7 Dec 21, Tuesday, NY Times Crossword Answers

7 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions

Across

  • 1 Truck weigh station unit : TON
  • 4 Enter one’s password : LOG IN
  • 9 Contents of an hourglass : SAND
  • 13 Boston’s Mass. ___ : AVE
  • 14 Birth announcement units : OUNCES
  • 16 Charlie’s Angels, e.g. : TRIO
  • 17 ‘Tis the season: Abbr. : DEC
  • 18 One remedy for a hangover, supposedly : PICKLE JUICE
  • 20 Place to attach a surfboard leash : ANKLE
  • 22 Big ___ (cheapo’s opposite) : SPENDER
  • 23 Place to pick up a pepperoni pie, perhaps : PIZZA JOINT
  • 27 Card in Uno or action on Spotify : SKIP
  • 29 Actress Glazer of “Broad City” : ILANA
  • 30 U.F.C. sport : MMA
  • 33 Popeye’s Olive ___ : OYL
  • 34 Thorny part of a rose : STEM
  • 35 Listens to : HEARS
  • 37 Close follower of the “horse race” : POLITICAL JUNKIE
  • 41 Poker-faced : STONY
  • 42 “Oh, OK” : I SEE
  • 43 Sinister fish in “The Little Mermaid” : EEL
  • 44 Reactions to stepping on Legos, say : OWS
  • 45 Late-night coffee order : DECAF
  • 47 What’s stronger than “might” : WILL
  • 48 Aircraft that’s 1% full? : PRIVATE JET
  • 51 Farm measure : ACREAGE
  • 54 Astronomer Hubble : EDWIN
  • 57 Some Xmas card attire … or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37- and 48-Across : MATCHING PJS
  • 61 Keats’s “To Autumn,” e.g. : ODE
  • 62 Worry : FRET
  • 63 Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo : TIP OUT
  • 64 “Oedipus ___” : REX
  • 65 Snafu : MESS
  • 66 Snapple cap fodder : FACTS
  • 67 Kit ___ bar : KAT

Down

  • 1 Self-congratulatory cry : TA-DA!
  • 2 Have a bun in the ___ : OVEN
  • 3 Aid for sleeping on a plane : NECK PILLOW
  • 4 Singer/actress Jennifer : LOPEZ
  • 5 “Yes, madame!” : OUI!
  • 6 Big inits. in protein powder : GNC
  • 7 “Gross!” : ICK!
  • 8 Half ___ (wrestling hold) : NELSON
  • 9 Fall guys? : STUNTMEN
  • 10 Like Death Valley : ARID
  • 11 Pleasant French city? : NICE
  • 12 Go-getter : DOER
  • 15 Filter that gives photos a vintage look : SEPIA
  • 19 Biden White House press secretary Psaki : JEN
  • 21 Sass : LIP
  • 24 Pasta popular on “The Sopranos” : ZITI
  • 25 Smart ___ : ALEC
  • 26 Birthplace of Rastafarianism : JAMAICA
  • 27 Absorbs, as with bread : SOPS
  • 28 Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years : KYOTO
  • 31 Iconic encouragement from Tim Gunn on “Project Runway” : MAKE IT WORK
  • 32 The Little Mermaid : ARIEL
  • 34 Teen’s bedroom, stereotypically : STY
  • 35 Peach or periwinkle : HUE
  • 36 Vend : SELL
  • 38 Checks out : INSPECTS
  • 39 Challenge for a future atty. : LSAT
  • 40 Spanish boss, with “el” : … JEFE
  • 45 8 or 9, but not 10 : DIGIT
  • 46 Were it possible that : EVEN IF
  • 47 Get hitched : WED
  • 49 When doubled, enthusiastic : RAH
  • 50 Jokes around : JESTS
  • 51 Radio switch : AM/FM
  • 52 Safekeeping : CARE
  • 53 Google Maps might provide several of them: Abbr. : RTES
  • 55 Starting place for an inventor : IDEA
  • 56 In the on-deck circle, say : NEXT
  • 58 4.0 is an excellent one : GPA
  • 59 African American or Asian American, e.g., for short : POC
  • 60 Stick (out) : JUT

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