Daily Themed Crossword December 23, 2023, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• (8/10) Let’s now start wrapping the surprise ___ with ribbons and bows!
  GIFT
• Love ___ neighbor
  THY
• With all ___ respect…
  DUE
• ___ manual (booklet with instructions)
  USER
• I promise you’ll ___ the day you met me! (threatening words)
  RUE
• Load-bearing farm animal
  ASS
• ___ Reid of American Pie
  TARA
• ___ Betty comedy starring America Ferrera
  UGLY
• Tit for ___
  TAT
• Lip ___ Battle (musical competition)
  SYNC
• Pina follower to mean a rum-based cocktail
  COLADA
• Writer’s fluid
  INK
• Jamaican dance music
  SKA
• Daytime star in the sky
  SUN
• Currency from an ATM in Kyoto
  YEN
• ___ skirt short fashion of the 2000s rocked by Britney Spears in …Baby One More Time
  MINI
• Classic card game with a Wild Draw Four
  UNO
• Use a stencil say
  TRACE
• ___ Nickerson who is Nancy Drew’s boyfriend
  NED
• Sleeveless upper body garment popular in the 2000s sported by Eminem in Stan
  VEST
• Dude or chap
  GUY
• Not yay
  NAY
• King beater in a deck of cards
  ACE
• Guided
  LED
• Space program that put Neil Armstrong on the moon
  APOLLO
• Field judge in baseball for short
  UMP
• ___-rise jeans below-the-belt denim fashion of the 2000s rocked by Britney Spears in I’m A Slave 4 U
  LOW
• Stanza sculptor?
  POET
• ___ bow bedazzled fashion accessory of the 2000s often sported by the Mean Girls in the popular 2004 film
  HAIR
• Fluffy red carpet accessory
  BOA
• Encouraging touch
  PAT
• Apt name for a cook that sounds like Stew
  STU
• Reserved or timid say
  SHY
• Before to bards
  ERE
• Lose oomph?
  SAG

DOWN

• No ___ no glory!
  GUTS
• What more can ___? (Sigh): 2 wds.
  ISAY
• Flowerless office plant
  FERN
• Musical ___ Braxton who is Toni’s sister
  TRACI
• ___ hat gimme headgear of the 2000s rocked by Ashton Kutcher in Punk’d
  TRUCKER
• ___ Boss German luxury fashion company
  HUGO
• SPEAKS LIKE THIS
  YELLS
• Computer input
  DATA
• Ralph Lauren’s country: Abbr.
  USA
• C’___ la vie!
  EST
• Shaggy bovine in the Himalayas
  YAK
• River flow-controlling structure
  DAM
• Connections parent?: Abbr.
  NYT
• Toyota Land Cruiser or Jeep Grand Cherokee for one: Abbr.
  SUV
• French article
  UNE
• Thumbs-down votes
  NOS
• Remind irritatingly
  NAG
• Rustic resting spot
  INN
• School teachers’ organization: Abbr.
  NEA
• Things Are Fine in Mount ___
  IDY
• Fashion-forward split skirt of the 2000s rocked by Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City
  CULOTTE
• Thread the ___ of the needle
  EYE
• Keg attachment
  TAP
• One with a radar gun informally
  COP
• Get married secretly
  ELOPE
• Well obviously!
  DUH
• Out of office
  AWAY
• King ___ play by Shakespeare
  LEAR
• ___ media (array of media technologies)
  MASS
• Stuffable Middle Eastern bread
  PITA
• Pounds: Abbr.
  LBS
• ___ la la!
  OOH
• Cozy floor textile
  RUG