The full solution for the NY Times December 26 2023 Crossword puzzle is displayed below. This puzzle was authored by Neil Shook and edited by Will Shortz.
Across Clues
- 1 FellaBUB
- 4 Digits carried in long divisionONES
- 8 Lightens up?PALES
- 13 A, as in AvignonUNE
- 14 Baby’s first word, maybeDADA
- 15 Lacking pigmentALBINO
- 16 Frequent object of doting attentionGRANDKID
- 18 StunkREEKED
- 19 Gift for a budding architect, maybeLEGOSET
- 20 ___ of the UnionSTATE
- 21 Shocking fish in the AmazonEELS
- 22 Dental concernDECAY
- 24 “Here’s a short summary,” in internet lingoTLDR
- 27 What Santa doesn’t get much of on Christmas EveSLEEP
- 29 UPS competitorDHL
- 30 Alto or sopranoVOICE
- 31 Union of Hollywood performers, for shortSAG
- 33 Begin, as an adventureEMBARKON
- 35 Govt. prosecutorsDAS
- 38 Material for an interior renovationDRYWALL
- 40 QuashEND
- 41 Best-case scenariosOPTIMUMS
- 43 Blouse or teeTOP
- 45 Fashion designer KamaliNORMA
- 46 “That’s my ___!” (“I’m up!”)CUE
- 48 Of the kidneysRENAL
- 52 Health resortsSPAS
- 53 Attired like Batman or SupermanCAPED
- 55 Hand (out)DOLE
- 56 Extinct birds of MauritiusDODOS
- 58 Words that start a game of tagYOUREIT
- 60 Volcanic peak ruled by Sauron in “The Lord of the Rings”MTDOOM
- 62 Places for playthings, with a hint to this puzzle’s shaded squaresTOYBOXES
- 63 “I’ll wait to hear from you”CALLME
- 64 ___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry MasonERLE
- 65 Gerund suffixING
- 66 Soft leatherSUEDE
- 67 ___-do-wellNEER
- 68 General on a Chinese menuTSO
Vertical Clues
- 1 Some military brass?BUGLES
- 2 Pull off a spoolUNREEL
- 3 Long-eared houndBEAGLE
- 4 3:1 or 5:2, e.g.ODDS
- 5 UnadornedNAKED
- 6 Readied for publicationEDITED
- 7 DisconsolateSAD
- 8 “Not guilty,” e.g.PLEA
- 9 Partner in crimeABETTOR
- 10 Have a crush on, cutesilyLIKELIKE
- 11 Suffix with benz-ENE
- 12 TurfSOD
- 15 Showily bohemianARTY
- 17 Middles of Mr. Potato Head facesNOSES
- 20 Actress HayekSALMA
- 23 Destroys, as a dog might a stuffed animalCHEWSUP
- 25 Pest control brandDCON
- 26 Tear upREND
- 28 Lakshmi who wrote the memoir “Love, Loss, and What We Ate”PADMA
- 30 BraveryVALOR
- 32 “Despicable Me” protagonistGRU
- 34 Classic sandwich order, in briefBLT
- 35 Puts onDONS
- 36 EachAPOP
- 37 Sit on, as a seesawSTRADDLE
- 39 Some recreation ctrs.YMCAS
- 42 Over-the-hill lamentIMSOOLD
- 44 Three-time Cy Young winner MartinezPEDRO
- 47 Long-eared pal of PoohEEYORE
- 49 “You can’t leave this way” signNOEXIT
- 50 U.F.O. crewALIENS
- 51 “Move it, already!”LETSGO
- 53 ArriveCOME
- 54 Arthur Conan ___DOYLE
- 57 Part of a mosque, typicallyDOME
- 59 Transportation company headquartered in San FranciscoUBER
- 60 Hosts, for shortMCS
- 61 Letter after sigmaTAU
- 62 What’s rolled to get from Free Parking to Go to Jail, in MonopolyTEN
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