Daily Themed Crossword December 19, 2023, Answers

ACROSS

• (4/10) Let’s cozy up the fireplace with a red ___ (foot warmer) or two for Santa to fill with small gifts!
  SOCK
• X-___ (what we’re celebrating throughout this month in DTC!)
  MAS
• Man’s best friend it’s claimed
  DOG
• Based on a ___ story (like the movies at 44a 50a 52a and 5d)
  TRUE
• Tick off or anger
  IRK
• Pacific Ocean tuna
  AHI
• Mythical Himalayan beast
  YETI
• Beams of light say
  RAYS
• U.F.C. combat sport: Abbr.
  MMA
• Luggage-scanning organization: Abbr.
  TSA
• Not that bright?
  PALE
• Elegantly fashionable
  CHIC
• Kind to the nature and Earth prefix
  ECO
• Actress Thurman of Hollywood Stargirl
  UMA
• Practice as a trade
  PLY
• Travel ___ (what many countries officially enforced in 2020)
  BAN
• Up to ___ (at an expected quality)
  PAR
• Cartoonish shriek
  EEK
• Dip as bread in gravy
  SOP
• Coleslaw e.g.
  SIDE
• Roll of bills informally
  WAD
• Vowels other than a and e
  IOU
• Electric guitar pioneer ___ Paul
  LES
• Remember the ___ 2000 sports-drama film starring Denzel Washington based on real events
  TITANS
• Expression of approval at church
  AMEN
• Tokyo before the 19th century
  EDO
• ___ spill (ocean disaster)
  OIL
• 1993 biographical sports-drama film starring Sean Astin based on real events
  RUDY
• Chariots of ___ 1981 sports-drama starring Ben Cross based on real events
  FIRE
• Commercial breaks are filled with them for short
  ADS
• What you break with conversation?
  ICE
• Stop ganging ___ me!: 2 wds.
  UPON
• It’s never ___ late to begin!
  TOO
• Just manage with out
  EKE
• A year in Brazil?
  ANO

DOWN

• Porker’s pad
  STY
• Major material for a miner
  ORE
• Ctrl+X command
  CUT
• Richards of the Rolling Stones
  KEITH
• 2004 Olympic sports-drama film starring Kurt Russell based on real events
  MIRACLE
• The Altar constellation
  ARA
• Microsoft’s alternative to Zoom
  SKYPE
• Title for Agatha Christie or Helen Mirren
  DAME
• Electrical resistance unit represented by Omega
  OHM
• Tragic fashion model ___ Carangi
  GIA
• Cul-de-___ (dead end)
  SAC
• Drink slowly like tea
  SIP
• Parabolic tennis shot
  LOB
• Greeting ___ (gift for a co-worker maybe)
  CARD
• Life is full of ___ and downs…
  UPS
• ___ Tai popular Tiki cocktail
  MAI
• Coniferous tree that sounds like you
  YEW
• Continent touched by three oceans
  ASIA
• Palindromic time for a midday meal
  NOON
• Sons of Anarchy actress Sagal
  KATEY
• Yellowish goo from an infection
  PUS
• Tree that might be Slippery?
  ELM
• I Know What You ___ Last Summer 1997 horror film
  DID
• Like a haunted house
  EERIE
• Moved stealthily (rhymes with pluck)
  SNUCK
• Protein source for vegans
  TOFU
• Synonym for besides or moreover
  ALSO
• Grain for a horse
  OAT
• Words sealed with a kiss: 2 wds.
  IDO
• Pee ___ River
  DEE
• Strong pub option: Abbr.
  IPA
• ___ Weasley of Harry Potter
  RON
• North Carolina’s ___ River State Park
  ENO