NYT Crossword December 21 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the NYT Crossword published on December 21 2023.

77
Total Clues
42
Total Across
35
Total Down

Clues Across (42 total)

(1)
Queue before Q
(5)
Org. with a top 10 list
(8)
Some fluffy slippers
(12)
"The Good Dinosaur" dinosaur
(13)
Predators whose females are the main hunters
(15)
Stand-out performance?
(16)
Water under the drawbridge
(17)
High up
(18)
Nov. or Dec. event for a Sagittarius
(19)
Transport, in a way
(20)
Put in a box
(22)
It's a ball
(23)
Fitting
(24)
Irrigation structure
(25)
Messenger ___
(26)
Teeny
(27)
Reefer and clipper
(29)
Scarf down
(31)
Group known for playing mind games
(33)
See 62-Down
(34)
Not cool
(36)
"Knives Out" director Johnson
(37)
Like a custard
(38)
Farmer's market booth
(39)
Kitchen cabinet climbers
(40)
Socket inserts
(43)
Duo with the 2011 #1 hit "Party Rock Anthem"
(46)
Cook again in oil
(50)
Cooks, as some kernels
(53)
Brown in strips
(55)
Lead-in to season
(56)
"Bet you can't do better!"
(58)
2010 health law, in brief
(59)
Hard walk
(61)
Fanatical
(62)
Latin love
(63)
Sludge
(64)
Bird that flies with its neck outstretched
(65)
"Good as ___" (Lizzo hit)
(66)
Wild catch?
(67)
Substitute for "subs"
(68)
"Golly!"

Clues Down (35 total)

(1)
Criticize harshly
(2)
Squeeze together?
(3)
*What iodine might do
(4)
Squirt
(5)
*Expresses regret about
(6)
Bit of skiwear
(7)
*Blank, e.g., in Scrabble
(8)
Kind of port
(9)
With 47-Down, fail spectacularly ... or what the answers to the starred clues do?
(10)
Gives an angry look
(11)
Protein-rich crop
(13)
TV newswoman Spencer
(14)
Daze
(20)
Bank offerings, in brief
(21)
Receptionist-turned-administrator on "The Office"
(28)
Workplace inequity
(30)
Moments of discovery
(32)
This might get the word out
(34)
Wash. setting
(35)
Layer on a roll
(41)
Booty
(42)
Taylor Swift's record-setting ___ Tour
(43)
Something to work on
(44)
Something to look into
(45)
*Liberated
(47)
See 9-Down
(48)
Maker of Max Throat Care drops
(49)
Adverb for an anniversary
(51)
Delivery site
(52)
*Place to be pampered
(53)
*X, to a sorority sister
(54)
Camouflages
(57)
Way up on a mountain
(60)
Middle C, e.g.
(62)
With 33-Across, deep-sea catch

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