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26 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
26 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Appoint : ORDAIN
- 7 People of the Southwest : APACHE
- 13 Wishy-washy response : I MIGHT
- 19 Had the opportunity to, casually : COULDA
- 20 Entertainment with a private audience? : USO TOUR
- 21 Malice, more formally : MOTHER (“Ma, more formally”)
- 22 One wearing chapstick, perhaps : HORSEBACK RIDER (“One wearing chaps, perhaps”)
- 24 Be up against : OPPOSE
- 25 Poker variety similar to Texas hold ’em : OMAHA
- 26 Counterpart of “Thx” : PLS
- 27 Saves for later, in a way : TIVOS
- 29 Ploy : RUSE
- 30 Lost : AT SEA
- 32 Antarctic coordinate : NORTH POLE (“Arctic coordinate”)
- 35 “A man has cause for ___ only when he sows and no one reaps”: Charles Goodyear : REGRET
- 38 Bit of tinder : TWIG
- 41 First side to vote : YEAS
- 42 ___ course : PREP
- 43 New York City transport stopping at Kennedy Airport : A TRAIN
- 46 Beginning stage : GERM
- 47 Prefix with thermal : GEO-
- 50 There might be a catch with this : MITT
- 51 Blouse and broach, perhaps : PUBLIC HOUSE (“B and B, perhaps”)
- 54 Wet bar? : SOAP
- 55 Form of nepotism, symbolically : SCHOOL TIES
- 57 Herd member : EWE
- 58 Sauce : BOOZE
- 59 Place, as ceramic tiles : INSET
- 60 Like autumn air : BRISK
- 62 Person helping with a delivery : OB/GYN
- 63 Word before film and after clip : ART
- 65 It has many beet and beef options : TRUE/FALSE TEST (“It has many T and F options”)
- 70 “___ Trois Petits Cochons” (French fable) : LES
- 71 Sport at the Special Olympics : BOCCE
- 73 G.I. ___ : TRACT
- 74 Calling : NICHE
- 76 Not be able to stand : ABHOR
- 77 Ending with invent : -IVE
- 78 War and peace, in “War and Peace” : MAIN THEMES
- 83 Like most dorms nowadays : COED
- 84 Tickled : SPEARHEADED (“Led”)
- 87 Focus of modern mining : DATA
- 88 “___ be an honor!” : IT’D
- 89 They can be graphic : TEES
- 90 Surround, as with light : ENHALO
- 91 Considerations for N.C.A.A. eligibility : GPAS
- 92 ___ Wintour, longtime Vogue editor in chief : ANNA
- 93 Spring locales : SPAS
- 94 Takes by force : WRESTS
- 96 Pop fly : SOFT DRINK (“Pop”)
- 100 Some family babysitters : NANAS
- 102 Match : PAIR
- 103 Sarge’s boss : LOOIE
- 105 A-number-one : TOP
- 106 The Venetian way? : CANAL
- 110 Alternative to Dropbox : ICLOUD
- 113 Gradually fix something … or what to do to understand this puzzle’s italicized clues? : WORK OUT THE BUGS
- 116 Briefly, e.g. : CHEESE (“Brie, e.g.”)
- 117 What’s used to catch some waves : ANTENNA
- 118 Supreme Egyptian god : AMEN-RA
- 119 Bum out : SADDEN
- 120 Famous cryptid, familiarly : NESSIE
- 121 Intimates : GETS AT
25 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Number of sides on a sign reading “ALTO” : OCHO
- 2 Space : ROOM
- 3 ___ mater (brain cover) : DURA
- 4 Politico-turned-TV host : AL SHARPTON
- 5 Form thoughts : IDEATE
- 6 Catch : NAB
- 7 Seeks a favor, say : ASKS
- 8 ___ favor : POR
- 9 Working hard : AT IT
- 10 Java activity : CODING
- 11 Product from un ave : HUEVO
- 12 Boo-boo : ERROR
- 13 Texter’s qualifier : IMO
- 14 One might be put through the wringer : MOP
- 15 Geek Squad members, e.g. : IT PROS
- 16 “I can thrill you more than any ___ could ever dare try” (“Thriller” lyric) : GHOUL
- 17 “The Glass Bead Game” author, 1943 : HESSE
- 18 Pecan or peach : TREE
- 20 Sch. where a live bear used to take the field during football games : UCLA
- 23 Echo, perhaps : APE
- 28 Pimple lookalikes : STYES
- 31 It usually works in corners : STAPLER
- 33 “Catch!” : HERE!
- 34 Baker’s Joy alternative : PAM
- 35 Record speeds, for short : RPMS
- 36 Adams of New York City politics : ERIC
- 37 Antelope, say : GET HITCHED (“Elope”)
- 38 Parable or allegory : TALE
- 39 Devices with Nunchuks : WIIS
- 40 Business news magazine : INC
- 44 “For shame!” : TUT TUT!
- 45 Slugging stat : RBI
- 46 Member of the inn crowd? : GUEST
- 47 Approach for directions : GOOGLE MAPS (“App for directions”)
- 48 Onetime collaborator with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre : EAZY-E
- 49 Some sports tournaments : OPENS
- 52 Big name in women’s hair and skin care : HERS
- 53 Boo-boo : OWIE
- 54 Word with story or sister : SOB …
- 56 Economist/author Emily : OSTER
- 58 Screw up : BOTCH
- 60 Relative of a club, for short : BLT
- 61 Place for boarding : KENNEL
- 63 You can count on them : ABACI
- 64 Member of the modern work force : ROBOT
- 66 Great Lakes natives : ERIES
- 67 Kind of bean : FAVA
- 68 Taiwanese electronics giant : ACER
- 69 “I’m about to tell you something shocking” : SIT DOWN
- 72 Haddock relative : COD
- 75 Doesn’t put it all on one pony : HEDGES A BET
- 78 Suvari of “American Beauty” : MENA
- 79 Sounds heard in 93-Across : AAHS
- 80 Destructive 2021 hurricane : IDA
- 81 Nouveau-Mexique, e.g. : ETAT
- 82 Lip or cheek : SASS
- 84 Put over the moon : SEND
- 85 One hanging around Queen Elizabeth? : PEARL
- 86 With it, in old slang : HEP
- 89 “Snowpiercer” airer : TNT
- 92 Sporting a certain natural style : AFROED
- 93 Avoids : SKIRTS
- 95 Tortoise’s challenge to the hare : RACE ME
- 96 Nickname for the French Alexandre : SACHA
- 97 No longer squeaky (one hopes!) : OILED
- 98 John Wayne, by birth : IOWAN
- 99 Who ran against George Washington for president : NO ONE
- 100 “___ chance!” : NOT A
- 101 Letters that complete this word: _P_ROPRIA_E : APT
- 102 Snaps : PICS
- 104 Squeezes (out) : EKES
- 105 Good thing to be in : TUNE
- 107 Letters on dreidels : NUNS
- 108 Taj Mahal’s home : AGRA
- 109 Exam that once required fingerprint identification, for short : LSAT
- 111 Exercise : USE
- 112 Animal house : DEN
- 114 Demon of Japanese folklore : ONI
- 115 Folklore villain : HAG
