NYT Crossword Clues and Answers 12/25/23
NYT ACROSS CLUES
- 1 Device that might be confused with a routerMODEM
- 6 Essayist DidionJOAN
- 10 Things in Easter basketsEGGS
- 14 Honda luxury brandACURA
- 15 Taking ___ accountINTO
- 16 Money that’s borrowedLOAN
- 17 1976 song by the Runaways with the lyric “Hello world, I’m your wild girl”CHERRYBOMB
- 19 Not allSOME
- 20 SpicyHOT
- 21 Caviar, e.g.ROE
- 22 Feeling tenseONEDGE
- 24 Not worth a ___SOU
- 25 Walk in water up to one’s ankles, sayWADE
- 27 ___ LingusAER
- 28 1996 Deana Carter hit with the lyric “My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet”STRAWBERRYWINE
- 33 “Warts and all,” in an adASIS
- 34 Mideast titleEMIR
- 35 “American Dad!” networkTBS
- 36 “Mad” runDASH
- 37 Lugged aroundTOTED
- 39 Furry “Star Wars” creatureEWOK
- 42 Hawaii’s Mauna ___KEA
- 44 RipTEAR
- 45 Lesbian icon played by Lucy LawlessXENA
- 46 1985 Prince hit with the lyric “And if it was warm she wouldn’t wear much more”RASPBERRYBERET
- 49 Race, as an engineREV
- 50 Frees (of)RIDS
- 51 Chicago trainsELS
- 52 “Be that as it may ?”EVENSO
- 54 ___ LankaSRI
- 55 In the style of, on a menuALA
- 58 Lose energyTIRE
- 59 “I love this song!” ? or a doubly apt description of 17-, 28- and 46-AcrossTHATSMYJAM
- 63 Take a snoozeREST
- 64 57-Down’s stateIOWA
- 65 Inner ___ (goal of meditation)PEACE
- 66 Is in the holeOWES
- 67 Novice, informallyNEWB
- 68 Jazzy instrumentsSAXES
NYT VERTICAL CLUES
- 1 Physicist ErnstMACH
- 2 Dos x cuatroOCHO
- 3 Song for twoDUET
- 4 Slip upERR
- 5 It’s in your bonesMARROW
- 6 Be in harmonyJIBE
- 7 Musical artist YokoONO
- 8 Bank lobby sightATM
- 9 Completely insignificant personNOBODY
- 10 OtherwiseELSE
- 11 “Your response is what I hoped you’d say”GOODANSWER
- 12 Samwise ___, companion of Frodo BagginsGAMGEE
- 13 Villain’s expressionSNEER
- 18 “Sure thing!’YOUBET
- 23 Aquatic salamanderNEWT
- 24 Cloth strips on military uniformsSASHES
- 25 Ones involved in a 2023 Hollywood strikeWRITERS
- 26 Overdue debtARREAR
- 28 UnhappySAD
- 29 Airport org.TSA
- 30 Reluctant, as an investorRISKAVERSE
- 31 Acted too broadlyEMOTED
- 32 Large-horned mountain goatsIBEXES
- 38 Appliances with lint trapsDRYERS
- 40 Number of times Rose tells Jack she loves him, in “Titanic”ONE
- 41 Kit ___ barKAT
- 43 Auto financing figs.APRS
- 46 Critic’s pieceREVIEW
- 47 Vitamin that contributes to hair and nail growthBIOTIN
- 48 Goodyear aircraftBLIMPS
- 49 In style once moreRETRO
- 53 Makes after taxesNETS
- 54 Wild guessSTAB
- 55 Hero in the Trojan WarAJAX
- 56 Wedding dress materialLACE
- 57 City north of Des MoinesAMES
- 60 Weeding toolHOE
- 61 “So cu-u-ute!”AWW
- 62 Vote in favorYEA