December 26 2018 New York Times - Crossword Clues and Answers

New York Times - Dec 26 2018 Wednesday  

 

Across
1. Shoo-in : CINCH
6. "That is really unpleasant," tersely : UGH
9. Rho follower : SIGMA
14. Island greeting : ALOHA
15. Word with small or fish : FRY
16. Animated singer of "Part of Your World" : ARIEL
17. Movie that really should have featured Anne Archer? : ROBINHOOD
19. Greek-born New Age musician : YANNI
20. Cheese from cow's milk : ASIAGO
21. Miner matters : ORES
23. Ride associated with low m.p.g.'s : SUV
24. ___ Talks : TED
25. Movie that really should have featured Nicolas Cage? : ANIMALHOUSE
28. They play for pay : PROS
29. Little untruth : FIB
30. Coffee grown on the Big Island : KONA
33. Red, perhaps : RIPE
36. It's kept by a metronome : TEMPO
40. Movie that really should have featured Tom Cruise? : FANTASTICVOYAGE
43. Balboa's film foe : CREED
44. Opening of a classic Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
45. "Yipes!" : EGAD
46. Pencil after lots of crosswords, maybe? : NUB
48. Told a 29-Across : LIED
50. Movie that really should have featured Vin Diesel? : BEETLEJUICE
55. Business card abbr. : TEL
58. Balance shower, for short : ATM
59. Overflow (with) : TEEM
60. Una corrida figure : ELTORO
62. ___ Osaka, 2018 U.S. Open tennis champion : NAOMI
64. Movie that really should have featured Sigourney Weaver? : SPIDERMAN
66. Town where Grey Poupon originated : DIJON
67. 1/3,600 of an hr. : SEC
68. Pokey or Pee Wee of Major League Baseball : REESE
69. Cast replacement : SLING
70. Eponymous ice cream maker : EDY
71. One going downhill in a hurry? : SKIER
Down
1. Diamond unit : CARAT
2. "You got me this game" : ILOSE
3. Like a contract awarded without competition : NOBID
4. ___ Pet : CHIA
5. Plane storage site : HANGAR
6. 1950s Project Blue Book subject, for short : UFO
7. Figure on top of some cakes : GROOM
8. Multiheaded monster of myth : HYDRA
9. Greets informally : SAYSHITO
10. Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
11. Kind of knife in old infomercials : GINSU
12. Maître d's handful : MENUS
13. Not yet out of the game : ALIVE
18. "May I do the ___?" : HONORS
22. Part of Santa's workshop : ELF
26. Famous query in Matthew 26 : ISITI
27. Followed instructions : OBEYED
28. Entrepreneur's protection : PATENT
30. One of the Yum! brands : KFC
31. Tool sometimes used with two hands : OAR
32. Boise-to-Missoula dir. : NNE
34. Orchestra's place : PIT
35. Unpleasant strain? : ECOLI
37. GQ or O : MAG
38. Org. whose members are teed off? : PGA
39. Ref. that added "cruciverbalist" (a person who does crosswords) in 2006 : OED
41. Doing grown-up tasks, in modern lingo : ADULTING
42. Performed, as in an animated film : VOICED
47. Pollinator : BEE
49. Conger catchers : EELERS
50. America, Asia and Europe (but not Africa) : BANDS
51. Amazon's biz : ETAIL
52. Bit of graphic language? : EMOJI
53. Williams of "Grey's Anatomy" : JESSE
54. Worked behind the plate : UMPED
55. Actress Marisa : TOMEI
56. Clear the boards : ERASE
57. Introverted sort : LONER
61. Long trip : TREK
63. Fellow in Jamaica : MON
65. Supercool? : ICY

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