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22 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
22 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 “Darn it!” : RATS!
- 5 In base eight : OCTAL
- 10 “Resident Alien” channel : SYFY
- 14 Sound heard in a long hall : ECHO
- 15 Tennis champ Osaka : NAOMI
- 16 City with a beef : KOBE
- 17 Jovial seasonal mood : CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
- 20 ___-Seltzer : ALKA
- 21 Take a snooze, with “out” : ZONK …
- 22 Cost of not doing business, maybe : LOST OPPORTUNITY
- 29 Significant ___ : OTHER
- 30 Hubbub : ADO
- 31 Like many a go-getter : TYPE-A
- 32 Warrior in the Greek pantheon : ARES
- 33 Regional wildlife : BIOTA
- 35 Lovable goofball, say : DORK
- 36 NASA endeavors whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across : MARTIAN MISSIONS
- 39 Sketch show since ’75 : SNL
- 40 Fist bump : DAP
- 41 Walkie-talkie band, briefly : UHF
- 44 Place to catch up over a hot drink : TEAROOM
- 48 When repeated, slangy sound of eating : NOM
- 51 Why everyone loves a good train wreck : MORBID CURIOSITY
- 54 Fish also known as a bluegill : BREAM
- 55 Make a bow : TIE
- 56 Title woman in a classic 1973 breakup tune : ANGIE
- 57 Uniquely American cleverness : YANKEE INGENUITY
- 60 ___ homo : ECCE
- 61 Rest atop : LIE ON
- 62 Cheeseboard choice : BRIE
- 63 Quizzical Quebec questions? : EHS
- 64 “I ___ know” (common excuse) : DIDN’T
- 65 Member of the fam : SIS
22 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 College app element : REC
- 2 “___ Tannenbaum” (16th-century folk song that inspired a carol) : ACH
- 3 Avid skateboarder, in lingo : THRASHER
- 4 Gardeners’ orders, at times : SOIL TESTS
- 5 Straight out of the barrel : ON TAP
- 6 Nanny ___ : CAM
- 7 Ode words : TO A …
- 8 Morning hrs. : AMS
- 9 Composer of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in “Rhapsody Rabbit” : LISZT
- 10 Lose the suit, say : SKINNY-DIP
- 11 Certain designer dog : YORKIPOO
- 12 Clarice Starling’s employer in “The Silence of the Lambs,” in brief : FBI
- 13 Nevertheless : YET
- 18 Hershey toffee confection : SKOR
- 19 Fit of sullenness : POUT
- 22 Fertile ground : LOAM
- 23 “___ vez” (“Again,” in Valencia) : OTRA
- 24 Bother : PAIN
- 25 “Hamilton” actor Leslie ___ Jr. : ODOM
- 26 Indian flatbread : ROTI
- 27 Cousin of a gull : TERN
- 28 Gabs : YAKS
- 33 Like hay on a farm : BALED
- 34 “Same here” : AS DO I
- 37 Eventually : IN TIME
- 38 ___ Islands, Polynesian archipelago : SAMOAN
- 41 Awkward farewell : UM, BYE
- 42 Poet who coined the term “carpe diem” : HORACE
- 43 Kind of kiss : FRENCH
- 45 Timing of the Mercutio/Tybalt duel in “Romeo and Juliet” : ACT III
- 46 Unfixable : RUINED
- 47 Home to the deepest lake and river gorge in the U.S. : OREGON
- 48 Cold rice topped with wasabi and raw fish : NIGIRI
- 49 Likely cause of a cranky toddler’s ear-tugging : OTITIS
- 50 “Ridiculous!” : MY EYE!
- 52 Soaks up the hot sun : BAKES
- 53 Ignores : SNUBS
- 58 Days gone by, in bygone days : ELD
- 59 Fangorn Forest dweller : ENT
