The full solution for the NY Times December 24 2021 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This Friday’s puzzle is edited by Will Shortz and created by Evan Kalish.
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Across Clues
- RetreatedDREWBACK
- DropOMIT
- Artificial intelligence system modeled on the human brainNEURALNET
- Something that gets passed around a lotMEME
- Golfers Ernie Els and Retief Goosen, for twoAFRIKANERS
- So muchATON
- All the king’s men?LIEGES
- Simple and glibPAT
- School with the slogan “Ex scientia tridens,” familiarlyNAVY
- Ancient symbols of lifeANKHS
- Velcro alternativeLACES
- Democratic leader?DEE
- Recipe directionBEAT
- Strong, dark quaffBOCK
- The British royal family has one called the Cambridge Lover’s KnotTIARA
- Some abbey attireCOWLS
- UpASTIR
- “I wasn’t going to say anything, but since you brought it up …”YEAHABOUTTHAT
- CrewPOSSE
- Many a confession on a theater stageASIDE
- Throws, informallyHUCKS
- “I’m game”LETS
- Last ___GASP
- ___ Miguel Island, largest of the AzoresSAO
- Currency units in PeruSOLES
- Puccini opera … or the first five letters of the maestro who conducted its La Scala premiereTOSCA
- What Twix bars are sold inTWOS
- Companion of the droid BB-8, in the “Star Wars” universeREY
- Ear hair?TASSEL
- Calculus calculationRATE
- Gained some courageGREWASPINE
- What Shøp on “The Simpsons” is a parody ofIKEA
- Agronomic analysesSOILTESTS
- A cold wave can produce onePERM
- Yule log?NICELIST
Vertical Clues
- Sequencing localeDNALAB
- PolishREFINE
- Triumphant shoutEUREKA
- “Black Boy” memoirist RichardWRIGHT
- Gets the batter out, sayBAKES
- “___ poor Romeo!”: Shak.ALAS
- Wolf’s homeCNN
- MonitorKEEPACLOSEEYEON
- Besides Brunei, the only current sovereign sultanateOMAN
- Creation date, file size and location, for an iPhone photoMETADATA
- “That doesn’t bother me anymore”IMOVERIT
- Like an F.B.I. director’s termTENYEAR
- Fast fashion?TRACKSUITS
- Office address abbr.STE
- Ones making insulting offersLOWBALLERS
- Part of many university namesSTATE
- Flamboyant propBOA
- “Black” followerISH
- “The gymnasium of the mind,” per Blaise PascalCHESS
- Question that cannot be answered if its answer is “no”YOUAWAKE
- Two-wheeler at a charging stationESCOOTER
- “___ away!”ASK
- Cardinal points?: Abbr.TDS
- Alternative to litmus paperPHSTRIP
- It’s the truth!GOSPEL
- Noted basilica townASSISI
- Things picked up on a trailSCENTS
- Most likely to burn, maybePALEST
- Kind of chart, informallyORG
- DecorumTASTE
- Underground bandSEAM
- One end of the Mohs scaleTALC
- GameCube successorWII