21 December 2023 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 21 December 2023

1
L
2
G
3
B
4
T
5
F
6
B
7
I
8
U
9
G
10
G
11
S
12
A
R
L
O
13
L
I
O
N
14
S
15
S
O
L
O
16
M
O
A
T
17
A
L
O
F
T
18
B
D
A
Y
19
B
U
S
20
C
R
A
T
E
U
21
P
22
O
R
B
23
A
P
T
24
D
A
M
25
R
N
A
26
W
E
E
27
S
H
I
28
P
S
29
E
30
A
T
31
M
32
E
N
S
A
33
T
U
N
A
34
U
N
H
I
35
P
36
R
I
A
N
37
E
G
G
Y
38
S
T
A
L
L
39
A
N
T
S
40
G
41
L
A
S
S
E
Y
42
E
S
43
L
44
M
45
F
A
O
46
R
E
47
F
48
R
49
Y
50
A
I
R
P
O
51
P
52
S
53
C
54
H
A
R
L
I
E
55
P
R
E
56
T
O
P
57
T
H
I
S
58
A
C
A
59
T
R
E
60
K
61
R
A
B
I
D
62
A
M
O
R
63
O
O
Z
E
64
C
R
A
N
E
65
H
E
L
L
66
P
R
E
Y
67
H
E
R
O
S
68
I
S
A
Y

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Queue before Q : LGBT
5
Org. with a top 10 list : FBI
8
Some fluffy slippers : UGGS
12
"The Good Dinosaur" dinosaur : ARLO
13
Predators whose females are the main hunters : LIONS
15
Stand-out performance? : SOLO
16
Water under the drawbridge : MOAT
17
High up : ALOFT
18
Nov. or Dec. event for a Sagittarius : BDAY
19
Transport, in a way : BUS
20
Put in a box : CRATEUP
22
It's a ball : ORB
23
Fitting : APT
24
Irrigation structure : DAM
25
Messenger ___ : RNA
26
Teeny : WEE
27
Reefer and clipper : SHIPS
29
Scarf down : EAT
31
Group known for playing mind games : MENSA
33
See 62-Down : TUNA
34
Not cool : UNHIP
36
"Knives Out" director Johnson : RIAN
37
Like a custard : EGGY
38
Farmer's market booth : STALL
39
Kitchen cabinet climbers : ANTS
40
People don't see through them : GLASSEYES
43
Duo with the 2011 #1 hit "Party Rock Anthem" : LMFAO
46
Cook again in oil : REFRY
50
Cooks, as some kernels : AIRPOPS
53
Brown in strips : CHARLIE
55
Lead-in to season : PRE
56
"Bet you can't do better!" : TOPTHIS
58
2010 health law, in brief : ACA
59
Hard walk : TREK
61
Fanatical : RABID
62
Latin love : AMOR
63
Sludge : OOZE
64
Bird that flies with its neck outstretched : CRANE
65
"Good as ___" (Lizzo hit) : HELL
66
Wild catch? : PREY
67
Substitute for "subs" : HEROS
68
"Golly!" : ISAY
Down
1
Criticize harshly : LAMBASTE
2
Squeeze together? : GROUPHUG
3
*What iodine might do : BLASTING
4
Squirt : TOT
5
*Expresses regret about : FILAMENTS
6
Bit of skiwear : BOOT
7
*Blank, e.g., in Scrabble : INFERTILE
8
Kind of port : USB
9
With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do? : GODOWNIN
10
Gives an angry look : GLARESAT
11
Protein-rich crop : SOYBEANS
13
TV newswoman Spencer : LARA
14
Daze : STUN
20
Bank offerings, in brief : CDS
21
Receptionist-turned-administrator on "The Office" : PAM
28
Workplace inequity : PAYGAP
30
Moments of discovery : AHAS
32
This might get the word out : ERASER
34
Wash. setting : USA
35
Layer on a roll : PLY
41
Booty : LOOT
42
Taylor Swift's record-setting ___ Tour : ERAS
43
Something to work on : LAPTOP
44
Something to look into : MIRROR
45
*Liberated : FREEZE
47
See 9-Down : FLAMES
48
Maker of Max Throat Care drops : RICOLA
49
Adverb for an anniversary : YEARLY
51
Delivery site : PORCH
52
*Place to be pampered : SPARE
53
*X, to a sorority sister : CHINO
54
Camouflages : HIDES
57
Way up on a mountain : TBAR
60
Middle C, e.g. : KEY
62
With 33-Across, deep-sea catch : AHI