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14 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
14 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Policy nerd : WONK
- 5 P.F. ___ (restaurant chain) : CHANG’S
- 11 Query : ASK
- 14 Gaelic language : ERSE
- 15 Actor Pattinson : ROBERT
- 16 Actress Farrow : MIA
- 17 Northern European region : SCANDINAVIA
- 19 Cozy lodging : INN
- 20 Kind of beef from Japan : KOBE
- 21 Like the richest soufflé : EGGIEST
- 23 County of Newark, N.J. : ESSEX
- 26 Oil-drilling structure : RIG
- 27 Feeling of dejection : LOWNESS
- 30 Its flag has a blue 61-Across : FINLAND
- 34 Lyrical dedication : ODE
- 35 Scare off : DETER
- 37 Play dirty : GO LOW
- 38 “Star Wars” racing vehicles : PODS
- 40 Flier with a tail : COMET
- 42 Fiona or Shrek : OGRE
- 43 Swords with blunted ends : EPEES
- 45 Radium discoverer : CURIE
- 47 Mr. ___ (Tootsie Pop’s avian mascot) : OWL
- 48 Its flag has a white 61-Across : DENMARK
- 50 Beguile, to Brits : ENTHRAL
- 52 “___ been meaning to mention …” : I’VE
- 53 Military helicopters, colloquially : HUEYS
- 54 2021 Elizabeth Warren book : PERSIST
- 58 Two kings or two queens, e.g. : PAIR
- 60 Chopper : AXE
- 61 Flag symbol seen twice in this puzzle’s grid : NORDIC CROSS
- 66 Rapper ___ Wayne : LIL
- 67 Novelist Graham : GREENE
- 68 Opera highlight : ARIA
- 69 It’s a mess! : STY
- 70 Was in a state of suppressed agitation : STEWED
- 71 Actor Jon of “Good Omens” : HAMM
14 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Director Anderson : WES
- 2 Tolkien monster : ORC
- 3 Secretive org. : NSA
- 4 Logic puzzle invented by a math teacher as a teaching tool : KENKEN
- 5 Baby’s bed : CRIB
- 6 Refine, as a skill : HONE
- 7 Lawyers’ group, for short : ABA
- 8 Actress Campbell : NEVE
- 9 Climber’s belaying device : GRIGRI
- 10 Job for a play director : STAGING
- 11 Female friend in France : AMIE
- 12 Gluttony and lust, for two : SINS
- 13 Philosopher Immanuel : KANT
- 18 Outed maliciously online : DOXED
- 22 Home with a northern exposure : IGLOO
- 23 Got married in Vegas, perhaps : ELOPED
- 24 “That’s awesome!” : SO DOPE!
- 25 Its flag has a yellow 61-Across : SWEDEN
- 28 Little bit of time : SEC
- 29 Soup starter : STOCK
- 30 “___ Jacques, dormez-vous?” : FRERE
- 31 Popular vote winner of 2000 : AL GORE
- 32 Its flag has a blue-and-white 61-Across : NORWAY
- 33 Lingers (on) : DWELLS
- 36 Second-tallest bird on earth : EMU
- 39 Penultimate matches : SEMIS
- 41 10th anniversary gift : TIN
- 44 Nest egg : SAVINGS
- 46 Set of moral principles : ETHIC
- 49 Vacation destination : RESORT
- 51 “Yay!” : HURRAH!
- 54 Friends : PALS
- 55 Sign at a highway cloverleaf : EXIT
- 56 Depend (on) : RELY
- 57 See 58-Down : … TREE
- 58 With 57-Down, car air freshener shape : PINE …
- 59 Got an A on : ACED
- 62 Drops on the grass? : DEW
- 63 Hour, in Italy : ORA
- 64 Virtual citizen in a popular video game franchise : SIM
- 65 Symbolic U.S. “uncle” : SAM
