Today’s crossword solution for the NY Times Crossword 17 Dec 20, Thursday. The New York Times Crosswords are very hard some times, with our help you will be able to finish the tricky definitions.
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Across
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Needing some kneading, say | ACHY |
| Language in which a nutty person might be told “Yer bum’s oot the windae” | SCOTS |
| Hunting store purchase | AMMO |
| Hook’s henchman | SMEE |
| Stamp holder | ALBUM |
| Birthday ___ | WISH |
| Basic idea | GIST |
| Items that are hard to throw away? | BOOMERANGS |
| Remedy | ANTIDOTE |
| Troublemaker of 1-Down | LOKI |
| Important piece in échecs | ROI |
| Money-collecting org. | IRS |
| Word included to prevent libel, say | ALLEGED |
| Rough write-up | DRAFT |
| Ballet basic | PLIE |
| Losing tic-tac-toe row | O-X-O |
| Cry of dismay in 5-Across | ACH! |
| Singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey ___ | RAE |
| Landed | ALIT |
| Work suggested by this puzzle’s circled and shaded squares | BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH |
| Strongly advocate | URGE |
| -: Abbr. | NEG |
| One of the Kennedys | TED |
| Pudding flavor | FIG |
| Big name in in-flight internet | GOGO |
| ___ Nadu (Indian state) | TAMIL |
| America ___, star of TV’s “Ugly Betty” | FERRERA |
| Extinct flightless bird | MOA |
| Lead-in to puncture | ACU- |
| Actress Chaplin | OONA |
| Like an unused air mattress | DEFLATED |
| That’s gnus to me! | WILDEBEEST |
| Shortcoming | FLAW |
| Word before rich or talk | IDLE … |
| Rent | LEASE |
| Swiss Alp next to Lake Lucerne | RIGI |
| Just OK | SO-SO |
| Small and pointy-eared, perhaps | ELFIN |
| What “exaggerated” is sometimes misspelled with | ONE G |
Down
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost | ASGARD |
| Key to this puzzle’s theme? | C MINOR |
| Greek goddess of the hearth | HESTIA |
| Sight on Disney World’s Expedition Everest ride | YETI |
| Flavor: Sp. | SABOR |
| Sticks together | CLOTS |
| Instrument featured in 36-Across | OBOE |
| Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” cat) | TUM |
| Most foul | SMELLIEST |
| Up | AWAKE |
| Puttering around? | MINIGOLF |
| Flavor enhancer | MSG |
| Exclamations of surprise | OHS |
| Credit line? | ROLE |
| Leave behind | DITCH |
| ___ Freed, early radio personality who coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll” | ALAN |
| It takes people out | EXIT |
| Biblical verb | DOTH |
| What the opening motif of 36-Across is said to represent | FATE |
| Response to “Grazie!” | PREGO! |
| Epithet for a judge | HONORABLE |
| Lover of Radames, in opera | AIDA |
| Muscly | BUFF |
| Tribe that fought the Iroquois | ERIE |
| Servings with sweet-and-sour sauce | EGG ROLLS |
| Summer Triangle star | VEGA |
| ___ position | FETAL |
| Something editable using CRISPR technology | GENE |
| Oscar winner Marlee | MATLIN |
| Cooling-off period? | ICE AGE |
| First name of this puzzle’s dedicatee, born December 1770 | LUDWIG |
| Copland ballet with a hoedown | RODEO |
| Longtime star of F.C. Barcelona | MESSI |
| A lot | OFTEN |
| What 49-Down became in later life | DEAF |
| Prefix with Cuban | AFRO- |
| Ill. neighbor | WIS |
| Formal “yes” | I DO |
| Reef predator | EEL |