1230-21 NY Times Crossword 30 Dec 21, Thursday


Constructed by: John Ewbank
Edited by: Will Shortz

Today’s Reveal Answer: XXX

Themed answers each start with a word represented by “XXX”:

  • 38A Symbol for the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 58-Across : XXX
  • 18A They stay and bite : ADULT TEETH
  • 27A Emmy-winning comedy series of 2007, 2008 and 2009 : THIRTY ROCK
  • 46A Gains favor using abject flattery, informally : KISSES BUTT
  • 58A Souse : BOOZEHOUND

Bill’s time: 9m 51s

Bill’s errors: 0

Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies

Our kids are visiting us right now, and 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 (Thursday).

Thank you for your understanding.

Bill

Complete List of Clues/Answers

Across

1 Flatbread from India : ROTI
5 Top-notch : GRADE-A
11 “J to ___ L-O!” (Jennifer Lopez album) : THA
14 Captain who cries “From hell’s heart I stab at thee” : AHAB
15 What the 21st Amendment achieved : REPEAL
16 Conned : HAD
17 Tiny bit of information : BYTE
18 They stay and bite : ADULT TEETH
20 “No clue” : BEATS ME
22 Propelled from a bench : OARED
23 Words declared before and after “what” : I AM
24 Product whose first commercial was notably narrated by Jeff Goldblum : IMAC
26 ___-worthy : OSCAR
27 Emmy-winning comedy series of 2007, 2008 and 2009 : THIRTY ROCK
30 Climate control system, in brief : HVAC
32 “Certainly” : YES
33 Goddess often depicted with wings : EOS
34 URL ending : EDU
35 Places people speak in whispers : APSES
38 Symbol for the starts of 18-, 27-, 46- and 58-Across : XXX
39 Sounder : SANER
41 Having everything one needs : SET
42 Nintendo console : WII
43 Part of many a ballroom dance : DIP
44 Beer topper : HEAD
46 Gains favor using abject flattery, informally : KISSES BUTT
51 Fire starters, for short : PYROS
53 Idiosyncrasies : TICS
54 New Deal inits. : NRA
55 “Man, that’s something!” : OH WOW!
56 Lady Gaga or Kylie Minogue : GAY ICON
58 Souse : BOOZEHOUND
62 Animal, vegetable or mineral : NOUN
63 Class : ILK
64 Move stealthily : TIPTOE
65 “Huh-uh” : NOPE
66 Aid for driving : TEE
67 Evansville baseball team or Erie ice hockey team : OTTERS
68 Coaster : SLED

Down

1 Hutch occupant : RABBIT
2 Sarcastic “Is that so?” : OH YEAH?
3 Japanese mat : TATAMI
4 “Um, sure” : I BET
5 Awards won by presidents Carter, Clinton and Obama : GRAMMYS
6 Sunfish with colorful gill covers : REDEAR
7 Shopkeeper on “The Simpsons” : APU
8 Joe Biden’s home: Abbr. : DEL
9 Down : EAT
10 Choir section : ALTOS
11 Classic poem set in “bleak December” : THE RAVEN
12 Virulent negativity, in modern parlance : HATERADE
13 Ritalin target, for short : ADHD
19 Per : EACH
21 Web destinations : SITES
25 Popular bumper sticker of the 2000s : COEXIST
26 Stamps, maybe : OKS
28 Ingredient in an old-fashioned : RYE
29 One facing the crew, informally : COX
31 Scoundrel : CUR
35 Remains to be seen? : ASH
36 Hotel door feature : PEEPHOLE
37 Social justice catchphrase : STAY WOKE
38 Spot on a sundial : XII
39 Actress Spacek : SISSY
40 Police dispatch, for short : APB
42 Calendar units: Abbr. : WKS
43 A long, long time : DECADES
45 “The ___ Show” (daytime TV staple beginning in 2009) : DR OZ
47 Gentleman from Genoa : SIGNOR
48 Square : UNCOOL
49 Traveling performers : TROUPE
50 Showing evidence of a beach holiday : TANNED
52 Have because of : OWE TO
55 Life after death? : OBIT
57 Public houses : INNS
59 Google result : HIT
60 Go (for) : OPT
61 Pac-12 Conference player : UTE

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