Wall Street Journal Puzzle December 21, 2023, Answers

ACROSS

• Airy
  LIGHT
• What gossip may put a person in/Where Santa puts some kids
  BAD
• Polo in Asia
  MARCO
• Let me clarify…
  IMEAN
• College to an Aussie
  UNI
• Hydrox rivals
  OREOS
• Curling e.g.
  SPORT
• Connections
  INS
• Money in Mexico
  PESOS
• Force down
  TAMP
• Ultraviolet bulb/Deem as undesirable
  BLACK
• Carpe diem acronym
  YOLO
• Oozed
  SEEPED
• Embark
  SETOUT
• Make some dulcimer music
  STRUM
• Nation once called Pleasant Island
  NAURU
• Yuletide tree often
  FIR
• Gearing up for a quick trip/Slip in a parcel
  PACKING
• The Situation Room channel
  CNN
• Make turbid
  ROIL
• Youngest Girl Scout level
  DAISY
• Follow
  HEED
• Celebrators of the Inti Raymi festival
  INCAS
• PC hookup
  LAN
• Blame It on the ___ Nova
  BOSSA
• Festive bulb/Holiday gifting guide
  CHRISTMAS
• Favor-asking start
  CANYOU
• Creative type
  ARTIST
• ___ Maria
  AVE
• Good-natured
  AMIABLE
• Chain with snowboards and snowshoes
  REI
• Exasperated cry when trashing a draft and where to go to answer the clues with slashes
  BACKTOSQUAREONE
• Akin to
  LIKE
• Generous buy at the bar
  ROUND
• Windsor e.g.
  KNOT
• Disney’s snow queen
  ELSA
• Full of twists and turns
  SNAKY
• Food truck buy
  GYRO

DOWN

• Lean to the side
  LIST
• Fill with enthusiasm
  IMPASSION
• Kind of progression
  GEOMETRIC
• 1966 Paul Newman film
  HARPER
• Big bang letters
  TNT
• Put together
  BUILD
• Sister of 67-Across
  ANNA
• Frisbees e.g.
  DISCS
• Challenge for a barber
  MOP
• Skeptical response to I’m serious!
  AREYOU
• They may be human or natural
  RESOURCES
• Sweet jams?
  COOLTUNES
• ___ buco
  OSSO
• Throw things and swear maybe
  BEMAD
• Country music’s Chesney
  KENNY
• Small seal
  PUP
• Gift attachment
  TAG
• Sixth col. heading
  FRI
• The Golden State for short
  CALI
• Forte and Soul for two
  KIAS
• Lacks existence
  ISNT
• Leak-preventing document: Abbr.
  NDA
• Teddy descriptor
  LACY
• Party leader
  HOST
• Young pig
  SHOAT
• Less adorned
  BARER
• Unverified accounts
  RUMORS
• Affliction
  MALADY
• Ski lift component
  CABLE
• Be of service to
  AVAIL
• Bass parts
  NECKS
• The Gift of the Magi feature
  IRONY
• Sir in Sonora
  SENOR
• Link with
  TIETO
• Help ___ the way
  ISON
• Water color
  AQUA
• Baloney
  BUNK
• Hawaii’s Mauna ___
  KEA
• Heart test for short
  EKG