Code Letter Crossword Clues and Answers December 24, 2023
Crossword: by S.N.
Across
Beauty salon sweeping | HAIR |
Rope fiber | HEMP |
Dishonest imitation | SHAM |
Sci-fi mind reader | EMPATH |
Cathedral section | APSE |
Higher than | OVER |
Ziti shape | TUBE |
Brunch fare | QUICHE |
Astrological feline | LION |
Tequila cocktail, for short | RITA |
Designer Cassini | OLEG |
Irish province | ULSTER |
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, __” | FALALALALALALALALA |
One of the Musketeers | ARAMIS |
Puts frosting on | ICES |
Poker winnings | POTS |
Burglarize | ROB |
Made reference to | CITED |
Thick heads of 1 Across | MANES |
Goddess of victory | NIKE |
Sticky sealer | TAPE |
Swamp stalk | REED |
Jazz instruments | SAXES |
Ankle-length skirt | MAXI |
__ one’s time (waits) | BIDES |
Double-curve shape | ESS |
Perform silently | MIME |
Socks | HOSE |
Pop star Dion | CELINE |
“‘Tis the season to be jolly, __” | FALALALALALALALALA |
Get smaller | SHRINK |
Easel, for instance | STAND |
Read rapidly | SCAN |
__ for tat | TIT |
Clasps for cravats | TIEBARS |
__ salts (bath additive) | EPSOM |
Part of the pelvis | HIPBONE |
First “Breaking Bad” airer | AMC |
Stylist’s creation | COIF |
Heartthrobs | LOVES |
Tied up at a dock | MOORED |
“Don we now our gay apparel, __” | FALALALALALALALALA |
Became fluid | FLUXED |
Former “Tonight Show” host | LENO |
Grape plant, e.g. | VINE |
Food additive letters | MSG |
Facilitates | EASES |
Hastened away | FLED |
Admiral’s armada | FLEET |
Cylindrical conduit | PIPE |
Bakery loaves | RYES |
Sharp criticism | FLAK |
Budweiser rival | COORS |
Subatomic particle | BOSON |
Stockholm-based flier | SAS |
Misfortunes | WOES |
Voting alliance | BLOC |
Faint in color | PALLID |
“Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, __” | FALALALALALALALALA |
How wholesalers buy | INBULK |
Academic hurdle | EXAM |
Roman formal wear | TOGA |
Lyft alternative | UBER |
Adventurous pursuits | QUESTS |
Red Muppet | ELMO |
Deserve to receive | EARN |
Semester | TERM |
Apt to achoo | SNEEZY |
Gaze (at) | PEER |
Where Mt. Rushmore is | SDAK |
Other than that | ELSE |
Down
About 20,000 square feet | HALFACRE |
Honey sources | APIARIES |
Sets apart | ISOLATES |
Dubbed differently | RENAMED |
Circle dances | HORAS |
Diabolical | EVIL |
What Facebook, Inc. was 4 Down in 2021 | META |
Nutty confection | PRALINE |
Shoulder wraps | STOLES |
Luau dances | HULAS |
Genesis 4 birth | ABEL |
Digital camera measures | MEGAPIXELS |
Liken | EQUATE |
Thinks (over) | MULLS |
Galileo’s hometown | PISA |
Conduct oneself | ACT |
Fill in __ blank | THE |
That ship | HER |
Saucepan topper | LID |
Heroic pilots | ACES |
Marvel mischief maker | LOKI |
Household hisser | RADIATOR |
Available call-in channel | OPENLINE |
Judge’s instruction | BESEATED |
Cry from a crib | MAMA |
Skater’s jumps | AXELS |
Launch agency | NASA |
Cash drawer | TILL |
Ancient Eurasian trade route | SILKROAD |
Neighbor of Romania | MOLDOVA |
Tall, thin person | BEANPOLE |
Handcuffs | MANACLES |
Sci-fi smuggler/hero | HANSOLO |
Benefits seeker | CLAIMANT |
Minor untruth | FIB |
Devoured | ATE |
Scandinavian region | LAPLAND |
Austrian interjection | ACH |
Group on the payroll | STAFFERS |
Everest, for instance | HIMALAYA |
Hermits | RECLUSES |
Part of RSVP | SIL |
Brooks or Gibson | MEL |
Sort of snake | BOA |
Doze | FALLASLEEP |
Bank patron | SAVER |
Handled choppers | AXES |
Garlic cousin | LEEK |
Is situated | LIES |
Tag incorrectly | MISLABEL |
Plot twist giveaways | SPOILERS |
French cop | GENDARME |
Pet parasite | FLEA |
Put something over on | FOOL |
Tracks down | LOCATES |
Make unclean | POLLUTE |
Sociably rural | FOLKSY |
Hue and cry | CLAMOR |
Ram remark | BAA |
Triple-time dance | WALTZ |
Hold responsible | BLAME |
Broad board | PLANK |
Firecracker cord | FUSE |
Wheel shaft | AXLE |
Take on cargo | LOAD |
Taj Mahal city | AGRA |
Smartness stats | IQS |
Convent resident | NUN |
Picnic pest | BEE |