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20 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
20 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Actress Raquel : WELCH
- 6 Slightly wet : DAMP
- 10 ___-retentive : ANAL
- 14 Nebraska city nicknamed the “Gateway to the West” : OMAHA
- 15 Female French friend : AMIE
- 16 It’s good for what ails you : CURE
- 17 Prince or princess : ROYAL
- 18 Held in high esteem : RESPECTED
- 20 Prompt action when things are unraveling : STITCH IN TIME
- 22 Number of provinces in Canada : TEN
- 23 Nay’s opposite : YEA
- 24 Rear end, in slang : TUSHIE
- 28 Ground-breaking tool : HOE
- 29 Watery expanse : SEA
- 31 In the mail : SENT
- 32 Beat around the bush : HEM AND HAW
- 36 “Well, ___-di-dah!” : LAH
- 37 Cry of pity : ALAS!
- 38 Shoe bottoms : SOLES
- 40 “The ___ Duckling” (fairy tale) : UGLY
- 41 Relieved (of) : RID
- 42 “Oh, blast!” : DARN IT ALL!
- 44 One of three in Orion’s belt : STAR
- 46 Bundle of money : WAD
- 47 Poetic praise : ODE
- 48 Prefix meaning “different” : HETERO-
- 50 “A work of ___ that did not begin in emotion is not ___”: Cézanne : ART
- 51 Letter before chi : PHI
- 54 What ties everything together, including 20-, 32- and 42-Across? : COMMON THREAD
- 58 Pulsating : THROBBING
- 61 Like coincidences that make you go “hmm” : EERIE
- 62 The “h” in m.p.h. : HOUR
- 63 Brewed beverages in bottles : ALES
- 64 Fauna’s partner : FLORA
- 65 Piece with a view : OP-ED
- 66 Exam : TEST
- 67 Annual theater awards : TONYS
20 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Lowest of the low : WORST
- 2 Act poorly? : EMOTE
- 3 Stockpile : LAY IN
- 4 Chew the fat : CHAT
- 5 Like the good old days : HALCYON
- 6 Title girl in a bygone MTV cartoon : DARIA
- 7 “You said it!” : AMEN!
- 8 Fine spray : MIST
- 9 Pumpkin seed : PEPITA
- 10 Means of entry : ACCESS
- 11 Hexagonal bit of hardware : NUT
- 12 “___ we cool?” : ARE
- 13 Was in first place : LED
- 19 Outback bird : EMU
- 21 Obeys : HEEDS
- 25 Andrew Wyeth portrait subject : HELGA
- 26 Counting everything together : IN ALL
- 27 Antiknock fluid : ETHYL
- 28 Contains : HAS
- 29 One getting dressed for lunch? : SALAD
- 30 Wide-mouthed jug : EWER
- 32 Caustic : HARSH
- 33 Of the highest standard : ELITE
- 34 Angry with : MAD AT
- 35 Host Kotb of morning TV : HODA
- 39 Sound from a pug : SNORT
- 40 Salt Lake City athlete : UTE
- 43 Goal of phishing schemes, informally : ID THEFT
- 45 “Let the ___ show …” : RECORD
- 46 Outback animal : WOMBAT
- 49 Burgle : ROB
- 50 Frequent teenage sensation : ANGST
- 51 The Evita of “Evita” : PERON
- 52 Opposite of clean-shaven : HAIRY
- 53 They’re symbolized by light bulbs in cartoons : IDEAS
- 55 One of about 93 million between Earth and the sun : MILE
- 56 Change for a five : ONES
- 57 Move, in real estate lingo : RELO
- 58 Howe’er : THO’
- 59 You might do it after stubbing a toe : HOP
- 60 Feel sorry about : RUE
