The New York Times
ACROSS
1 “Yo — check this out!”
5 Laze in the rays 9 ___ colada 13 Kind of palm 14 Subject taught in a madrasa 16 Endmost compartment in a till
17 What Santa said when his sleigh touched down? 19 Singer Redding 20 “Jingle Bells” or “White Christmas” 21 Special treatment, for short 22 “Damn Yankees” vamp
23 What Santa might say on his North Pole hotline? 27 It’s an affront 28 Slightly
29 Latin gods 32 Lasting mark 35 Kind of fatty acid 38 What Santa said when the reindeer went on strike on Christmas Eve? 42 Get a hurry on 43 Norse god with a hammer 44 ___ Beta Kappa 45 Sporty car roof 47 ___ soup 50 What Santa said when going down a chimney that had a lit fireplace? 56 State firmly 57 Tidbit in vegetable soup 58 Reason for hoarseness
60 Zig or zag 61 What Santa says around dawn on Christmas Day? 64 Red Muppet 65 Loop with a slipknot 66 Menu bar heading 67 “God ___ Ye Merry, Gentlemen” 68 What you may call
it
69 Lawman Eliot
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1 ___ verde (desert tree) 2 Where shampoo is applied 3 Place to get a C.D. or an I.R.A. 4 Spruces (up) 5 Part of a dating profile, for short
6 All the dirt on Santa?
7 A deadly sin 8 Mexican artist Frida
9 Place where one might hear “That’s my cue!”
10 Past the point of no return
11 Sam of “Jurassic Park”
12 Syria’s Bashar al-___ 15 Coffee shop order
18 Mend
24 Part of a window thrown up in “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
25 Florida theme park 26 Nebraska county named for an indigenous people
29 Talk trash about 30 “Blah, blah, blah …”: Abbr. 31 Weather map lines relating to temperature 33 Something to say to a doctor 34 Parts of guesses in Clue
36 Kinda sorta 37 Onetime CBS forensic drama 39 Rhyming question of attractiveness
40 “However …,” in texts 41 Partner of proper 46 Drop by unexpectedly 48 C-worthy 49 “Sure, if that’s how you feel …” 50 Sharp critic 51 Undeveloped egg cell
52 Air freshener scent 53 Country bumpkin 54 Get washed away 55 Round of four 59 Favorites 62 Buckeyes’ sch. 63 French ___ (bird in “The 12 Days of Christmas”)