New York Times Answers - Thursday, 23rd December 2021 There are 32 across clues and 43 down clues for the New York Times crossword on Thursday, 23rd December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All New York Times AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: When said three times, how an overlong comment might be summarizedBLAHAAcross 5: Morgan Stanley acquisition of 2020ETRADEAAcross 11: Shock, in a wayZAPAAcross 14: Let upEASEAAcross 15: Get something just rightNAILITAAcross 16: Word aptly hidden in "I've got this!"EGOAAcross 17: Reef deposit hung on the holiday tree?ACHRISTMASCORALAAcross 20: Is unobliged toNEEDNOTAAcross 21: Popular web browserCHROMEAAcross 22: Something an Australian might throw on the barbieSHRIMPAAcross 25: Beats (out)EDGESAAcross 26: Heath genus that's also a woman's nameERICAAAcross 29: Certain international soccer championship, familiarlyEUROSAAcross 31: Noble gas you can't live without?VITALARGONAAcross 33: It's 1 for 90°SINEAAcross 37: Occasion on which to sing the hymn "Up From the Grave He Arose"EASTERAAcross 38: Word with candy or ballCOTTONAAcross 40: Things caught at a beachRAYSAAcross 41: Starbucks order for a man's man?CAFFEMACHOAAcross 45: TrueLOYALAAcross 46: Essential characterETHOSAAcross 47: Cause of the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie, in songAMOREAAcross 51: Sugar or flourSTAPLEAAcross 53: Car model with a musical nameSONATAAAcross 55: Miami fiveTHEHEATAAcross 59: Buys tickets for a couple of friends for a Polynesian getaway?TAKESTWOTOTONGAAAcross 62: Something it's good to get a hole in?ONEAAcross 63: ArchersBOWMENAAcross 64: Trash day reminderODORAAcross 65: Passage blocker, maybeNAYAAcross 66: New citizen, perhapsEMIGREAAcross 67: What cynophobia is the fear ofDOGSDDown 1: Black-eyed pea, technicallyBEANDDown 2: Get ready to skate, with "up"LACEDDown 3: Lead-in to a Southern "-ville"ASHEDDown 4: Tries to wrangle the unwrangleableHERDSCATSDDown 5: "Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889" artistENSORDDown 6: More raggedTATTIERDDown 7: ___ shotRIMDDown 8: In the way ofALADDown 8: In the way ofALA.DDown 9: 45, e.g.DISCDDown 10: Does some cave artETCHESDDown 11: Free-fall phenomenon, informallyZEROGDDown 12: Good thing to bring to the fieldAGAMEDDown 13: North and South, but not East or WestPOLESDDown 18: Gobble downINHALEDDown 19: Chicago airport codeORDDDown 23: ___ shotMUGDDown 24: ForPRODDown 26: At allEVERDDown 27: Org. that gives out "gold" but fights piratesRIAADDown 28: Teeny-tinyITSYDDown 30: "Kiss her ___ for me" ("A Holly Jolly Christmas" lyric)ONCEDDown 32: Western gas brandARCODDown 33: District of Columbia advocacy subjectSTATEHOODDDown 34: HankeringITCHDDown 35: N.Y.C. neighborhood next to the BoweryNOHODDown 36: Great-great-great-great-great grandfather of NoahENOSDDown 39: Dish that may be served foldedOMELETDDown 42: Old-timey agreementsAYSDDown 43: Like Santa, in traditional depictionsFATDDown 44: Butter up, sayFLATTERDDown 45: Doesn't disturbLETSBEDDown 47: Start of an English auto nameASTONDDown 48: 2016 animated film with songs by Lin-Manuel MirandaMOANADDown 49: Pitch-perfectON-KEYDDown 50: Explorer JohnRAEDDown 52: Give a buzzPHONEDDown 54: Small thingATOMDDown 56: Opposite of exo-ENDODDown 57: Full of anticipationAGOGDDown 58: BesmirchesTARSDDown 60: Historical event given its current name in 1939: Abbr.WWIDDown 61: "!!!"OMG