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TUESDAY · 14 x 13 GRID · 70 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 36 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 20 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 20, 2022 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.

70 of 70 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Christmas song NOEL 4 5A Apply, as makeup DAB 3 8A Actress Kunis of "That '70s Show" MILA 4 12A Burst ___ the scene (appeared suddenly) ONTO 4 13A "Trainwreck" star Schumer AMY 3 14A Colored eye part IRIS 4 15A Lionel ___, Argentinian soccer player who has won a record-setting seven Ballon d'Or trophies MESSI 5 17A Tip of a stocking TOE 3 18A Video recorders, for short CAMS 4 19A ___ peek (a secret look) SNEAK 5 21A "That's terrible!": 2 wds. OHNO 4 22A Johan ___, Dutch former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy three times CRUYFF 6 25A 31st December: Abbr. NYE 3 26A Month after July, for short AUG 3 27A Miner's find ORE 3 29A Palindromic fashion magazine ELLE 4 31A "Frankly speaking," in textspeak: Abbr. TBH 3 32A Waikiki's locale OAHU 4 34A Put on an ___ (pretend) ACT 3 37A PC key above "shift" ENTER 5 38A Cawing bird CROW 4 39A Run away from FLEE 4 42A Cristiano ___, Portuguese soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy five times RONALDO 7 44A Geologist's collection, maybe ROCKS 5 46A Logic-based matchstick game (anagram of "min") NIM 3 47A "Bubble" or "mud" follower BATH 4 48A Beachgoer's goal TAN 3 51A ___ Keegan, English former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy two times KEVIN 5 55A "Do ___ others..." UNTO 4 56A Zion Church letters (anagram of "mae") AME 3 57A Run away secretly to get married ELOPE 5 58A "Good Days" R&B singer SZA 3 59A Physique, slangily BOD 3 60A "___ Kats" (animated action series) SWAT 4
Down
1D ___ de plume (author's pen name) NOM 3 2D Pop band "___ Direction" ONE 3 3D UFO's occupants: Abbr. ETS 3 4D Compression type (rhymes with "bossy") LOSSY 5 5D Facts and figures collected together DATA 4 6D Run ___ (be out of control) AMOK 4 7D "Toodles!" BYE 3 8D ___ Platini, French former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy three times MICHEL 6 9D Tehran's country IRAN 4 10D Red carpet ready vehicle, for short LIMO 4 11D Braying animal ASS 3 16D The "I" of FYI, for short INFO 4 20D "High School Musical" star Zac EFRON 5 21D Popeye's love Olive ___ OYL 3 22D Hobbes or Garfield, e.g. CAT 3 23D ___ the wrong way (irritate) RUB 3 24D "That's gross!" UGH 3 25D Nerve cell NEURON 6 28D Gobble up EAT 3 30D British nobleman EARL 4 33D That woman HER 3 35D Cape ___, Massachusetts COD 3 36D Number of seats in a sports car, usually TWO 3 37D Cartoonish shriek EEK 3 38D Desert animals with "humps" CAMELS 6 39D ___ Beckenbauer, Dutch former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy two times FRANZ 5 40D "Whole ___ Love" by Led Zeppelin LOTTA 5 41D Canyon sound rebound ECHO 4 43D "Air Jordan" company NIKE 4 45D Guess in the dark? STAB 4 47D Public transport vehicle BUS 3 49D "Te ___" ("I love you") AMO 3 50D "The Simpsons" neighbor Flanders NED 3 52D Solemn pledge VOW 3 53D Hoppy beer: Abbr. IPA 3 54D Safety ___ (trapeze artist's safeguard) NET 3
Solved grid14 x 13 · 134 letters
1N
2O
3E
4L
5D
6A
7B
8M
9I
10L
11A
12O
N
T
O
13A
M
Y
14I
R
I
S
15M
E
S
S
16I
17T
O
E
18C
A
M
S
19S
N
20E
A
K
21O
H
N
O
22C
23R
24U
Y
F
F
25N
Y
E
26A
U
G
27O
R
28E
29E
L
L
30E
31T
B
H
32O
A
33H
U
34A
35C
36T
37E
N
T
E
R
38C
R
O
W
39F
40L
41E
E
42R
O
43N
A
L
D
O
44R
O
C
K
45S
46N
I
M
47B
A
T
H
48T
49A
50N
51K
E
52V
53I
54N
55U
N
T
O
56A
M
E
57E
L
O
P
E
58S
Z
A
59B
O
D
60S
W
A
T

The completed 14 x 13 grid for December 20, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 20, 2022 puzzle

The December 20, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 14 x 13 grid with 70 clues — 34 across and 36 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Tuesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the December 20 2022 Mini page. If a clue reappears in a later puzzle its own answer page is updated, so bookmarking the clue is more reliable than bookmarking the date. Older puzzles live in the archive. We are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by the publishers that created the game.