibility" JANE 4 47A "Fella," informally BUB 3 48A "Out of the question!": Hyph. UHUH 4 50A "I see ___ chance of that happening.": 2 wds. AFAT 4 54A U.N. workers' group: Abbr. ILO 3 55A ___ Rowlands, star of "The Notebook" GENA 4 56A Hint for a crossword solver CLUE 4 57A "Rock-a-___ Baby" (lullaby) BYE 3 58A Month in 2021 when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was chosen as the first woman Director-General of WTO (for short) FEB 3 59A Mammoth-sized HUGE 4
Down
1D "Grey's Anatomy" figures: Abbr. MDS 3 2D Bard's "before" ERE 3 3D Gentle touch TAP 3 4D Room at the top ATTIC 5 5D Unresponsive state COMA 4 6D Bustling center HUB 3 7D Outraged state IRE 3 8D ___ Gordon (NASCAR driver) JEFF 4 9D "I ___ Killer" (TV series): 2 wds. AMA 3 10D Month in 2021 when Paul Rudd was named People's Sexiest Man Alive (for short) NOV 3 15D Tenth book of the New Testament, for short EPH 3 16D Valentine's day flower ROSE 4 20D "Good heavens!": 2 wds. OHMY 4 21D Month in 2021 when the "Friends" reunion screened 17 years after the show ended MAY 3 22D Grace ender AMEN 4 23D Provoke RILE 4 24D Skin woe that may be concealed ACNE 4 26D Keto or paleo, e.g. DIET 4 27D Call it quits END 3 28D Aaron ___, Hamilton's foe BURR 4 29D "The Time Machine" race ELOI 4 30D Fishing ___ (device attached to a fishing rod) REEL 4 32D London lavatories LOOS 4 37D Palindromic nickname for "grandma" NAN 3 40D Repeated cry at a beer party CHUG 4 42D Fuzzy fruit with a pit PEACH 5 43D Month in 2021 when Jeff Bezos flew to space and back JULY 4 44D Double-reed instrument OBOE 4 45D Month in 2021 when US president Joe Biden met Queen Elizabeth II JUNE 4 46D Moby-Dick hunter AHAB 4 47D Protective garment for a lobster dinner BIB 3 49D Playboy Mansion VIP, familiarly HEF 3 51D Winter bug FLU 3 52D Month in 2021 when Microsoft pulled the plug on Internet Explorer (for short) AUG 3 53D Crew neck top TEE 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 126 letters
1M
2E
3T
4A
5C
6H
7I
8J
9A
10N
11D
R
A
T
12O
U
R
13E
M
O
14S
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P
T
15E
M
B
E
16R
17F
A
V
18I
P
A
19O
20O
F
21M
22A
23R
C
H
24A
S
H
25A
M
I
26D
27E
C
E
M
28B
29E
30R
31Y
E
L
32L
33I
N
N
34Y
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L
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35N
E
O
36E
D
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37N
38R
O
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39O
40C
T
41A
42P
R
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L
43J
44O
S
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45J
46A
N
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47B
U
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48U
49H
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50A
51F
52A
53T
54I
L
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55G
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A
56C
L
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57B
Y
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58F
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B
59H
U
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E

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 17, 2021. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 17, 2021 puzzle

The December 17, 2021 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 33 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Friday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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