The December 21 2023 Puzzle Answers are listed below in such order that they are easy to find.
The puzzles get harder and harder to solve and more complex as the week passes You can search by clue name, number or direction for example for 2 Across clue just type '2A' or '2D' for 2nd down clue.
Search clue name or clue number.
- Across
- 1a Queue before Q
- 5a Org. with a top 10 list
- 8a Some fluffy slippers
- 12a “The Good Dinosaur” dinosaur
- 13a Predators whose females are the main hunters
- 15a Stand-out performance?
- 16a Water under the drawbridge
- 17a High up
- 18a Nov. or Dec. event for a Sagittarius
- 19a Transport, in a way
- 20a Put in a box
- 22a It’s a ball
- 23a Fitting
- 24a Irrigation structure
- 25a Messenger ___
- 26a Teeny
- 27a Reefer and clipper
- 29a Scarf down
- 31a Group known for playing mind games
- 33a See 62-Down
- 34a Not cool
- 36a “Knives Out” director Johnson
- 37a Like a custard
- 38a Farmer’s market booth
- 39a Kitchen cabinet climbers
- 40a Socket inserts
- 43a Duo with the 2011 #1 hit “Party Rock Anthem”
- 46a Cook again in oil
- 50a Cooks, as some kernels
- 53a Brown in strips
- 55a Lead-in to season
- 56a “Bet you can’t do better!”
- 58a 2010 health law, in brief
- 59a Hard walk
- 61a Fanatical
- 62a Latin love
- 63a Sludge
- 64a Bird that flies with its neck outstretched
- 65a “Good as ___” (Lizzo hit)
- 66a Wild catch?
- 67a Substitute for “subs”
- 68a “Golly!”
- Down
- 1d Criticize harshly
- 2d Squeeze together?
- 3d *What iodine might do
- 4d Squirt
- 5d *Expresses regret about
- 6d Bit of skiwear
- 7d *Blank, e.g., in Scrabble
- 8d Kind of port
- 9d With 47-Down, fail spectacularly … or what the answers to the starred clues do?
- 10d Gives an angry look
- 11d Protein-rich crop
- 13d TV newswoman Spencer
- 14d Daze
- 20d Bank offerings, in brief
- 21d Receptionist-turned-administrator on “The Office”
- 28d Workplace inequity
- 30d Moments of discovery
- 32d This might get the word out
- 34d Wash. setting
- 35d Layer on a roll
- 41d Booty
- 42d Taylor Swift’s record-setting ___ Tour
- 43d Something to work on
- 44d Something to look into
- 45d *Liberated
- 47d See 9-Down
- 48d Maker of Max Throat Care drops
- 49d Adverb for an anniversary
- 51d Delivery site
- 52d *Place to be pampered
- 53d *X, to a sorority sister
- 54d Camouflages
- 57d Way up on a mountain
- 60d Middle C, e.g.
- 62d With 33-Across, deep-sea catch
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