23 Dec 21, Thursday, NY Times Crossword Answers

23 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions

1 When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarized : BLAH
5 Morgan Stanley acquisition of 2020 : E-TRADE
11 Shock, in a way : ZAP
14 Let up : EASE
15 Get something just right : NAIL IT
16 Word aptly hidden in “I’ve got this!” : EGO
17 Reef deposit hung on the holiday tree? : A CHRISTMAS CORAL (from “A Christmas Carol”)
20 Is unobliged to : NEED NOT
21 Popular web browser : CHROME
22 Something an Australian might throw on the barbie : SHRIMP
25 Beats (out) : EDGES
26 Heath genus that’s also a woman’s name : ERICA
29 Certain international soccer championship, familiarly : EUROS
31 Noble gas you can’t live without? : VITAL ARGON (from “vital organ”)
33 It’s 1 for 90° : SINE
37 Occasion on which to sing the hymn “Up From the Grave He Arose” : EASTER
38 Word with candy or ball : COTTON …
40 Things caught at a beach : RAYS
41 Starbucks order for a man’s man? : CAFFE MACHO (from “caffe mocha”)
45 True : LOYAL
46 Essential character : ETHOS
47 Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in song : AMORE
51 Sugar or flour : STAPLE
53 Car model with a musical name : SONATA
55 Miami five : THE HEAT
59 Buys tickets for a couple of friends for a Polynesian getaway? : TAKES TWO TO TONGA (from “takes two to tango”)
62 Something it’s good to get a hole in? : ONE
63 Archers : BOWMEN
64 Trash day reminder : ODOR
65 Passage blocker, maybe : NAY
66 New citizen, perhaps : EMIGRE
67 What cynophobia is the fear of : DOGS