Universal Crossword December 19, 2022 Answers
By Nancy Stark and Will Nediger
Editor: David Steinberg
We've solved all 76 clues from the Universal Crossword crossword published on December 19, 2022. The full solution is presented below with an interactive grid and sorted clue lists. Each answer links to a comprehensive page showing confidence ratings, similar clues, and crossword history.
Across
1.
Letter embellishment
6.
Baseball's Felipe or Matty
10.
Sound of distress
14.
Possible reason for a food recall
15.
Certain Scandinavian
16.
Car bar
17.
Door-lock ad claim
19.
Take a break
20.
33-Across, in Spanish
21.
Acquire
22.
Beasts named for their horns, briefly
24.
Backyard border
25.
"... think, therefore ___" (Descartes)
26.
Furniture ad claim
32.
More sore
33.
It rises and sets
34.
Goals
36.
Greek P
37.
Smack-___
39.
Genre for Krewella
41.
"Don't reckon so"
42.
What's expected
44.
Prefix with "fortune"
46.
Aberdeen boy
48.
Clothing ad claim
51.
Open ___ night
52.
Put in office
53.
It's going on as you watch it
56.
Heinie
57.
"60 Minutes" home
60.
The best place ever
61.
Literal or figurative reaction to 17-, 26- or 48-Across?
64.
Soles' body parts
65.
Composer Satie
66.
Tennis pro Naomi, or her Japanese birthplace
67.
Purple tuber
68.
Dampens
69.
Noble gas in TV tubes
Down
1.
Minute parts, briefly
2.
Second hearing?
3.
Churn up
4.
Not feeling well
5.
Shifted one's weight or tapped one's toe
6.
Continent with a horn
7.
You may hear her roar
8.
Yoko who endowed the Strawberry Fields memorial
9.
Least likely to smile at you
10.
Instrument played with mallets
11.
Yoked animals
12.
"And one more thing ..."
13.
Aptly named NBA team
18.
Big picture?
23.
Unsubtle actor
24.
"Just so you know ..." initials
26.
Deserve to receive
27.
Outburst from Sneezy
28.
Fleeced?
29.
Take legal action
30.
"Freaks and Geeks" star Cardellini
31.
Message in a Drafts folder
35.
Poet Silverstein
38.
Industry, casually
40.
Object struck to start a flame
43.
Sentimental possession
45.
Get the job done
47.
Clock adjustment letters
49.
Pose for a painting
50.
Gets an F on
53.
Socialist's political side
54.
Notion
55.
Dodge a pothole, maybe
57.
Printer's blue-green hue
58.
Anti-apartheid activist Steve who had the pen name Frank Talk
59.
Obsessive fan
62.
Nickname that omits "An"
63.
"What's the ___?" ("Why bother?")
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How many clues are in the Universal Crossword crossword from December 19, 2022?
The Universal Crossword crossword from December 19, 2022 contains 76 clues and answers.
The puzzle has 38 Across clues and 38 Down clues.
Where can I find the answers for the December 19, 2022 Universal Crossword crossword?
All 76 answers for the Universal Crossword crossword from December 19, 2022 are listed on this page. You can browse answers by Across and Down directions, or click on any clue to see a detailed breakdown with alternative solutions and appearances in other crossword puzzles.
Who created the December 19, 2022 Universal Crossword crossword?
The Universal Crossword crossword from December 19, 2022 was constructed by Nancy Stark and Will Nediger and edited by David Steinberg.
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