The full solution for the NY Times December 23 2023 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Will Nediger and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 Modern-day scrapbooks, of a sortPINTERESTBOARDS
- 16 Common cybersecurity measureEMAILENCRYPTION
- 17 Successfully strike a delicate balanceTHREADTHENEEDLE
- 18 Home of the Kingdom of Dahomey, todayBENIN
- 19 BalancedEVEN
- 20 Like a proposal in Congress that has zero chance of passing, in briefDOA
- 21 ___ Morgenstern, author of “The Night Circus”ERIN
- 22 Heavyweight wrestlersSUMOS
- 24 Sign ? or signatureMARK
- 25 Org. that employs Hank on “Breaking Bad”DEA
- 26 Five-time Grammy-winning jazz pianist McCoy ___TYNER
- 27 Something large often stored upside downCANOE
- 28 DoesHINDS
- 29 See eye to eyeCONCUR
- 30 Auto parts brand owned by GMACDELCO
- 33 Party leader?HOSTESS
- 34 Special coffee shop offeringsBLENDS
- 35 Sandwich made with a telera rollTORTA
- 36 Shiny button materialNACRE
- 37 Europe, Asia and AmericaBANDS
- 38 Some vaccine administrators, in briefRNS
- 41 The low, low price ofONLY
- 42 Refuses to keep goingBALKS
- 43 Handy trickHACK
- 44 Molecule that can interfere in gene expressionRNA
- 45 Member of an elite forceSEAL
- 46 Watercolor, clay and othersMEDIA
- 47 Academic who works with many different schools, maybeMARINEBIOLOGIST
- 51 Sierra Nevada offeringAMERICANPALEALE
- 52 Mediocre at bestLESSTHANSTELLAR
Vertical Clues
- 1 Place to let sleeping dogs liePETBED
- 2 Arrival announcementIMHERE
- 3 Literary domain of Peter the Magnificent and Susan the GentleNARNIA
- 4 Marketing linkTIEIN
- 5 ___ vital (life force, from the French)ELAN
- 6 Fire-engine ___RED
- 7 Hearing monitor, for shortENT
- 8 Rhyming arrangements, e.g.SCHEMES
- 9 Comic Noah who wrote the autobiographical “Born a Crime”TREVOR
- 10 Actress AmandaBYNES
- 11 Many a tournamentOPEN
- 12 ___ and ranATE
- 13 “Good ___!”RIDDANCE
- 14 Like a dirgeDOLOROUS
- 15 Athletic items never purchased individuallySNEAKERS
- 22 AlignsSYNCS
- 23 Command after an accidental deletionUNDO
- 24 Kind of rayMANTA
- 26 Piña colada topperTILDE
- 27 Goes forCOSTS
- 28 One of two Tudor kingsHENRY
- 29 Tangle in an officeCORDS
- 30 Not what you’d expectABNORMAL
- 31 Madiba, for Nelson MandelaCLANNAME
- 32 StatesDECLARES
- 33 Loud bird soundHONK
- 35 Capital on the Gulf of FinlandTALLINN
- 37 Words sung on the same notes as “twinkle,” in a different nursery rhymeBAABAA
- 38 Branching out from the centerRADIAL
- 39 Longtime police procedural that ended in 2023, informallyNCISLA
- 40 Expert with figures?SKATER
- 42 Wood for smoking andouille sausageBEECH
- 43 Philosopher who was a major influence on MarxHEGEL
- 45 HissySNIT
- 46 One whose distance may be measured by the yard?MOLE
- 48 Division of the Treasury Dept.IRS
- 49 Black ___OPS
- 50 West Coast news inits.LAT
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