25 December 2011 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 25 December 2011

1
C
2
A
3
N
4
T
5
A
6
T
7
A
8
A
9
G
10
A
11
Z
12
E
13
M
14
I
15
T
16
C
17
H
18
U
19
M
20
O
V
E
R
D
U
B
21
I
N
R
U
I
N
22
S
23
Y
O
K
O
O
N
O
24
B
A
R
E
A
L
L
25
D
O
I
T
N
O
W
26
S
W
O
O
P
I
N
27
R
I
T
E
28
L
E
29
G
O
30
M
O
C
31
E
32
A
T
A
33
K
O
T
O
34
A
L
S
O
35
P
36
A
L
37
L
S
M
I
38
L
E
S
39
M
I
N
E
S
40
R
A
41
C
42
K
S
43
A
B
A
T
E
44
S
45
I
46
X
T
E
47
C
48
O
49
R
N
C
H
I
P
50
B
Y
T
E
S
51
T
R
A
M
C
52
A
53
R
54
S
55
O
L
E
A
56
I
T
S
57
O
58
A
S
O
N
59
U
T
A
H
60
R
E
D
M
61
E
A
T
62
F
63
A
64
C
65
T
66
O
67
R
S
68
C
A
69
P
T
I
V
E
70
M
O
D
E
R
N
71
M
A
C
D
O
W
E
L
72
L
73
D
O
T
T
E
D
74
N
E
G
75
R
I
76
I
C
I
N
G
77
A
78
B
U
S
E
79
B
80
E
81
N
T
S
82
A
D
83
I
N
84
E
85
D
N
A
86
E
R
87
N
88
S
89
T
90
S
F
O
91
G
I
N
G
92
E
93
R
94
B
R
E
A
D
95
A
U
S
96
M
O
V
97
I
98
E
99
E
S
P
100
M
A
N
101
M
I
G
102
S
103
H
R
E
K
104
T
R
O
T
T
105
E
D
106
A
107
G
I
T
A
108
T
E
109
E
110
F
F
E
C
T
S
111
T
A
L
112
H
I
R
T
113
I
W
A
114
S
115
A
A
S
116
P
117
H
118
I
119
T
I
120
M
B
R
E
121
I
N
A
122
F
I
X
123
L
124
B
125
O
126
J
O
N
127
I
128
Z
O
O
S
129
D
130
O
131
A
132
S
T
I
R
133
P
E
A
R
134
S
T
A
R
135
M
A
P
136
M
O
N
G
137
O
138
B
Y
139
T
H
E
B
Y
140
M
C
R
I
B
141
C
142
H
E
E
S
E
D
143
I
144
P
145
T
A
S
T
Y
146
C
I
A
147
N
E
148
W
M
O
M
S
149
N
O
S
U
150
G
A
R
151
I
F
152
S
153
A
L
S
154
S
T
I
L
T
O
N
155
T
R
I
P
O
L
I
156
D
A
P
157
T
K
T
158
K
H
Z
159
E
S
T
160
S
S
S
161
R
E
Q
162
E
T
A

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Arthur Honegger's "A Christmas ___" : CANTATA
8
Staring intently : AGAZE
13
"Scrooged" actor Robert : MITCHUM
20
Add a musical track to, e.g. : OVERDUB
21
Destroyed : INRUINS
23
Noted bride of 1969 : YOKOONO
24
Model for an art class, say : BAREALL
25
"Stop stalling!" : DOITNOW
26
Approach like an eagle : SWOOPIN
27
Baptism, e.g. : RITE
28
Kid's block : LEGO
30
Cozy footwear : MOC
31
"I could ___ horse!" : EATA
33
Japanese stringed instrument : KOTO
34
Journalist Joseph : ALSOP
36
Clearly happy : ALLSMILES
39
Goes for the gold? : MINES
40
Spice organizers : RACKS
43
Lose intensity : ABATE
44
Fencing position : SIXTE
47
Crunchy snack bit : CORNCHIP
50
Storage units : BYTES
51
Piccadilly movers : TRAMCARS
55
Roman "olive" : OLEA
56
"Make ___!" : ITSO
58
"Unto us ___ is given" : ASON
59
Salt flats locale : UTAH
60
Carnivore's love : REDMEAT
62
Components : FACTORS
68
Getaway planner? : CAPTIVE
70
Newfangled : MODERN
71
Actress Andie : MACDOWELL
73
Like some lines : DOTTED
74
Pola of the silents : NEGRI
76
Decoration on a 91-/100-Across : ICING
77
Mistreat : ABUSE
79
Predispositions : BENTS
82
Score after deuce : ADIN
84
"Hairspray" role : EDNA
86
Young business partner? : ERNST
90
Bay Area airport, in shorthand : SFO
91
With 100-Across, image revealed by connecting the circled letters alphabetically : GINGERBREAD
95
Mozart's birthplace: Abbr. : AUS
96
"Miracle on 34th Street," e.g. : MOVIE
99
Medium skill : ESP
100
See 91-Across : MAN
101
Cold war fighter : MIG
102
2001 film in which 91-/100-Across is a character : SHREK
104
Horsed around? : TROTTED
106
Shake up : AGITATE
109
Special ___ : EFFECTS
111
Chess champ Mikhail : TAL
112
"Honey in the Horn" trumpeter : HIRT
113
"___ framed!" : IWAS
115
Some toy batteries : AAS
116
Beta preceder : PHI
119
Tone quality, in music : TIMBRE
121
Stuck : INAFIX
123
Wall St. deal : LBO
126
