1229-21 NY Times Crossword 29 Dec 21, Wednesday


Constructed by: Simon Marotte & Victor Fleming
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: Homemade Meals

Themed answers sound like a string of LETTERS:

  • 17A Lettered awards show host? : EMMY EMCEE (M-E-M-C)
  • 30A Lettered adversary in a battle of wits? : CAGEY ENEMY (K-G-N-M-E)
  • 49A Lettered home on the range when no one’s home? : EMPTY TEPEE (M-T-T-P)
  • 65A Lettered school paper that’s a snap to write? : EASY ESSAY (E-Z-S-A)

Bill’s time: 9m 54s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Our kids are visiting us right now (along with our very young first grandchild). So, I just had time to slip away, solve and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can tomorrow (Wednesday).

Thank you for your patience, and understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Like court arguments : ORAL
5 What travels on sound waves? : BOAT
9 Heart’s home : CHEST
14 Kind of bread : PITA
15 Part of the foot : ARCH
16 Saddlebacks, tumps, knolls and the like : HILLS
17 Lettered awards show host? : EMMY EMCEE (M-E-M-C)
19 “Not a problem” : IT’S OK
20 Celebrity dog trainer Millan : CESAR
21 Articles of exercise equipment : YOGA MATS
23 Buster : NARC
26 Bonobo, for one : APE
27 It’s a little longer than a foot : SHOE
30 Lettered adversary in a battle of wits? : CAGEY ENEMY (K-G-N-M-E)
36 Bit of bar food : WING
37 “You ready?” : ALL SET?
38 Pulitzer winner Harper : LEE
39 The end : OMEGA
41 ___-eared : LOP
42 Retail figure : SALES
44 Bega who sang “Mambo No. 5” : LOU
45 Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land,” e.g. : MEMOIR
48 Confirmation or quinceañera : RITE
49 Lettered home on the range when no one’s home? : EMPTY TEPEE (M-T-T-P)
51 Pickle : MESS
52 ___ milk : OAT
53 Rigging support : SPAR
55 Sure thing : SLAM DUNK
60 Stereotypical lumberjack feature : BEARD
64 Around, for a date : CIRCA
65 Lettered school paper that’s a snap to write? : EASY ESSAY (E-Z-S-A)
68 First-stringers : A-TEAM
69 Ingredient in traditional medicine : ALOE
70 Film shot : TAKE
71 Prevails over : BEATS
72 Ding-y thingy? : TEXT
73 Hastened : SPED

Down

1 International grp. founded in Baghdad in 1960 : OPEC
2 Fog-induced frost : RIME
3 NCR devices : ATMS
4 Fail miserably, unless you’re a chicken : LAY AN EGG
5 [Kapow!] : [BAM!]
6 “The Lord of the Rings” brute : ORC
7 ___-deucy : ACEY
8 Van Gogh’s art dealer brother : THEO
9 1980s fad items advertised as “the gift that grows” : CHIA PETS
10 Ice pack? : HITMEN
11 Lohengrin’s love : ELSA
12 Parking meter opening : SLOT
13 Clicks that chide : TSKS
18 Historically significant period : ERA
22 Singer known as the “Prince of Motown” : GAYE
24 Magnavox rival : RCA
25 “You have my number!” : CALL ME!
27 Muscled, slangily : SWOLE
28 Shout-out from the stands : HI, MOM!
29 A stroke ahead, in golf : ONE UP
31 Thick, liquidy clump : GLOOP
32 Notices : ESPIES
33 Ewing matriarch on “Dallas” : ELLIE
34 Pool competitions : MEETS
35 Some R.S.V.P.s : YESES
40 Leading star in Disney’s “Enchanted” : AMY ADAMS
43 Where elbows may collide : ARMRESTS
46 Ides of March reproach : ET TU?
47 Agent, briefly : REP
50 Garfield, for one : TOMCAT
54 First prez to have a 60-Across : ABE
55 Healing indicator : SCAB
56 Low-calorie, in beer names : LITE
57 Field of expertise : AREA
58 Well-kept : NEAT
59 Cabbage kin : KALE
61 Acronym of urgency : ASAP!
62 Leave no leaves, say : RAKE
63 Like pink or purple hair : DYED
66 Fenway squad, in brief : SOX
67 “The best is ___ to come” : YET

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