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THURSDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 67 CLUES · 34 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 22 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 22, 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.

67 of 67 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Naughty child's Christmas gift COAL 4 5A Slippery slime GOO 3 8A Poem of praise ODE 3 11A "___ That I Love You," song by Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo HATE 4 12A Snooty one SNOB 4 13A Tear, as wrapping paper RIP 3 14A Swedish furniture franchise IKEA 4 15A Larger than large HUGE 4 16A "___: Cyber" (procedural TV series): Abbr. CSI 3 17A ___-cone (cool treat) SNO 3 19A Newton in physics textbooks ISAAC 5 21A Mr. ___, villain in "It's a Wonderful Life" who is played by Lionel Barrymore POTTER 6 24A Aquarium denizen that shocks EEL 3 25A Grande who sang "Not Just on Christmas," to fans ARI 3 26A The ___ Bandits, villains in "Home Alone" who are played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern WET 3 28A "___ going to have a baby!" (that woman) SHES 4 32A Garden hoe targets WEEDS 5 34A Ebenezer ___, villain in the 1984 film "A Christmas Carol" who is played by George C. Scott SCROOGE 7 37A Lymph ___ (inner body part) NODE 4 38A "The Raven" poet POE 3 39A Beetle Bailey's superior, e.g., for short SGT 3 40A Place to relax SPA 3 43A Stan Lee's appearance in a Marvel film, e.g. CAMEO 5 45A Scut ___, villain in the 1983 film "A Christmas Story" who is played by Zack Ward FARKUS 6 48A "Soup ___ salad?": 2 wds. ORA 3 49A Porter served with porterhouse ALE 3 50A Turkey currency LIRA 4 52A Show disrespect at a lecture, say YAWN 4 56A Trigonometry's sin, ___, and tan COS 3 57A Brazil's ___ Paulo SAO 3 58A "Everything's going to be ___" (alright) OKAY 4 59A Palindromic Vietnamese new year TET 3 60A WSW's directional opposite: Abbr. ENE 3 61A ___ and rave (talk loudly and angrily) RANT 4
Down
1D Windy City, for short CHI 3 2D Acorn's tree form OAK 3 3D Enjoyed a burger, say ATE 3 4D "That is the ___ of our worries" LEAST 5 5D Serengeti herd member GNU 3 6D ___ Boogie, villain in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" who is voiced by Ken Page OOGIE 5 7D Very overweight OBESE 5 8D Seal-hunting sea dolphin ORCA 4 9D The "D" in CD-ROM DISC 4 10D Prefix with "Pen" or "dural" EPI 3 12D Where the sea touches the land SHORE 5 18D Morning paper contents NEWS 4 20D "By the way..." ALSO 4 21D Little one on a chessboard PAWN 4 22D Cookie with a Java Chip variety OREO 4 23D Neck and neck, on a scoreboard TIED 4 27D Honey-in-tea measurement, for short TSP 3 29D Garden-watering tool HOSE 4 30D Waffle brand in the freezer EGGO 4 31D Become firm, as jelly SET 3 33D Place for the boss's mug, perhaps DESK 4 35D Hot ___ (chocolate drink) COCOA 5 36D ___-view mirror REAR 4 41D Heart rate measure often checked via the wrist PULSE 5 42D Thai or Bangladeshi, e.g. ASIAN 5 44D Head of a town or county council MAYOR 5 45D ___ of the matter (truth) FACT 4 46D Gel in skin products ALOE 4 47D Sit down for a while ("take a break") REST 4 51D Nigiri topping ROE 3 53D Nickname indicator: Abbr. AKA 3 54D "Obi-___ Kenobi" (2022 TV series) WAN 3 55D Spelling Bee publisher: Abbr. NYT 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 129 letters
1C
2O
3A
4L
5G
6O
7O
8O
9D
10E
11H
A
T
E
12S
N
O
B
13R
I
P
14I
K
E
A
15H
U
G
E
16C
S
I
17S
18N
O
19I
S
20A
A
C
21P
22O
23T
T
E
R
24E
E
L
25A
R
I
26W
E
27T
28S
29H
30E
31S
32W
E
E
33D
S
34S
35C
36R
O
O
G
E
37N
O
D
E
38P
O
E
39S
G
T
40S
41P
42A
43C
A
44M
E
O
45F
46A
47R
K
U
S
48O
R
A
49A
L
E
50L
I
51R
A
52Y
53A
54W
55N
56C
O
S
57S
A
O
58O
K
A
Y
59T
E
T
60E
N
E
61R
A
N
T

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 22, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 22, 2022 puzzle

The December 22, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 34 across and 33 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Thursday 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 22 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.