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21 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
21 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Bygone Russian ruler : TSAR
- 5 Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio : KISS
- 9 Like some sprays : NASAL
- 14 “The Simpsons” character with a palindromic name : OTTO
- 15 Part of a foot : INCH
- 16 “The best is ___ come” : YET TO
- 17 Capture the attention of : GRAB
- 18 Not quite shut : AJAR
- 19 Sing smoothly : CROON
- 20 Hawk’s home : AERIE
- 22 Russia’s ___ Mountains : URAL
- 24 Dating ___ : APP
- 25 Skiing and snowboarding : WINTER SPORTS
- 28 Fulfill completely : SATE
- 29 With special importance : NOTEDLY
- 32 Sewing shop supply : SPOOLS
- 35 Puts money (on) : BETS
- 36 Lens holder : EYE
- 37 Work hard for : EARN
- 38 B or C of the Spice Girls : MEL …
- 39 Building with a loft : BARN
- 40 Prominent feature of a fennec fox : EAR
- 41 Pesky plant : WEED
- 43 Card suit that symbolizes a medieval weapon : SPADES
- 45 Hare ___ : KRISHNA
- 47 Sight near an exit sign : DOOR
- 48 Display of mentalism … or a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squares : SPOON-BENDING
- 52 www.nytimes .com, for one : URL
- 53 Attempt, metaphorically : STAB
- 54 Reserve : STORE
- 56 Give away, as a story’s ending : SPOIL
- 58 Smooth (out) : IRON
- 60 Walkie-talkie word : OVER
- 61 Pinky and the Brain, for two : TOONS
- 62 It may be printed on a place mat : MENU
- 63 ___-do-well : NE’ER
- 64 Put into the pot : ANTED
- 65 First place? : EDEN
- 66 Wapitis : ELKS
21 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Caesar dressing? : TOGA
- 2 Scatter : STREW
- 3 Developer of the game Breakout : ATARI
- 4 M.L.B.’s first Rookie of the Year (1947) : ROBINSON
- 5 Sorento automaker : KIA
- 6 Cause harm to : INJURE
- 7 Lasting marks : SCARS
- 8 Explosion fragments : SHRAPNEL
- 9 Home of the Met, the Whitney and the Frick, in brief : NYC
- 10 Make fizzy : AERATE
- 11 Halts abruptly : STOPS DEAD
- 12 Crowning : ATOP
- 13 Actor Chaney nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Faces” : LON
- 21 List shortener: Abbr. : ET AL
- 23 Plundered goods : LOOT
- 26 U.F.O. pilots : ETS
- 27 Some N.F.L. blockers : RTS
- 30 Orpheus’ instrument : LYRE
- 31 Urges : YENS
- 32 Ask for : SEEK
- 33 Talk show host Jack : PAAR
- 34 Ingredient in perfume and potpourri : ORRIS ROOT
- 35 Furniture depicted in Frida Kahlo’s “The Dream” (1940) : BED
- 38 Interim period : MEANTIME
- 39 Singing voice meaning “heavy-sounding” : BARITONE
- 41 Question of identity : WHO?
- 42 First and only chimpanzee to orbit Earth : ENOS
- 43 Cronus, to Uranus : SON
- 44 Whale groups : PODS
- 46 Long, thin strip used in building construction : SPLINE
- 47 Prepare, in a way, as chicken : DEBONE
- 49 Exposed for all to see : BARED
- 50 Work of fiction : NOVEL
- 51 One of Cyprus’s two official languages : GREEK
- 52 “___ the housetop, click, click, click …” : UPON
- 55 Goofs : ERRS
- 56 Subway stop: Abbr. : STA
- 57 It may give you visuals : LSD
- 59 Sister : NUN
