1228-21 NY Times Crossword 28 Dec 21, Tuesday


Constructed by: Kathy Wienberg
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Homemade Meals

Themed answers are elements of a MEAL, and each starts with a type of HOME hinted at in the corresponding clue:

  • 56A Spreads using 20-, 28- and 48-Across? : HOMEMADE MEALS
  • 20A Food topping used at Abe Lincoln’s birthplace? : LOG CABIN SYRUP
  • 28A Dairy product used at the Seven Dwarfs’ dwelling? : COTTAGE CHEESE
  • 48A Turkey stuffing used at the Ewings’ Southfork? : RANCH DRESSING

Bill’s time: 9m 39s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Our (COVID-free, thank goodness) family arrived today to spend a week with us. We celebrated a delayed Christmas this evening, and so I was only able to sneak away and solve the puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can tomorrow (Tuesday).

Thank you for your understanding. And, stay safe.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/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

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

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