Daily Themed Crossword December 26, 2023, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• Not cold
  HOT
• Off-roading wheels: Abbr.
  ATV
• (1/5) Down the slopes we swiftly ___ (alpine activity). Graceful glides wild and free!…
  SKI
• Pie ___ mode: 2 wds.
  ALA
• Number of players in a chess match
  TWO
• Rolling ___ (dough-flattening tool)
  PIN
• Mentally sound
  SANE
• Band-___ (adhesive strip)
  AID
• Bon Jovi’s ___ My Life
  ITS
• Baa-ing barn resident
  EWE
• (2/5) Rolling on blades off we ___ (navigate through ice) under the moonlight we navigate!…
  SKATE
• (3/5) Battles are fought with ___ sticks (NHL domain) in arenas where prowesses mix!…
  HOCKEY
• ___ o’ shanter (Scottish cap)
  TAM
• Diminutive Spanish suffix
  ITO
• Product of brushstroke brilliance
  ART
• Slip-___ (comfy shoes)
  ONS
• And so on… letters
  ETC
• ___ Speedwagon Keep the Fire Burnin’ band
  REO
• Jotted down say
  WROTE
• (4/5) Snowboard daredevils ___ (mimic an eagle) fearlessly carving beautiful trails endlessly!…
  SOAR
• Doha’s airport code hidden in Doha
  DOH
• Movement for a finger or a tail
  WAG
• Heart graph: Abbr.
  ECG
• Happy ___ Day! Let’s unwrap the Christmas presents while solving 7a 20a 22a 36a and 43d.
  BOXING
• TiK ToK singer
  KESHA
• Headphone’s organ
  EAR
• 128 fluid ounces for short
  GAL
• Oscar: Movie :: ___: TV
  EMMY
• Grace ender
  AMEN
• Street where Freddy Krueger might live
  ELM
• Catch a sight of
  SEE
• Eastern discipline with many poses
  YOGA
• Fair hiring letters
  EEO
• Palindromic attention-getting sound
  TST
• Do ___ disturb
  NOT

DOWN

• This ___ been the most tiring day ever!
  HAS
• Suffix with Cray for a crayon company
  OLA
• Lie under the sun say
  TAN
• I’m ___ place in my life where…: 2 wds.
  ATA
• Plot ___ (surprise TV show development)
  TWIST
• Bloody Mary liquor
  VODKA
• Eject saliva
  SPIT
• Benjamin Franklin’s flying toy
  KITE
• Break-___ (certain crimes)
  INS
• Comic strip scream
  EEK
• ___ and tear
  WEAR
• Charlotte Bronte’s Jane ___
  EYRE
• Mi ___ (My love in Spanish)
  AMOR
• Makes haste old-style
  HIES
• Beetle Bailey dog with a palindromic name
  OTTO
• ___-Cola soft drink since 1886
  COCA
• Dot in reverse
  TOD
• ___ lay me down to sleep…: 2 wds.
  NOWI
• Adidas ___ Smith (tennis shoes)
  STAN
• Slow down! to a horse
  WHOA
• Chicken’s first home?
  EGG
• Low-___ image (low quality)
  RES
• ___ the orders! (Do as told!)
  OBEY
• Container for the lungs and the heart
  CHEST
• (5/5) In court of winter ___ (leisurely pursuits) galore joy echoes in frosty realms forevermore!
  GAMES
• See-through medical scan: Hyph.
  XRAY
• What Popeye might swap for spinach?
  KALE
• Red one from Sesame Street who speaks in third person
  ELMO
• Golly ___ whiz!
  GEE
• Got together say
  MET
• Weekday starter for short
  MON
• The mind’s I?
  EGO
• Unforgettable singer ___ King Cole
  NAT