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

Daily Themed Crossword December 23 2023 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 23, 2023 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 (8/10) "Let's now start wrapping the surprise ___ with ribbons and bows!" GIFT 4 5A "Love ___ neighbor" THY 3 8A "With all ___ respect..." DUE 3 11A ___ manual (booklet with instructions) USER 4 12A "I promise you'll ___ the day you met me!" (threatening words) RUE 3 13A Load-bearing farm animal ASS 3 14A ___ Reid of "American Pie" TARA 4 15A "___ Betty," comedy starring America Ferrera UGLY 4 17A Tit for ___ TAT 3 18A "Lip ___ Battle" (musical competition) SYNC 4 19A "Pina" follower to mean a rum-based cocktail COLADA 6 21A Writer's fluid INK 3 23A Jamaican dance music SKA 3 24A Daytime star in the sky SUN 3 27A Currency from an ATM in Kyoto YEN 3 29A ___ skirt, short fashion of the 2000s, rocked by Britney Spears in "...Baby One More Time" MINI 4 33A Classic card game with a "Wild Draw Four" UNO 3 34A Use a stencil, say TRACE 5 37A ___ Nickerson who is Nancy Drew's boyfriend NED 3 38A Sleeveless upper body garment popular in the 2000s, sported by Eminem in "Stan" VEST 4 40A Dude or chap GUY 3 41A Not "yay" NAY 3 42A King beater, in a deck of cards ACE 3 45A Guided LED 3 47A Space program that put Neil Armstrong on the moon APOLLO 6 49A Field judge in baseball, for short UMP 3 52A ___-rise jeans, below-the-belt denim fashion of the 2000s, rocked by Britney Spears in "I'm A Slave 4 U" LOW 3 54A Stanza sculptor? POET 4 55A ___ bow, bedazzled fashion accessory of the 2000s, often sported by the "Mean Girls" in the popular 2004 film HAIR 4 57A Fluffy red carpet accessory BOA 3 58A Encouraging touch PAT 3 59A Apt name for a cook that sounds like "Stew" STU 3 60A Reserved or timid, say SHY 3 61A "Before," to bards ERE 3 62A Lose oomph? SAG 3
Down
1D "No ___, no glory!" GUTS 4 2D "What more can ___?" ("Sigh"): 2 wds. ISAY 4 3D Flowerless office plant FERN 4 4D Musical ___ Braxton who is Toni's sister TRACI 5 5D ___ hat, "gimme" headgear of the 2000s, rocked by Ashton Kutcher in "Punk'd" TRUCKER 7 6D ___ Boss, German luxury fashion company HUGO 4 7D SPEAKS LIKE THIS YELLS 5 8D Computer input DATA 4 9D Ralph Lauren's country: Abbr. USA 3 10D "C'___ la vie!" EST 3 16D Shaggy bovine in the Himalayas YAK 3 20D River flow-controlling structure DAM 3 22D Connections parent?: Abbr. NYT 3 24D Toyota Land Cruiser or Jeep Grand Cherokee, for one: Abbr. SUV 3 25D French article UNE 3 26D Thumbs-down votes NOS 3 28D Remind irritatingly NAG 3 30D Rustic resting spot INN 3 31D School teachers' organization: Abbr. NEA 3 32D "Things Are Fine in Mount ___" IDY 3 35D Fashion-forward split skirt of the 2000s, rocked by Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sex and the City" CULOTTE 7 36D Thread the ___ of the needle EYE 3 39D Keg attachment TAP 3 43D One with a radar gun, informally COP 3 44D Get married secretly ELOPE 5 46D "Well, obviously!" DUH 3 47D Out of office AWAY 4 48D "King ___," play by Shakespeare LEAR 4 50D ___ media (array of media technologies) MASS 4 51D Stuffable Middle Eastern bread PITA 4 52D Pounds: Abbr. LBS 3 53D "___ la la!" OOH 3 56D Cozy floor textile RUG 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 122 letters
1G
2I
3F
4T
5T
6H
7Y
8D
9U
10E
11U
S
E
R
12R
U
E
13A
S
S
14T
A
R
A
15U
G
L
16Y
17T
A
T
18S
Y
N
C
19C
O
L
A
20D
A
21I
22N
K
23S
K
A
24S
25U
26N
27Y
E
28N
29M
30I
31N
32I
33U
N
O
34T
R
A
35C
36E
37N
E
D
38V
E
S
39T
40G
U
Y
41N
A
Y
42A
43C
44E
45L
E
46D
47A
P
O
L
48L
O
49U
50M
51P
52L
53O
W
54P
O
E
T
55H
A
I
56R
57B
O
A
58P
A
T
59S
T
U
60S
H
Y
61E
R
E
62S
A
G

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 23, 2023. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 23, 2023 puzzle

The December 23, 2023 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 Saturday grid sits where you would expect it in that run.

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