Daily Themed Crossword Answers

Daily Themed Crossword — December 4, 2021 Answers

Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor·

Below you'll find the complete solved grid and every answer for the Daily Themed Crossword puzzle dated December 4, 2021. Click any clue to see more about that specific answer.

Solved Grid

68 clues13×13 grid35 across · 33 down
1E
2T
3C
4H
5A
6M
7T
8T
9W
10O
11L
A
N
A
12G
O
A
13R
A
W
14K
I
N
G
15B
A
T
H
16A
N
N
17A
18G
O
19H
O
20L
M
E
S
21K
22O
R
E
A
23S
E
A
24M
A
P
25M
S
26G
27B
28R
29A
30N
31O
T
T
32S
T
A
33R
34S
35O
W
E
36L
E
S
37S
38B
O
A
39M
A
D
40A
41S
42I
43A
L
44L
E
Y
45W
46R
47I
G
H
T
48L
E
O
49H
O
T
50R
E
51A
D
52S
53N
54O
55W
56A
A
S
57E
M
O
58E
A
V
E
59T
R
Y
60D
S
L
61S
T
A
T

Clues & Answers

Across

1ACarve in waxETCH
5AInvoice figure, for shortAMT
8A"___ Can Play That Game" (2001 romantic comedy)TWO
11A"Summertime Sadness" singer ___ del ReyLANA
12A"Could you ___ little faster?": 2 wds.GOA
13ALike uncooked vegetableRAW
14ADr. Martin Luther ___ Jr., activist who received the Nobel Peace Prize on 10th December 1964KING
15ABubble ___ (relaxing soak)BATH
16A___ Arbor, MichiganANN
17ABack in the dayAGO
19ASherlock ___, detective whose story was first published in print in "A Study in Scarlet" on 1st December 1887HOLMES
21ASouth ___, Seoul's countryKOREA
23ACaspian or Caribbean, e.g.SEA
24AMarauder's ___ from the "Harry Potter" universeMAP
25AThe "M" in SMS, for shortMSG
27AFiber sourceBRAN
31ABaseball's MelOTT
32APaparazzi targetsSTARS
35AHave debts to settleOWE
36A"No more, no ___"LESS
38AFashionable scarfBOA
39ALike the hatter from "Alice in Wonderland"MAD
40A"___ was saying": 2 wds.ASI
43A"It's right up your ___" (well-suited)ALLEY
45A___ Brothers, aviation pioneering duo who made their first successful flight on December 17th, 1903WRIGHT
48AZodiac sign before VirgoLEO
49A"H" on a shower knobHOT
50AEnjoyed a novel, sayREAD
52A"___ White and the Seven Dwarfs," Disney princess movie which premiered on December 21st, 1937SNOW
56ASome battery sizesAAS
57APunk Rock subgenreEMO
58ARoof overhangEAVE
59AGive something a shot?TRY
60AHigh-speed Internet initialsDSL
61A"ASAP" in the emergency roomSTAT

Down

1DYellowstone grazerELK
2DMai ___ (cocktail)TAI
3DAnderson Cooper's channel: Abbr.CNN
4D"Horrible" one from the comics?HAGAR
5DTurkish titleAGA
6DFliers attracted to flamesMOTHS
7DSouth Lake ___, CaliforniaTAHOE
8DPublic transport in EdinburghTRAM
9DFade slowlyWANE
10DPossessesOWNS
15DBrag about oneselfBOAST
18DPrecious findsGEMS
20DDexter's setting, for shortLAB
21DActress Winslet of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"KATE
22DChooses, with "for"OPTS
24DActress Gretchen of "An American Affair"MOL
26DGift of the ___ (quality of a flawless speaker)GAB
28DIt was not built in a day, proverbiallyROME
29D___ from keyboard (not working)AWAY
30D___ Flanders, character from "The Simpsons"NED
33D___ Amundsen, Norwegian explorer who became the first person to reach the South Pole on 14th December, 1911ROALD
34DBlack Friday eventSALE
37D___-AFTRA: Abbr.SAG
41DRip up, as paperSHRED
42DChecklist componentsITEMS
44DDoes not win, sayLOSES
45D"___ Lies Beneath," 2000 horror movieWHAT
46DMore than growlROAR
47D"___ bitsy spider..."ITSY
51DInstant messaging pioneer lettersAOL
53D___ GeoNAT
54DZoological term for "eggs"OVA
55DLike some wipesWET
About Margaret Halloran
Senior Crossword Editor

Twelve years editing daily puzzle solutions. Themed crosswords, wordplay, and the occasional cryptic.