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

Daily Themed Crossword December 23 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 23, 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.

68 of 68 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A Pointy-eared toymaker ELF 3 4A Space bar's neighbor ALT 3 7A Sign of a spider WEB 3 10A Nick Jr.'s "___ the Explorer" DORA 4 12A Bering or Caribbean, e.g. SEA 3 13A "It seems to me..." in texts: Abbr. IMO 3 14A Gloom's rhyming partner DOOM 4 15A Leak a secret BLAB 4 16A "___ chance!" ("No way!") FAT 3 17A "I'm so great" trait EGO 3 19A December 25th delivery vehicle pulled by 21a, 36a, 43a, 45a, and 34d? SLEIGH 6 21A Female fox? VIXEN 5 23A Casual "hello" HEY 3 24A Basketball rim's go-with NET 3 25A Garden party beverage, perhaps TEA 3 27A Mend's rhyming antonym REND 4 31A "Watch your ___!" ("Look where you're going") STEP 4 33A Formal way of addressing a man SIR 3 35A Spooky-sounding Great Lake ERIE 4 36A Halley's ___ (celestial wonder)? COMET 5 38A Used a shovel, say DUG 3 40A It turns a drink from neat to not neat ICE 3 41A Important chapter in time ERA 3 43A Ballet or hip-hop performer? DANCER 6 45A God with a bow and arrow? CUPID 5 47A Rock to-be refined ORE 3 48A Pet taught to "speak" or "shake," often DOG 3 49A Election results predictor POLL 4 51A Search engine offering, for short INFO 4 55A ___-prepared (not ready) ILL 3 56A Squeeze, as a pimple POP 3 57A Stick in some cars GEAR 4 58A Mom's favorite month, perhaps MAY 3 59A Letters before an online confession TBH 3 60A "Move it!" at a traffic light HONK 4
Down
1D Cartoon's "Ed, ___ n Eddy" EDD 3 2D London restroom, informally LOO 3 3D To and ___ FRO 3 4D Communication system with hand gestures: Abbr. ASL 3 5D Pet's collar attachment LEASH 5 6D Coffee ___ (living room furniture) TABLE 5 7D Password-protected internet connectivity: Hyph. WIFI 4 8D Online issue of Vogue, say, for short EMAG 4 9D This one and that one BOTH 4 11D Visa card alternative, briefly AMEX 4 15D Body parts in an X-ray BONES 5 18D "___ used to it!" GET 3 20D "Jane ___" (Bronte classic) EYRE 4 21D President's "absolutely not" VETO 4 22D One added to a grocery bill list ITEM 4 24D Top-level defense advisory group: Abbr. NSC 3 26D Band-___ (paper cut coverer) AID 3 28D Clapton who sang "For Love on Christmas Day" ERIC 4 29D Not naughty, at the North Pole NICE 4 30D Adult fawn DEER 4 32D "Quiet! Not another ___ from you!" PEEP 4 34D Maya ___, "The Good Place" actress? RUDOLPH 7 37D Stumble over shoelaces TRIP 4 39D Long-jawed fish GAR 3 42D One way to become a pet parent ADOPT 5 44D Horse's "I want hay!" NEIGH 5 45D Dark-colored fizzy drink COLA 4 46D Word to describe a Christmas sweater, perhaps UGLY 4 48D Lower, as a brightness level DIM 3 50D High tennis shot that may result in a smash LOB 3 52D Prefix with "Darwinism" or "Freudianism" NEO 3 53D Star's supporter FAN 3 54D "Mork & Mindy" planet ORK 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 127 letters
1E
2L
3F
4A
5L
6T
7W
8E
9B
10D
O
R
11A
12S
E
A
13I
M
O
14D
O
O
M
15B
L
A
B
16F
A
T
17E
18G
O
19S
L
20E
I
G
H
21V
22I
X
E
N
23H
E
Y
24N
E
T
25T
E
26A
27R
28E
29N
30D
31S
T
E
32P
33S
I
34R
35E
R
I
E
36C
O
M
E
37T
38D
U
39G
40I
C
E
41E
R
42A
43D
A
44N
C
E
R
45C
46U
P
I
D
47O
R
E
48D
O
G
49P
O
50L
L
51I
52N
53F
54O
55I
L
L
56P
O
P
57G
E
A
R
58M
A
Y
59T
B
H
60H
O
N
K

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 23, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 23, 2022 puzzle

The December 23, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 68 clues — 35 across and 33 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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