Daily Themed Crossword December 15 2023 Answers

ACROSS

• Arrow’s partner
  BOW
• For ___ (gifting section for men)
  HIM
• Month before April for short
  MAR
• ___-Wan Kenobi who mentors Luke Skywalker
  OBI
• Prefix with corn to mean a magical one-horned creature
  UNI
• Honest ___ Lincoln’s nickname
  ABE
• I ___ let you down!
  WONT
• Chrysler Building architect William van ___
  ALEN
• Cunning like a fox
  SLY
• Popular toy company famous for its plastic bricks
  LEGO
• Celebratory frosted treat and an item that you can bake by following the recipe in 28a 41a 46a 1d and 36d
  CUPCAKE
• Marlin to Nemo
  DAD
• ___ Talks (influential lecture series)
  TED
• That’s sooo cute!
  AWW
• Type of TV screen: Abbr.
  LCD
• (1/5) First let us preheat the ___ to the desired temperature!
  OVEN
• Office crew on a payroll say
  STAFF
• Japanese ruler for short
  EMP
• Kissing in a concert say: Abbr.
  PDA
• Skin opening
  PORE
• Learn to Fly band ___ Fighters
  FOO
• Morsel in snack mix
  NUT
• (2/5) Now let us gently beat an ___ or two with a fork these will make our dessert light and fluffy!
  EGG
• Tampa Bay NFL player for short
  BUC
• (3/5) For the dry mixture let us combine ___ sugar baking powder and salt
  FLOUR
• Hogwash!
  ROT
• Place for a mud bath
  SPA
• Laugh ___ (like a hilarious comedy gig)
  RIOT
• Light-circling insect
  MOTH
• For ___ a jolly good fellow…
  HES
• Red Sesame Street Muppet who refers to himself in the third person
  ELMO
• Cartoon bubble?
  IDEA
• One-___ wonder
  HIT
• Dawn deposit
  DEW
• <Make sure you’re nice this holiday season! Or you might just find some ___ in your stockings!>
  COAL

DOWN

• (4/5) After this let us put this mixture into a ___ continuing to stir until all the ingredients are well combined
  BOWL
• Pitch-setting woodwind in an orchestra
  OBOE
• Piece in a KFC bucket
  WING
• Netflix alternative
  HULU
• Not at all competent (anagram of nepit)
  INEPT
• Chop into tiny bits as meat
  MINCE
• Peel-off-___ (facial beauty sheet)
  MASK
• ___-bodied (fit and healthy)
  ABLE
• West Coast singer Lana Del ___
  REY
• Fox in The Fox and the Hound
  TOD
• Thunderstruck band: 2 wds.
  ACDC
• Without further ___…
  ADO
• Cuddly alien of 1980s TV
  ALF
• Venomous Egyptian snake
  ASP
• Global commerce group since 1995: Abbr.
  WTO
• World ___ Z 2013 zombie horror film
  WAR
• Hysteria band ___ Leppard
  DEF
• Cybersecurity tool for anonymous browsing: Abbr.
  VPN
• Dean’s email address-ending letters
  EDU
• Singer ___ King Cole of Wild Is Love
  NAT
• ___ sorry for yourself (self-pity)
  FEEL
• Menacing mass of people
  MOB
• (5/5) Finally let’s grease a baking dish ___ the batter into it and place it into 28a!
  POUR
• Al ___ former Vice President of the United States
  GORE
• Screen Actors ___ (labor union)
  GUILD
• ___ strip (newspaper feature)
  COMIC
• The ___ and the Furious
  FAST
• City that surrounds Vatican City
  ROME
• ___ list (daily agenda): Hyph.
  TODO
• Librarian’s Be quiet!
  SHH
• ___ Wei Asian Kitchen (restaurant chain)
  PEI
• Aid for a car in trouble?
  TOW
• Mad Hatter’s drink
  TEA
• Into the Wild actor ___ Holbrook
  HAL