Daily Themed Crossword December 22, 2023, Solutions

ACROSS

• (7/10) Unwrap the evergreen ___ you’ve bought and start decorating it!
  TREE
• ___-fi genre for Arrival
  SCI
• Feeling 🙁
  SAD
• Aloe ___ succulent that can survive for 25 years
  VERA
• Pea housing
  POD
• Birthday cake candle count say
  AGE
• Unforeseen obstacle
  SNAG
• Purple orchid holder at home
  VASE
• Moo-ing farm animal
  COW
• Wall Street deal (anagram of lob): Abbr.
  LBO
• Job at hand
  TASK
• Sweet ___ rhyming phrase that refers to short and satisfying moments just like a candied delight
  TREAT
• Swiss mountaineer’s climb
  ALP
• Pirate’s domain
  SEA
• Kind of cozy?
  TEA
• Time between anniversaries
  YEAR
• Parched like a desert
  ARID
• ___ Dalloway Virginia Woolf novel
  MRS
• Tall Girl actress ___ Michelle
  AVA
• Fine ___ rhyming phrase that refers to enhancement with time just like a well-cellared Cabernet
  WINE
• ___ rally (high school event)
  PEP
• Moral transgression
  SIN
• Like the name Ruby for a jeweler
  APT
• Inner ___ Earth’s hottest part
  CORE
• Creme-filled cookie
  OREO
• The dog ___ my homework (excuse heard at school perhaps)
  ATE
• Big ___ rhyming phrase that refers to an important person like a CEO at a Fortune 500 company
  WIG
• Don’t forget to leave ___ (waiter’s request): 2 wds.
  ATIP
• ___ Anthony Tessa Thompson’s father
  MARC
• Spring month for short
  APR
• Mama’s boy?
  SON
• Scooby-___ 2002 film
  DOO
• Small graceful deer
  ROE
• We’re not done ___!
  YET
• Robotic banker: Abbr.
  ATM

DOWN

• Appliances where you can watch Cheers and Seinfeld: Abbr.
  TVS
• Stimpy’s pal in cartoons
  REN
• From a bygone ___ (from a time long past)
  ERA
• Bird that’s a symbol on the presidential seal
  EAGLE
• Place with relaxing baths
  SPA
• ___ Rica San Jose’s country
  COSTA
• Ego-___ (perfect self-image)
  IDEAL
• Potato-carrying bag
  SACK
• Time in the past
  AGO
• Mountain ___ green magic soft drink
  DEW
• Have one’s say during an election
  VOTE
• Winged nocturnal mammal
  BAT
• Agent who investigates covertly
  SPY
• Tomorrow Never Dies actress Hatcher
  TERI
• Kind of check?
  RAIN
• Horror film franchise that shares a name with a toothy tool
  SAW
• Guitarist’s sound-boosting accessory for short
  AMP
• At ___! (military command)
  EASE
• High-flying prefix?
  AVI
• Broke into a sprint
  RAN
• ___ Santa… (letter opener)
  DEAR
• Previously on… segment
  RECAP
• Hot ___ rhyming phrase that refers to the place where most activity happens maybe like your living room at home
  SPOT
• Easy ___ rhyming phrase that refers to an effortless job just like reciting ABC
  PEASY
• …covered with grime from head ___: 2 wds.
  TOTOE
• Losing My Religion band
  REM
• Hideous fairy tale monster
  OGRE
• Armed conflict
  WAR
• Corporate finance milestone: Abbr.
  IPO
• Bank account earning for short
  INT
• Palindromic Oklahoma city
  ADA
• Turn bad as a banana
  ROT
• Rom-___ rhyming phrase that refers to a genre that’s filled with love and humor just like Crazy Stupid Love
  COM