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

Daily Themed Crossword December 26 2022 Answers

Below is the full clue list for the December 26, 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 Man-made water body barrier DAM 3 4A Score-increasing tennis serve ACE 3 7A "I Have a Dream" activist: Abbr. MLK 3 10A Middle-___ (in one's 40s or 50s) AGED 4 12A "It's freezing in here!" BRR 3 13A ___ McKellen, "Mr. Holmes" actor IAN 3 14A Well-___, as a steak DONE 4 15A Tot's teddy BEAR 4 16A "On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, ___ turtle doves..." TWO 3 17A Story one shouldn't believe LIE 3 19A ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" MODEST 6 21A Electron's and neutron's partner PROTON 6 24A ___ or con PRO 3 25A My Chemical ___, "Helena" band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh ROMANCE 7 27A Spanish bar snack (anagram of "a tap") TAPA 4 31A Kimono sash OBI 3 32A "Hansel and Gretel" witch HAG 3 34A Bundle of banknotes WAD 3 35A Heavy ___ (Iron Maiden's genre) METAL 5 38A The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" RADLEYS 7 41A Salsa or chimichurri, e.g. DIP 3 43A Take to court SUE 3 44A ___ Dan, "Do It Again" band whose name is inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch" STEELY 6 47A Bicycle accessory that goes "ding!" BELL 4 50A Cry to a lifeguard, perhaps HELP 4 51A Pants part LEG 3 54A Work as a chef, say COOK 4 56A ___ Coast (New York's place) EAST 4 57A Eggs, to a biologist (anagram of "avo") OVA 3 58A Polish, as skills HONE 4 59A ___ mode (dessert menu phrase): 2 wds. ALA 3 60A Catch red-handed NAB 3 61A Actress Ryan of "Kate & Leopold" MEG 3
Down
1D Father's Day parent, affectionately DAD 3 2D "One year ___" (12 months back) AGO 3 3D Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel MEN 3 4D President who gave the Gettysburg Address, lovingly ABE 3 5D Runner's painful muscle spasm CRAMP 5 6D Trial and ___ (method) ERROR 5 7D Itty-bitty parasite MITE 4 8D Rules broken by criminals LAWS 4 9D Tie the ___ (get married) KNOT 4 11D Fourth Greek letter (anagram of "dealt") DELTA 5 15D Where to park oneself at the park BENCH 5 18D Charged particle ION 3 20D URL punctuation DOT 3 21D Highschooler's dance PROM 4 22D Sauna wraparound ROBE 4 23D Not bother to mention OMIT 4 26D Body part with a lobe EAR 3 28D Feeling of wonder AWE 3 29D Settle a bar tab PAY 3 30D Disney+ commercials, for short ADS 3 33D ___ station (road trip stopover) GAS 3 36D Highly skilled (anagram of "taped") ADEPT 5 37D ___ Dicky, "Freaky Friday" rapper LIL 3 39D Adapt a film in a new language DUB 3 40D Blood-sucking worm LEECH 5 42D "M-Train" band who shares its name with a 1935 William Faulkner novel PYLON 5 44D Beauty products butter SHEA 4 45D Green-blue color TEAL 4 46D Idina Menzel's "Frozen" role ELSA 4 48D Weaver's apparatus LOOM 4 49D Like a reclusive wolf LONE 4 52D Actress Longoria of "Arthur Christmas" EVA 3 53D Gift from a chatterbox? GAB 3 55D Beer party haul KEG 3
Solved grid13 x 13 · 127 letters
1D
2A
3M
4A
5C
6E
7M
8L
9K
10A
G
E
11D
12B
R
R
13I
A
N
14D
O
N
E
15B
E
A
R
16T
W
O
17L
18I
E
19M
O
20D
E
S
T
21P
22R
23O
T
O
N
24P
R
O
25R
O
M
A
N
C
26E
27T
28A
29P
30A
31O
B
I
32H
A
33G
34W
A
D
35M
E
T
36A
37L
38R
A
39D
40L
E
Y
S
41D
I
42P
43S
U
E
44S
45T
46E
E
L
Y
47B
E
48L
49L
50H
E
L
P
51L
52E
53G
54C
O
O
55K
56E
A
S
T
57O
V
A
58H
O
N
E
59A
L
A
60N
A
B
61M
E
G

The completed 13 x 13 grid for December 26, 2022. Numbers mark where each across and down answer begins.

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About the December 26, 2022 puzzle

The December 26, 2022 Daily Themed Crossword is a 13 x 13 grid with 67 clues — 33 across and 34 down. Puzzles tend to get harder as the week progresses, so a Monday 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 26 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.