The full solution for the NY Times December 16 2023 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Garrett Chalfin and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Place with dressing optionsSALADBAR
- 9 Name found forward and backward in “Miranda rights”IRA
- 12 Ones making a racket?CRIMERING
- 14 HeartCRUX
- 15 Motion pictures?OPTICALART
- 17 Film unlikely to have a costume designerPORNO
- 18 Young woman, quaintlyWEELASS
- 19 “You can’t be serious”OHCOMEON
- 21 New LinkedIn members, perhapsGRADS
- 22 Clear evidenceSURESIGNS
- 23 Tiny type sizeAGATE
- 24 One side in a noted family feudCAPULETS
- 25 What to call a kingSIRE
- 26 First band to surpass one billion streams on Spotify (2014)COLDPLAY
- 27 ___ sauceSOY
- 28 Events offering a whole lot to choose from?CARSALES
- 29 Alternative to cooking oilPAM
- 32 *****, sayTOPRATED
- 33 MovedWENT
- 34 Surfing hazardsRIPTIDES
- 35 Singer Bobby with a brave-sounding last nameDARIN
- 36 Crushes that have lost their sparkle?FLATSODAS
- 38 CompaniesFIRMS
- 39 One subject to a religious ban from the 1521 Edict of WormsLUTHERAN
- 40 Savoury piesPASTIES
- 42 Buenos ___AIRES
- 43 “Be prepared”SCOUTMOTTO
- 45 World Wildlife Fund and others, in briefNGOS
- 46 Winter accessoryEARWARMER
- 47 “I ___!”KID
- 48 “That’s super”REALNEAT
Vertical Clues
- 1 Trash haulerSCOW
- 2 Musical effect that comes from the Italian for “to play on a harp”ARPEGGIO
- 3 BookishLITERARY
- 4 “Did it start already?”AMILATE
- 5 Time piece?DECADE
- 6 Audacious self-assuranceBRASS
- 7 Isn’t 100%AILS
- 8 Tiny messengerRNA
- 9 Factory seconds, for shortIRREGS
- 10 Sentence with a lot of commas, perhapsRUNON
- 11 They’re impulsiveAXONS
- 13 Situations involving multiple romantic partnersGROUPDATES
- 14 Courteous behavior, formallyCOMITY
- 16 Portmanteau for poly relationshipsTHRUPLES
- 17 Pretend to bePOSEAS
- 20 Follower of one or single in biologyCELLED
- 22 Its moves include Enchufla and Sombrero stepsSALSADANCE
- 23 BottomASS
- 24 Events with matadoresCORRIDAS
- 26 Hades vis-à-vis PersephoneCAPTOR
- 28 ThicketsCOPSES
- 29 “If I could have the honor …”PERMITME
- 30 Fragrant brew used in traditional medicineANISETEA
- 31 Geographical abbr.MTN
- 32 Church giftsTITHES
- 33 Opposite of peacefulWARTORN
- 34 Custom car built with old parts and a shabby aestheticRATROD
- 35 BleakDISMAL
- 36 Cut used for London broil, traditionallyFLANK
- 37 Classic video game character portrayed by John Leguizamo (1993)LUIGI
- 38 Ruling in Islamic lawFATWA
- 40 CompletePURE
- 41 Figure (out)SORT
- 44 Crew implementOAR
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