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24 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
24 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Retreated : DREW BACK
- 9 Drop : OMIT
- 13 Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brain : NEURAL NET
- 15 Something that gets passed around a lot : MEME
- 16 Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for two : AFRIKANERS
- 18 So much : A TON
- 19 All the king’s men? : LIEGES
- 20 Simple and glib : PAT
- 21 School with the slogan “Ex scientia tridens,” familiarly : NAVY
- 22 Ancient symbols of life : ANKHS
- 23 Velcro alternative : LACES
- 25 Democratic leader? : DEE
- 26 Recipe direction : BEAT
- 27 Strong, dark quaff : BOCK
- 28 The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover’s Knot : TIARA
- 30 Some abbey attire : COWLS
- 31 Up : ASTIR
- 32 “I wasn’t going to say anything, but since you brought it up …” : YEAH, ABOUT THAT …
- 36 Crew : POSSE
- 37 Many a confession on a theater stage : ASIDE
- 38 Throws, informally : HUCKS
- 39 “I’m game” : LET’S
- 40 Last ___ : GASP
- 44 ___ Miguel Island, largest of the Azores : SAO
- 45 Currency units in Peru : SOLES
- 47 Puccini opera … or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiere : TOSCA
- 48 What Twix bars are sold in : TWOS
- 50 Companion of the droid BB-8, in the “Star Wars” universe : REY
- 51 Ear hair? : TASSEL
- 52 Calculus calculation : RATE
- 53 Gained some courage : GREW A SPINE
- 55 What Shøp on “The Simpsons” is a parody of : IKEA
- 56 Agronomic analyses : SOIL TESTS
- 57 A cold wave can produce one : PERM
- 58 Yule log? : NICE LIST
24 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Sequencing locale : DNA LAB
- 2 Polish : REFINE
- 3 Triumphant shout : EUREKA!
- 4 “Black Boy” memoirist Richard : WRIGHT
- 5 Gets the batter out, say : BAKES
- 6 “___ poor Romeo!”: Shak. : ALAS
- 7 Wolf’s home : CNN
- 8 Monitor : KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON
- 9 Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanate : OMAN
- 10 Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photo : METADATA
- 11 “That doesn’t bother me anymore” : I’M OVER IT
- 12 Like an F.B.I. director’s term : TEN-YEAR
- 14 Fast fashion? : TRACKSUITS
- 17 Office address abbr. : STE
- 23 Ones making insulting offers : LOWBALLERS
- 24 Part of many university names : STATE
- 27 Flamboyant prop : BOA
- 29 “Black” follower : -ISH
- 30 “The gymnasium of the mind,” per Blaise Pascal : CHESS
- 32 Question that cannot be answered if its answer is “no” : YOU AWAKE?
- 33 Two-wheeler at a charging station : E-SCOOTER
- 34 “___ away!” : ASK
- 35 Cardinal points?: Abbr. : TDS
- 36 Alternative to litmus paper : PH STRIP
- 40 It’s the truth! : GOSPEL
- 41 Noted basilica town : ASSISI
- 42 Things picked up on a trail : SCENTS
- 43 Most likely to burn, maybe : PALEST
- 46 Kind of chart, informally : ORG
- 47 Decorum : TASTE
- 49 Underground band : SEAM
- 51 One end of the Mohs scale : TALC
- 54 GameCube successor : WII
