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28 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Solutions
28 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Across
- 1 Piquancy : ZEST
- 5 British fellow : CHAP
- 9 Treasure holder : CHEST
- 14 Pretentious in a painterly way : ARTY
- 15 March ___ (Lewis Carroll character) : HARE
- 16 Recluse : LONER
- 17 Racket handle : GRIP
- 18 Letter-shaped bridge support : I-BAR
- 19 Extremely : ULTRA
- 20 Food topping used at Abe Lincoln’s birthplace? : LOG CABIN SYRUP
- 23 Stein filler : ALE
- 25 Wash for gold : PAN
- 26 Candidate for A.A. : SOT
- 27 Ambulance letters : EMS
- 28 Dairy product used at the Seven Dwarfs’ dwelling? : COTTAGE CHEESE
- 32 Lug around : TOTE
- 33 Tulsa sch. : ORU
- 34 Sellout indicator : SRO
- 35 Rant and rage : STORM
- 37 “Good Morning America” network : ABC
- 39 Took notice : SAT UP
- 43 Old TV’s “The Adventures of ___ Tin Tin” : RIN
- 45 Always, in poems : E’ER
- 47 Vegetable whose name is also slang for “money” : KALE
- 48 Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings’ Southfork? : RANCH DRESSING
- 51 Michael of “S.N.L.” : CHE
- 53 Calendar block : DAY
- 54 Zoom or TikTok : APP
- 55 ___ Palmas, city in the Canary Islands : LAS
- 56 Spreads using 20-, 28- and 48-Across? : HOMEMADE MEALS
- 60 Jumper cable connection : ANODE
- 61 “Make it ___” : RAIN
- 62 Big lugs : APES
- 65 Candidate for a Booker Prize : NOVEL
- 66 Helper: Abbr. : ASST
- 67 Capital of Latvia : RIGA
- 68 Lead-in to line or setter : TREND-
- 69 Does as the sun does in the evening : SETS
- 70 Kentucky’s Fort ___ : KNOX
28 Dec 21, NY Times Crossword Answers Down
- 1 Evasive maneuver : ZAG
- 2 Slip up : ERR
- 3 Shoe named after a dagger : STILETTO
- 4 Slip-up in writing : TYPO
- 5 Where Michelle Obama was born : CHICAGO
- 6 Dance named after Cuba’s capital : HABANERA
- 7 Prized mount : ARAB
- 8 Come to an end : PERISH
- 9 Groups of grapes, e.g. : CLUSTERS
- 10 Word in many cathedral names : HOLY
- 11 Main course : ENTREE
- 12 Injection at a hospital : SERUM
- 13 Pitfalls : TRAPS
- 21 4.0 for a valedictorian, maybe : GPA
- 22 Rejections : NOES
- 23 ___ of the Apostles : ACTS
- 24 Heist haul : LOOT
- 29 Earth, in science fiction : TERRA
- 30 Raised to the third power : CUBED
- 31 Enjoys a long, hot bath, say : SOAKS
- 36 Vulcan’s telepathic link : MIND MELD
- 38 Pottery maker : CERAMIST
- 40 Bad situation for an airplane : TAILSPIN
- 41 Wrist/elbow connector : ULNA
- 42 Clothes holders on a clothesline : PEGS
- 44 March Madness org. : NCAA
- 46 Expresses sorrow for one’s wrongdoing : REPENTS
- 48 Jettison : REMOVE
- 49 Mythical Greek monsters : HYDRAS
- 50 Destination for a rest cure : SPA
- 51 “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!,” e.g. : CHANT
- 52 Being named valedictorian, for one : HONOR
- 57 Heaven on earth : EDEN
- 58 Simplicity : EASE
- 59 Frolic : LARK
- 63 Narcissist’s flaw : EGO
- 64 Instrument in most jazz combos : SAX
