The Crossword Puzzle Answers for 12/23/2024. The December 23 2024 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.
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- Across
- 1a Christmas baubles, oftenORBS
- 5a Ontario-based network that aired “Schitt’s Creek”CBC
- 8a Billiards bouncesCAROMS
- 14a Leafy vegetable in some Caesar saladsKALE
- 15a Former N.B.A. star ___ MingYAO
- 16a “So done with that”OVERIT
- 17a *Hodgepodge bowlful of munchiesSNACKMIX
- 19a Become a new country, in a waySECEDE
- 20a Horses’ homesSTABLES
- 22a Joie de vivreELAN
- 23a Trim from the rosterCUT
- 25a *Buses, trains, subways, etc.MASSTRANSIT
- 28a WorldwideGLOBAL
- 30a Hoppy holiday?EASTER
- 31a The “I” of FYI, for shortINFO
- 32a Look forward toAWAIT
- 34a CBS late show hosted by Taylor Tomlinson … or where to find the first words of the answers to the starred cluesAFTERMIDNIGHT
- 40a Dirty, like a chimneySOOTY
- 41a Q: “Why shouldn’t you tell secrets on a farm?” A: “Because the corn has ___!”EARS
- 43a Whipped dessertMOUSSE
- 46a ___ Mae (college loan provider)SALLIE
- 48a *Rodeo footwearCOWBOYBOOTS
- 51a Sly animalFOX
- 52a The “A” in A.D.ANNO
- 53a Money owedARREARS
- 55a Tire patternsTREADS
- 58a *Portrait artist’s mediumOILPAINT
- 61a Rich cakesTORTES
- 62a ___ de plumeNOM
- 63a P, R, N, D or LGEAR
- 64a Military affirmativeYESSIR
- 65a Musician/activist YokoONO
- 66a Award such as Best Comeback Athlete or Best TeamESPY
- Down
- 1d Gives the green lightOKS
- 2d OperatedRAN
- 3d Words after “3, 2, 1 …”BLASTOFF
- 4d Religious offshootSECT
- 5d Drum kit componentCYMBAL
- 6d Backs out at the last secondBAILS
- 7d Rowing crew captains, informallyCOXES
- 8d Counterpart of sin, in trigonometryCOS
- 9d “___ Maria” (hymn)AVE
- 10d Like yesterdayRECENT
- 11d Ending words of an ultimatumORELSE
- 12d Where juggling balls are often seenMIDAIR
- 13d Arterial insertSTENT
- 18d ___ SutraKAMA
- 21d UnwaveringSTEADY
- 23d Hollywood special effects, for shortCGI
- 24d Forearm boneULNA
- 26d Rarity in a droughtRAIN
- 27d Sparkling Italian wine, or the region it comes fromASTI
- 29d Spam spreaderBOT
- 32d Single-celled organismAMOEBA
- 33d ClevernessWIT
- 35d Canadian gas brandESSO
- 36d Optimistic, like an outlookROSY
- 37d Hair stiffenerGEL
- 38d Two equal parts, to kidsHALFSIES
- 39d Duo + oneTRIO
- 42d Madonna coffee table book released a day after her 1992 album “Erotica”SEX
- 43d Marilyn of HollywoodMONROE
- 44d Deed holdersOWNERS
- 45d W.W. II naval menacesUBOATS
- 46d Heavenly protector of sailorsSTELMO
- 47d “I need it yesterday!”ASAP
- 48d Snarky, as a remarkCATTY
- 49d University of Maine townORONO
- 50d Constellation with a beltORION
- 54d Apt anagram of ANGER minus NRAGE
- 56d Opus ___DEI
- 57d Latvia or Estonia, pre-1991: Abbr.SSR
- 59d Short snoozeNAP
- 60d Give some effortTRY