23 December 2019 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 23 December 2019

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

Hints & Clues

Across
1
New World natives noted for their pyramids and calendar : MAYANS
7
Amazon or eBay : DOTCOM
13
Intriguingly foreign : EXOTIC
14
Companion of Io, Ganymede and Callisto among Jupiter's moons : EUROPA
15
Pitcher between a starter and a closer : MIDDLERELIEVER
18
Biblical birthright seller : ESAU
19
Biblical boat captain : NOAH
20
TV warrior princess : XENA
21
Snow day activity : SLEDRIDE
24
No longer slumbering : AWAKE
27
State religion of Iran : ISLAM
31
Fix, as an election : RIG
32
John of "Full House" : STAMOS
37
Female sheep : EWE
38
Bu$ine$$ execs : CFOS
40
Iridescent birthstone : OPAL
41
Declare : AVOW
42
Metalworker's tool : HIGHSPEEDDRILL
45
Chow down : EAT
46
Note between fa and la : SOL
47
Popular apple variety : REDDELICIOUS
53
Prom rental : TUX
54
El ___ (Pacific Ocean phenomenon) : NINO
55
School grp. that might hold a walkathon : PTA
57
Play a game during Hanukkah ... with a hint to 15-, 21-, 42- and 47-Across : SPINTHEDREIDEL
62
Russian czar known as "the Great" : PETERI
63
Tolkien's Lord of Rivendell : ELROND
64
Six-line stanza : SESTET
65
Afternoon nap : SIESTA
Down
1
Joke that goes viral on the internet : MEME
2
x or y, on a graph : AXIS
3
"Star Wars" character who could this clue have written? : YODA
4
When twilight begins : ATDUSK
5
Zilch : NIL
6
Nativity ___ : SCENE
7
Indian megacity of 28+ million : DELHI
8
"Yes, mon ami" : OUI
9
Ferocious dinos : TREXES
10
Sheltered shoreline spot : COVE
11
Business sign that's flipped in the morning : OPEN
12
NPR's ___ Liasson : MARA
16
Cone's retinal counterpart : ROD
17
Big part of an elephant : EAR
22
Guitar pioneer ___ Paul : LES
23
Insult, slangily : DIS
24
St. Louis landmark : ARCH
25
What'll help you see the sites? : WIFI
26
Bug-eyed : AGOG
28
Blue jeans pioneer Strauss : LEVI
29
Missing G.I. : AWOL
30
Whine like a baby : MEWL
33
One of 38 for Madonna, a Billboard record : TOPTENHIT
34
Do an impression of : APE
35
Fannie ___ : MAE
36
What the vengeful seek to settle : OLDSCORES
39
Lose, as fur : SHED
41
Comic strip "___ and Janis" : ARLO
43
"You hate to see it" : SAD
44
"Why ___ even bother?" : DOI
47
Cash in India : RUPEE
48
Turnpike turnoffs : EXITS
49
Falsehood : LIE
50
Politically unaffiliated: Abbr. : IND
51
Some prom hairstyles : UPDOS
52
Insert for a blocked blood vessel : STENT
53
Cough syrup qtys. : TSPS
56
Hawkeye's player on "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
58
Bit of equipment in fishing and basketball : NET
59
Uno + due : TRE
60
QB Manning : ELI
61
Wrath : IRE