The full solution for the NY Times December 16 2021 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Thursday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Trenton Charlson.
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Across Clues
- CorrespondsAGREES
- Very muchALOT
- Hot temperIRE
- Something often held underwaterBREATH
- FlummoxBEWILDER
- FlummoxBEMUSE
- Shakespeare, notablySONNETEER
- Call of supportYEA
- Grazer with a bushy beardGNU
- Joined forces (with)SIDED
- South American arboreal snakeTREEBOA
- Laser tag equipmentGUNS
- Depictions of lands’ ups and downsRELIEFMAPS
- Seriously shortchangeROB
- Focal points of a debateMAINISSUES
- Offensive lineBARB
- MindOBEY
- Brambles with edible purple fruitDEWBERRIES
- Resting placeBED
- Uncompromising sortsHARDLINERS
- Small bouquetPOSY
- Setting for Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”ILLYRIA
- Casts offSHEDS
- Weekly 90-min. TV showSNL
- Cowboys’ grp.NFC
- Word with room or systemOPERATING
- Flummox … or a classic word game represented by the central grid of shaded squares, in which 15-, 17- and 55-Across can be foundBOGGLE
- FlummoxBEFUDDLE
- NonchalantCASUAL
- No. after a no.EXT
- Drink sometimes served in a masu cupSAKE
- Hits the roofERUPTS
Vertical Clues
- “Sesame Street” Muppet with magical powersABBY
- Hug or kiss, maybeGREET
- Took a second?REMARRIED
- Three-vowel French word that sounds like a fourth vowelEAU
- French connectionsETS
- ___-wolfSHE
- “___ Ben Adhem” (Leigh Hunt poem)ABOU
- “Dancing With the Stars” judge GoodmanLEN
- Comes cleanOWNSUP
- Certain marketing gimmicksTIEINS
- PenséeIDEE
- Liberal arts college in Portland, Ore.REED
- TransgressERR
- Former FordsLTDS
- In a real messSNAFUED
- Runs out of waterGOESDRY
- Start of a count-offEENY
- Name that drops “-jah”ELI
- Dumbbell curls build them, for shortBIS
- Monthly utility statementGASBILL
- Sound from a cribMEWLING
- Giving a boostRAISINGUP
- Unrefined materialORE
- Dangerous pelletsBBS
- RabbleMOB
- Figure on a fiverABE
- Winter exclamationBRRR
- Photo lab request: Abbr.ENL
- Singer Lana del ___REY
- Surfer wannabesHODADS
- Subordinate in the prosecutor’s office: Abbr.ASSTDA
- Its flag has vertical stripes of red-white-redPERU
- Key just above GAFLAT
- Glasses, informallySPEX
- WeightHEFT
- Old daggerSNEE
- Collectible cartoon framesCELS
- Award turned down by Alan Rickman: Abbr.OBE
- VarietyILK
- Pre-A.D.BCE
- Piece of equipment for certain summer OlympiansOAR
- Atlanta sch.GSU