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12 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
12 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Research subject for which Bohr won a Physics Nobel : ATOM
- 5 Grimm account : TALE
- 9 Musical medley : MASH-UP
- 15 Like cranberries : TART
- 19 Protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” : CORA
- 20 Big-time : A LOT
- 21 Tarot deck grouping : ARCANA
- 22 Trash day reminder, maybe : ODOR
- 23 Side hustle for a hairstylist? : LOCKSMITH
- 25 Rodent-catching feline : MOUSER
- 26 Maker of Regenerist products : OLAY
- 27 Oust : UNSEAT
- 28 French auto pioneer Louis : RENAULT
- 30 Dan Conner and Danny Tanner, e.g. : TV DADS
- 32 [Blown kiss] : [MWAH]
- 34 Side hustle for a veterinarian? : LAB SPECIALIST
- 36 Manage OK : COPE
- 39 Dangerous crowd : MOB
- 41 Try to lighten up, perhaps? : DIET
- 42 New York Cosmos star of the ’70s : PELE
- 43 Metal precioso : ORO
- 44 Polite rejection : NO, SIR
- 46 National gemstone of Mexico : FIRE OPAL
- 50 Side hustle for a therapist? : BAGGAGE HANDLER
- 56 “A Confederacy of Dunces” author : TOOLE
- 57 Shed, with “off” : SLOUGH …
- 58 Many a Sharon Olds poem : ODE
- 59 Leaf-to-branch angles : AXILS
- 62 It may be glossed over : LIP
- 63 Turned : SLUED
- 65 Its fleece is hypoallergenic : ALPACA
- 66 Part of a gig : BYTE
- 67 Side hustle for an anesthesiologist? : OUTPATIENT COORDINATOR
- 73 Leon who wrote “Battle Cry” : URIS
- 74 Avid bird-watcher, say : TOMCAT
- 75 URL divider : SLASH
- 76 “Mr. Mayor” airer : NBC
- 77 First stroke of the day : ONE AM
- 78 Holy ones: Abbr. : STS
- 81 Spanish city north of León : OVIEDO
- 84 Encrusted : CAKED
- 87 Side hustle for a carpenter? : NAIL TECHNICIAN
- 90 Netted : ENSNARED
- 93 Give an address : ORATE
- 94 Home in the mud : STY
- 95 Christmas purchase : TREE
- 96 Like Athena : WISE
- 98 Moving ___ : VAN
- 100 Record label for Otis Redding and Big Star : STAX
- 101 Side hustle for a marriage counselor? : CIVIL ENGINEER
- 106 Small sweater? : PORE
- 108 Cold-weather jacket : ANORAK
- 109 Person with lots to show : REALTOR
- 111 Kind of license : POETIC
- 115 Museum that awards the Turner Prize : TATE
- 116 “Oh yeah? Watch me!” : I CAN SO!
- 118 Side hustle for a drill instructor? : BASE COACH
- 120 Tech tutorials site : C|NET
- 121 Sub groups? : NAVIES
- 122 Set of showbiz awards, in brief : EGOT
- 123 Hightail it : FLEE
- 124 Actress and inventor Lamarr : HEDY
- 125 Where the tradition of shaking hands as a greeting originated : GREECE
- 126 Clinches, with “up” : SEWS …
- 127 Show off at the gym : FLEX
12 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org. : ACLU
- 2 Animated figure : TOON
- 3 Evil creatures in 7-Down : ORCS
- 4 Defiant retort : MAKE ME!
- 5 Large orchestral gong : TAM-TAM
- 6 Mahershala of “Moonlight” : ALI
- 7 Frodo’s film franchise, familiarly : LOTR
- 8 Blues great Waters : ETHEL
- 9 One with a nesting instinct : MAMA BIRD
- 10 Inflame : AROUSE
- 11 Shape : SCULPT
- 12 Something made in a hurry : HASTE
- 13 A in French class : UNE
- 14 One getting down, so to speak : PARTIER
- 15 Cheery “Ciao!” : TOODLE-OO
- 16 Two-time opponent of Dwight : ADLAI
- 17 Map lines : ROADS
- 18 Guilt-producing meeting, perhaps : TRYST
- 24 Maxim : SAW
- 29 Nobel-winning author Gordimer : NADINE
- 31 Park supervisor? : VALET
- 33 Refine : HONE
- 35 Economic stat. : CPI
- 36 Male swans : COBS
- 37 Like one Freudian fixation : ORAL
- 38 Bouncy toys : POGO STICKS
- 40 Thrift-store fashion, informally : BOHO
- 45 Blue : SAD
- 46 Order member : FRIAR
- 47 Hindu, for one : POLYTHEIST
- 48 Justice beginning in 2006 : ALITO
- 49 New Testament miracle recipient : LEPER
- 51 “Uh-oh” sounds : GULPS
- 52 ___ fresca : AGUA
- 53 Its etymology may derive from the diminutive of “borough” in Italian : GHETTO
- 54 “Mission: Impossible” theme composer Schifrin : LALO
- 55 Convention center event : EXPO
- 60 Some HDTVs : LCDS
- 61 1979 Commodores hit with the lyric “Good times never felt so good” : SAIL ON
- 64 Singer Celine : DION
- 65 One of two in “Hamilton” : ACT
- 66 Aggressively mainstream, in slang : BASIC
- 67 Unit of prevention : OUNCE
- 68 ___ legend : URBAN
- 69 Revise, as text : EMEND
- 70 Org. with Divisions I-III : NCAA
- 71 Suspense novelist Hoag : TAMI
- 72 Pandora native in “Avatar” : NA’VI
- 78 Side of a block : STREET
- 79 Word after high or weak : … TEA
- 80 Classic skit comedy show : SCTV
- 82 Sole ingredient in some cookies? : DATA
- 83 Rock with colorful bands : ONYX
- 85 Sum total : ENTIRETY
- 86 “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” vampire : DARLA
- 88 Like a bad outcome for all : LOSE-LOSE
- 89 Great deal : HEAP
- 91 Causing quite a stink : REEKING
- 92 Opposite of morn : E’EN
- 96 Frank : WIENIE
- 97 “Hold on …” : IN A SEC …
- 99 Hotel room restriction : NO PETS
- 100 Drive to the station, say : SEE OFF
- 101 Come down with : CATCH
- 102 Nonsensical : INANE
- 103 Checked a box, maybe : VOTED
- 104 Accent ___ : GRAVE
- 105 Wizards’ wear : ROBES
- 107 Giant bird of Arabian myth : ROC
- 110 Blow a fuse : RAGE
- 112 Starbucks size : TALL
- 113 Slurpee relative : ICEE
- 114 Party mix ingredient : CHEX
- 117 Big game show prize : CAR
- 119 Scatter : SOW
