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WEDNESDAY · 14 x 13 GRID · 71 CLUES · 36 ACROSS · 35 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 21 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 21, 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.

71 of 71 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Christmas tree choice FIR 3 4A Swimmer's units LAPS 4 8A Tree secretion SAP 3 11A Palindromic cry similar to "aha" OHO 3 12A Cold, slushy drink brand ICEE 4 13A Palo ___, California ALTO 4 14A Add to one's Instagram feed, say POST 4 16A Stare with one's mouth open (anagram of "page") GAPE 4 17A Mammal with a mane LION 4 18A Not up to ___ (inadequate) PAR 3 19A Start of a cheer that ends with "hurray!" HIP 3 20A "Merry ___ Whatever," holiday-themed sitcom starring Dennis Quaid and Bridgit Mendler HAPPY 5 21A "C'___ la vie!" EST 3 23A Cupid's Greek form EROS 4 25A Sports spectator's venue, perhaps ARENA 5 28A ___ and proper PRIM 4 29A Sing without showing one's teeth? HUM 3 32A "How to Ruin Christmas: The ___," season 1 of a holiday-themed comedy show starring Thando Thabethe WEDDING 7 34A "You're ___ a huge mistake!" MAKING 6 36A The "L" in L.A. Lakers LOS 3 37A "___ note to follow so..." ("Do-Re-Mi" lyrics): 2 wds. LAA 3 38A Crocodile lookalike, informally GATOR 5 39A "The ___ Who Cried Wolf" BOY 3 40A Society-entering girl, briefly DEB 3 41A "___ Rush Christmas," holiday-themed season of a reality baking show that is hosted by Hunter March SUGAR 5 44A Cape Town's country: Abbr. RSA 3 46A "He hung ___ me" (ended the phone call): 2 wds. UPON 4 50A Facebook Messenger conversation CHAT 4 51A One who writes rhymes POET 4 52A ___ letter (gift from a woo-er) LOVE 4 53A Start to "graph" or "biography" AUTO 4 54A "___ for Christmas," holiday-themed Norwegian TV show starring Ida Elise Broch HOME 4 55A High-___ graphics RES 3 56A "And ___ There Were None" THEN 4 57A Singer Redding who covered "Merry Christmas Baby" OTIS 4 58A Stick that goes "boom!": Abbr. TNT 3
Down
1D Dapper dan FOP 3 2D Chain that sells pancakes 24/7: Abbr. IHOP 4 3D ___ Parks (American activist) ROSA 4 4D "The Great Christmas ___ Fight," holiday-themed reality competition show LIGHT 5 5D Purple berry found in a smoothie ACAI 4 6D "Cayenne" or "chili" follower PEPPER 6 7D Wait and ___ (wait to find out) SEE 3 8D ___ N' Slide (children's toy) SLIP 4 9D On the summit of ATOP 4 10D "My Little ___" (toy line and media franchise) PONY 4 13D "Woe is me!" ALAS 4 15D Go viral on Twitter, say (anagram of "drent") TREND 5 20D Public display of respect HOMAGE 6 22D Popeye or Sinbad, e.g. SAILOR 6 24D Wine glass edge RIM 3 25D Cobbler shop tool AWL 3 26D ___ Speedwagon, "Can't Fight This Feeling" band REO 3 27D Manuscript polishers, for short EDS 3 28D Tour that has tee times: Abbr. PGA 3 29D ___-or-miss HIT 3 30D Card game where one may be "skipped" UNO 3 31D Corporate team leader, for short MGR 3 33D Vote that's not an "aye" NAY 3 35D Afghanistan's capital KABUL 5 39D Relay race accessory BATON 5 40D Romantic outings DATES 5 41D Improvise like a jazz musician (anagram of "cats") SCAT 4 42D "No no," slangily: Hyph. UHUH 4 43D Golden ___ Bridge, San Francisco GATE 4 44D Turnip or rutabaga, e.g. ROOT 4 45D Prefix with "circle" to mean half a circle SEMI 4 47D "Any ___ in a storm" PORT 4 48D Where dough becomes bread? OVEN 4 49D Avian abode NEST 4 51D Vietnamese soup PHO 3
Solved grid14 x 13 · 139 letters
1F
2I
3R
4L
5A
6P
7S
8S
9A
10P
11O
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12I
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13A
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15T
16G
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17L
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18P
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19H
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20H
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21E
22S
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24R
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27E
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36L
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37L
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39B
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42U
43G
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46U
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48O
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The completed 14 x 13 grid for December 21, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 21, 2022 puzzle

The December 21, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 14 x 13 grid with 71 clues — 36 across and 35 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Wednesday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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