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SATURDAY · 13 x 13 GRID · 65 CLUES · 32 ACROSS · 33 DOWN

Daily Themed Crossword December 24 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 24, 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.

65 of 65 clues Solved grid ↓
Across
1A "___ the night before Christmas..." TWAS 4 5A Sleep phase with dreams: Abbr. REM 3 8A "Give it a go!" TRY 3 11A Roll of hay BALE 4 12A Spanish sports fan's "yay!" OLE 3 13A Strongly regret RUE 3 14A "Moneytalks" band with an electric name ACDC 4 15A Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 ALABAMA 7 17A Part of a rower's pair OAR 3 18A "The Devil Wears ___" (Meryl Streep starrer) PRADA 5 19A Prefix for the environmentally-conscious ECO 3 21A Friendly aquatic mammal OTTER 5 25A Ketchup's yellow partner MUSTARD 7 29A "___ Christmas," record-selling Bing Crosby song that first aired on December 25th, 1941 WHITE 5 30A Quantity, for short AMT 3 31A Great Barrier ___ REEF 4 33A Solemn promise VOW 3 34A "Simpsons Roasting on an ___ Fire," first episode of "The Simpsons" that aired as a Christmas special in 1989 OPEN 4 36A Sherlock Holmes's best friend WATSON 6 39A Actress Arthur of "The Golden Girls" BEA 3 42A "Chi" preceder, in martial arts TAI 3 43A Piece of land surrounded by water ISLAND 6 46A Bagel middle HOLE 4 48A Christmas dessert in "Little Jack Horner" PIE 3 49A "Don't you ___!" (threat) DARE 4 51A Actor Idris of "The Wire" ELBA 4 54A "I'm ___ place in my life where...": 2 wds. ATA 3 55A ___ Sy, "Jurassic World Dominion" actor OMAR 4 56A Common lunch hour NOON 4 57A Where Simba sleeps DEN 3 58A "ENE" opposite: Abbr. WSW 3 59A Like a neat room with nothing out of place TIDY 4
Down
1D "Schedule not yet filled" letters TBA 3 2D Texas city with the Cameron Park WACO 4 3D Alan ___ of "M*A*S*H" ALDA 4 4D Confidential information SECRET 6 5D Lion's "Beware!" ROAR 4 6D ___ Fitzgerald who sang "Cheek to Cheek" ELLA 4 7D Grassland for grazing MEADOW 6 8D Singsongy lead-in to "la-la" TRA 3 9D Pina colada ingredient RUM 3 10D Vote of support YEA 3 16D Spot with soapy bubbles BATH 4 18D Sweating person's apt homophone of "pour" PORE 4 20D "Fast & Furious" vehicle CAR 3 22D ___ Inc. (pioneering DVR producer) TIVO 4 23D Prince William's boarding school (anagram of "note") ETON 4 24D VCR's "go back" button, briefly REW 3 25D Zedong who wrote "Little Red Book" MAO 3 26D "Safe" or "Strike" caller, briefly UMP 3 27D Sault ___ Marie, Ontario STE 3 28D Morning moisture DEW 3 32D "The Truth about ___ Christmas," first British radio play that aired on BBC on December 24th, 1922 FATHER 6 35D Hoopsters' organization with Christmas Day games: Abbr. NBA 3 37D Lao-tzu's philosophy TAO 3 38D "___ Night," Christmas carol that was first sung on December 24th, 1818 SILENT 6 40D Fund, as a college ENDOW 5 41D ___ apple (neck bump) ADAMS 5 43D Apple tablet with apps IPAD 4 44D Web browser's destination SITE 4 45D Diet-friendly meat option LEAN 4 47D "The Time Machine" species ELOI 4 50D Like cake batter or cookie dough RAW 3 52D It's "built" at a gym, informally BOD 3 53D "We didn't know ___ better" ANY 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 127 letters
1T
2W
3A
4S
5R
6E
7M
8T
9R
10Y
11B
A
L
E
12O
L
E
13R
U
E
14A
C
D
C
15A
L
A
16B
A
M
A
17O
A
R
18P
R
A
D
A
19E
20C
O
21O
T
22T
23E
24R
25M
26U
27S
T
A
R
28D
29W
H
I
T
E
30A
M
T
31R
E
E
32F
33V
O
W
34O
P
E
35N
36W
A
37T
38S
O
N
39B
40E
41A
42T
A
I
43I
44S
45L
A
N
D
46H
O
L
47E
48P
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49D
A
50R
E
51E
L
52B
53A
54A
T
A
55O
M
A
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56N
O
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N
57D
E
N
58W
S
W
59T
I
D
Y

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 24, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 24, 2022 puzzle

The December 24, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 65 clues — 32 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.

There is also a small 5x5 Mini published the same day — its answers are on the December 24 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.