The Daily Themed Crossword Dec 19 2023 Answers were just published after we played around with it and solved today’s puzzle in a timely matter. This puzzle special in the sense that everyday it allows you to play with a different theme hence the name Daily Themed Crossword. The clues are grouped by their orientation on the puzzle grid and by their number.
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Across
- 1a. (4/10) “Let’s cozy up the fireplace with a red ___ (foot warmer) or two for Santa to fill with small gifts!”SOCK
- 5a. X-___ (what we’re celebrating throughout this month in DTC!)MAS
- 8a. Man’s best friend, it’s claimedDOG
- 11a. “Based on a ___ story” (like the movies at 44a, 50a, 52a, and 5d)TRUE
- 12a. Tick off or angerIRK
- 13a. Pacific Ocean tunaAHI
- 14a. Mythical Himalayan beastYETI
- 15a. Beams of light, sayRAYS
- 17a. U.F.CMMA
- 18a. Luggage-scanning organization: Abbr.TSA
- 20a. Not that bright?PALE
- 22a. Elegantly fashionableCHIC
- 23a. “Kind to the nature and Earth” prefixECO
- 24a. Actress Thurman of “Hollywood Stargirl”UMA
- 26a. Practice, as a tradePLY
- 28a. Travel ___ (what many countries officially enforced in 2020)BAN
- 31a. Up to ___ (at an expected quality)PAR
- 32a. Cartoonish shriekEEK
- 34a. Dip, as bread in gravySOP
- 36a. Coleslaw, e.g.SIDE
- 38a. Roll of bills, informallyWAD
- 40a. Vowels other than “a” and “e”IOU
- 41a. Electric guitar pioneer ___ PaulLES
- 44a. “Remember the ___,” 2000 sports-drama film starring Denzel Washington based on real eventsTITANS
- 46a. Expression of approval, at churchAMEN
- 47a. Tokyo, before the 19th centuryEDO
- 48a. ___ spill (ocean disaster)OIL
- 50a. 1993 biographical sports-drama film starring Sean Astin based on real eventsRUDY
- 52a. “Chariots of ___,” 1981 sports-drama starring Ben Cross based on real eventsFIRE
- 56a. Commercial breaks are filled with them, for shortADS
- 57a. What you break with conversation?ICE
- 58a. “Stop ganging ___ me!”: 2 wds.UPON
- 59a. “It’s never ___ late to begin!”TOO
- 60a. Just manage, with “out”EKE
- 61a. A year in Brazil?ANO
Down
- 1d. Porker’s padSTY
- 2d. Major material for a minerORE
- 3d. “Ctrl+X” commandCUT
- 4d. Richards of the Rolling StonesKEITH
- 5d. 2004 Olympic sports-drama film starring Kurt Russell based on real eventsMIRACLE
- 6d. “The Altar” constellationARA
- 7d. Microsoft’s alternative to ZoomSKYPE
- 8d. Title for Agatha Christie or Helen MirrenDAME
- 9d. Electrical resistance unit represented by OmegaOHM
- 10d. Tragic fashion model ___ CarangiGIA
- 16d. Cul-de-___ (dead end)SAC
- 19d. Drink slowly, like teaSIP
- 21d. Parabolic tennis shotLOB
- 22d. Greeting ___ (gift for a co-worker, maybe)CARD
- 24d. “Life is full of ___ and downs…”UPS
- 25d. ___ Tai, popular Tiki cocktailMAI
- 27d. Coniferous tree that sounds like “you”YEW
- 29d. Continent touched by three oceansASIA
- 30d. Palindromic time for a midday mealNOON
- 33d. “Sons of Anarchy” actress SagalKATEY
- 35d. Yellowish goo, from an infectionPUS
- 37d. Tree that might be “Slippery”?ELM
- 39d. “I Know What You ___ Last Summer,” 1997 horror filmDID
- 42d. Like a haunted houseEERIE
- 43d. Moved stealthily (rhymes with “pluck”)SNUCK
- 45d. Protein source for vegansTOFU
- 46d. Synonym for “besides” or “moreover”ALSO
- 48d. Grain for a horseOAT
- 49d. Words sealed with a kiss: 2 wds.IDO
- 51d. Pee ___ RiverDEE
- 53d. Strong pub option: Abbr.IPA
- 54d. ___ Weasley of “Harry Potter”RON
- 55d. North Carolina’s ___ River State ParkENO
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