Singer Mitchell : JONI
128
Bronx and Central Park attractions : ZOOS
129
___ good turn : DOA
132
Prepare, as eggnog : STIR
133
Partridge's preferred tree : PEAR
134
Navigational aid : STARMAP
136
Fictional planet in "Flash Gordon" : MONGO
138
"Incidentally ..." : BYTHEBY
140
Drive-thru sandwich order : MCRIB
141
Crudités platter centerpiece : CHEESEDIP
145
Delicious : TASTY
146
Org. in Tom Clancy novels : CIA
147
Maternity ward figures : NEWMOMS
149
Coffee order : NOSUGAR
151
Stipulations : IFS
153
Pacino and Bundy : ALS
154
Eponymic town of Cambridgeshire : STILTON
155
Mediterranean capital : TRIPOLI
156
Skip across the water's surface : DAP
157
Certain pass: Abbr. : TKT
158
Radio abbr. : KHZ
159
Guinness suffix : EST
160
1-Down's warning : SSS
161
Mandatory coll. course : REQ
162
Capt.'s guess : ETA
Down
1
Hooded menace : COBRA
2
Benefit : AVAIL
3
"Drat!" : NERTS
4
91-/100-Across, often : TREEORNAMENT
5
Nabokov novel : ADA
6
Rock's Jethro ___ : TULL
7
Proficient : ABLE
8
Year in San Juan : ANO
9
"The Little Mermaid" fellow : GRIMSBY
10
Cafeteria variety : AUTOMAT
11
Mineral in healing crystals : ZINCITE
12
Rocker Brian : ENO
13
Video game island : MYST
14
W.W. II battleship : IOWA
15
Ref's decision : TKO
16
Aid for making a 91-/100-Across : COOKIECUTTER
17
Cyclist's offer : HOPON
18
Merge : UNITE
19
Vintage records : MONOS
21
Fan's fixation : IDOL
22
Popeye's ___' Pea : SWEE
29
Fun-house sounds : GASPS
32
Elves, to Santa: Abbr. : ASSTS
35
___-12 : PAC
37
Part of many a science course : LAB
38
"___ Misérables" : LES
39
'70s TV production co. : MTM
41
Mao contemporary : CHIANG
42
"Santa Baby" singer : KITT
45
Camaro ___-Z : IROC
46
Paradise : XANADU
47
Bulbous plant part : CORM
48
Butter alternative : OLEO
49
Actor Foxx : REDD
52
Bickering : ATIT
53
High praise : RAVE
54
Storage unit : SHED
57
Friend ___ friend : OFA
58
Deaf talk: Abbr. : ASL
61
You are: Sp. : ERES
63
Serving well? : ACING
64
Public health agcy. : CDC
65
French pronoun : TOI
66
Have : OWN
67
Composer Max : REGER
69
Sit still? : POSE
71
Calf-length dresses : MIDIS
72
Hawaiian porch : LANAI
75
Stormed : RAGED
78
Star of "Gunsmoke"? : BADGE
79
Cellar, in classifieds : BSMT
80
Get an ___ effort : EFOR
81
De ___ (anew) : NOVO
83
How Santa's reindeer are harnessed : INPAIRS
85
Slights, say : DEMEANS
87
Buster? : NARC
88
Winter bird feeder food : SUET
89
Terse reproofs : TSKS
92
Radiate : EMIT
93
Mob turncoat : RAT
94
___ B'rith : BNAI
97
Cousin ___ : ITT
98
Californie, e.g. : ETAT
102
Tunisian seaport : SFAX
103
Males : HES
105
16th-century monarch credited with presenting 91-/100-Acrosses to guests : ELIZABETH
107
Sr.'s test : GRE
108
Light head? : TWI
110
"The 91-/100-Across," for one : FAIRYTALE
112
"John Adams" airer : HBO
114
Plopped down on Santa's lap, e.g. : SAT
116
Slumber party togs : PJS
117
Relaxer for Santa : HOTMILK
118
Recovering after injury, say : INACAST
120
Swab : MOP
122
White lie : FIB
123
Small boat danger : LEETIDE
124
Some pudginess : BABYFAT
125
Arm extension? : ORY
127
Sale item abbr. : IRR
129
Fails to : DOESNT
130
Carry-___ : ONS
131
Spies, e.g. : AGENTS
133
Chem. class measures : PHS
135
Capital of Belarus : MINSK
136
Boss's notes : MEMOS
137
Bouquets : ODORS
139
Iraq's Aziz : TARIQ
141
Roman 950 : CML
142
Table d'___ : HOTE
143
Nile deity : ISIS
144
Baby boxer, e.g. : PUP
146
Bopper : CAT
148
Maven : WIZ
150
Brit's oath : GOR
152
Masseur employer : SPA