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New York Times, Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
50-Down : Sharp critic
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FGJQWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Haight. Wednesday freshness: 18%
Bruce Haight notes:
This puzzle was accepted at almost exactly the same time (a year ago) as my "O Tannenbaum" puzzle that ran on 12/25/18. My initial ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
HO HO HO … HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO! Is anyone else hungry for Ho-hos? Or worried that Santa's maniacal laughter ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Ho HO!

Here are all the NYT crosswords published on Christmas Day.

1
P
2
S
3
S
4
T
5
B
6
A
7
S
8
K
9
P
10
I
11
N
12
A
13
A
C
A
I
14
I
S
L
A
15
M
16
O
N
E
S
17
L
A
N
D
18
H
O
H
O
H
O
19
O
T
I
S
20
O
L
D
I
E
21
T
L
C
22
L
O
L
A
23
P
L
E
A
24
S
25
E
H
O
H
26
O
H
O
L
D
27
S
L
A
P
28
A
T
A
D
29
D
30
E
31
I
32
S
C
33
A
34
R
35
O
L
E
36
I
37
C
38
I
T
S
39
H
40
O
H
O
H
O
41
P
E
L
E
S
S
42
S
C
O
O
T
43
T
H
O
R
44
P
H
I
45
T
T
O
46
P
47
M
I
48
S
49
O
50
H
51
O
H
O
H
O
52
L
53
Y
S
M
O
K
54
E
55
S
56
A
V
E
R
57
P
E
A
58
S
T
R
E
59
P
60
T
U
R
N
61
I
M
H
62
O
63
H
O
H
O
M
E
64
E
L
M
O
65
N
O
O
S
E
66
E
D
I
T
67
R
E
S
T
68
N
O
U
N
69
N
E
S
S
© 2019, The New York Times12/25/19 ( No. 25,614 )
Across
1
"Yo - check this out!" : PSST
5
Laze in the rays : BASK
9
___ colada : PINA
13
Kind of palm : ACAI
14
Subject taught in a madrasa : ISLAM
16
Endmost compartment in a till : ONES
17
What Santa said when his sleigh touched down? : LANDHOHOHO
19
Singer Redding : OTIS
20
"Jingle Bells" or "White Christmas" : OLDIE
21
Special treatment, for short : TLC
22
"Damn Yankees" vamp : LOLA
23
What Santa might say on his North Pole hotline? : PLEASEHOHOHOLD
27
It's an affront : SLAP
28
Slightly : ATAD
29
Latin gods : DEI
32
Lasting mark : SCAR
35
Kind of fatty acid : OLEIC
38
What Santa said when the reindeer went on strike on Christmas Eve? : ITSHOHOHOPELESS
42
Get a hurry on : SCOOT
43
Norse god with a hammer : THOR
44
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
45
Sporty car roof : TTOP
47
___ soup : MISO
50
What Santa said when going down a chimney that had a lit fireplace? : HOHOHOLYSMOKES
56
State firmly : AVER
57
Tidbit in vegetable soup : PEA
58
Reason for hoarseness : STREP
60
Zig or zag : TURN
61
What Santa says around dawn on Christmas Day? : IMHOHOHOME
64
Red Muppet : ELMO
65
Loop with a slipknot : NOOSE
66
Menu bar heading : EDIT
67
"God ___ Ye Merry, Gentlemen" : REST
68
What you may call it : NOUN
69
Lawman Eliot : NESS
Down
1
___ verde (desert tree) : PALO
2
Where shampoo is applied : SCALP
3
Place to get a C.D. or an I.R.A. : SANDL
4
Spruces (up) : TIDIES
5
Part of a dating profile, for short : BIO
6
All the dirt on Santa? : ASH
7
A deadly sin : SLOTH
8
Mexican artist Frida : KAHLO
9
Place where one might hear "That's my cue!" : POOLHALL
10
Past the point of no return : INTOODEEP
11
Sam of "Jurassic Park" : NEILL
12
Syria's Bashar al-___ : ASSAD
15
Coffee shop order : MOCHA
18
Mend : HEAL
24
Part of a window thrown up in "A Visit From St. Nicholas" : SASH
25
Florida theme park : EPCOT
26
Nebraska county named for an indigenous people : OTOE
29
Talk trash about : DIS
30
"Blah, blah, blah ...": Abbr. : ETC
31
Weather map lines relating to temperature : ISOTHERMS
33
Something to say to a doctor : AHH
34
Parts of guesses in Clue : ROOMS
36
Kinda sorta : ISH
37
Onetime CBS forensic drama : CSI
39
Rhyming question of attractiveness : HOTORNOT
40
"However ...," in texts : OTOH
41
Partner of proper : PRIM
46
Drop by unexpectedly : POPIN
48
C-worthy : SOSO
49
"Sure, if that's how you feel ..." : OKTHEN
50
Sharp critic : HATER
51
Undeveloped egg cell : OVULE
52
Air freshener scent : LEMON
53
Country bumpkin : YAHOO
54
Get washed away : ERODE
55
Round of four : SEMIS
59
Favorites : PETS
62
Buckeyes' sch. : OSU
63
French ___ (bird in "The 12 Days of Christmas") : HEN

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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