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December 21, 2025

By David Kwong β€’ 143 Clues

Across Clues

1. Some Arctic transports β†’ SKIPLANES
10. S.E.C. football powerhouse, for short β†’ BAMA
14. 1950s hangout with a jukebox β†’ SODASHOP
20. Game piece made of four squares β†’ TETROMINO
21. "The Kite Runner" protagonist β†’ AMIR
22. Skulks β†’ PROWLS
23. Joins gradually β†’ EASESINTO
24. "Doggone it!" β†’ DARN
25. Treatment β†’ REMEDY
26. Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant β†’ ANIL
27. Wrangler alternative β†’ LEE
28. Brightly colored Mediterranean flowers β†’ SUNROSES
30. Rap's Run-___ β†’ DMC
31. Course catalog? β†’ MENU
32. When Aries transitions to Taurus β†’ APRIL
34. Sweetly, on scores β†’ DOLCE
35. "I'll pass" β†’ NAH
36. Input of certain mining β†’ DATA
38. MontalbΓ‘n who played Khan in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" β†’ RICARDO
40. Timer setting β†’ OVEN
42. Areas of influence β†’ SPHERES
45. Mental health org. β†’ APA
46. Fraudulently make seem like β†’ PALMOFFAS
48. Covers completely β†’ COATS
49. Wyoming peak β†’ TETON
51. Like a corporation with a new logo, perhaps β†’ REBRANDED
54. Comment from someone caught in the rain β†’ IMSOAKED
56. Yellow avenue in Monopoly β†’ VENTNOR
58. A bit off, say β†’ ONSALE
59. Hyatt alternative β†’ OMNI
60. Hard-boiled genre β†’ NOIR
62. TheForce.net for "Star Wars," for example β†’ FANSITE
64. Dark side β†’ YIN
65. Former big name in browsers β†’ NETSCAPE
67. U.F.O.-watching org. β†’ SETI
68. By way of, informally β†’ THRU
70. Kemo ___ (the Lone Ranger) β†’ SABE
71. Sailor's patron β†’ STELMO
72. Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess β†’ RHIANNON
76. Daddy β†’ POP
79. Eponymous British financier James ___ β†’ BARCLAY
81. By saying this you mean well β†’ BIEN
82. Wrap seller β†’ DELI
83. Adopted, as a pet β†’ TOOKIN
85. Wasn't folded in a suitcase, say β†’ LAYFLAT
87. Developed, as baby teeth β†’ GREWIN
89. Sci-fi miniaturizer β†’ SHRINKRAY
91. Emanations β†’ AURAS
93. Boldly face β†’ BRAVE
94. Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g. β†’ CAESAR
95. Guardians, on a scoreboard β†’ CLE
96. Bit of birdspeak β†’ CHITTER
98. Damp, mildewy quality β†’ MUST
99. They hold water β†’ VESSELS
102. Silence β†’ HUSH
103. Lying faceup β†’ SUPINE
104. ___ Park, Calif. β†’ MENLO
105. Air β†’ ETHER
107. Disney subsidiary β†’ ESPN
111. A little help? β†’ ELF
112. Evaded, as a sensitive issue β†’ DANCEDAROUND
114. Some pings, in brief β†’ IMS
115. "Fie on ___!" (Shakespearean cry) β†’ THEE
116. Skips over β†’ ELIDES
118. Few and far between β†’ RARE
119. Regulars at parks with ramps, informally β†’ SKATERATS
121. Reply after having one's memory jogged β†’ YESYES
122. Some time ago β†’ ONCE
123. "What's done is done!" β†’ GETOVERIT
124. Stick (to) β†’ ADHERE
125. Garden interloper β†’ WEED
126. Church parts crossing naves β†’ TRANSEPTS

Down Clues

1. Make furious β†’ STEAM
2. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil ___ β†’ KEANE
3. Tennis line judge's ruling β†’ ITSIN
4. Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you" β†’ PRELUDETOAKISS
5. West side of L.A.? β†’ LOS
6. "Is there still time for me to join you?" β†’ AMILATE
7. 51 to the hour β†’ NINEPAST
8. Stage direction β†’ ENTER
9. Phillipa of Broadway β†’ SOO
10. Grammy winner Erykah β†’ BADU
11. ___ Gorman, "The Hill We Climb" poet β†’ AMANDA
12. Copy β†’ MIRROR
13. Iced-tea-and-lemonade refreshments β†’ ARNOLDPALMERS
14. Spending romp β†’ SPREE
15. Output of certain mining β†’ ORES
16. Counterpart of a sub β†’ DOM
17. Fast start? β†’ ASHWEDNESDAY
18. Father, familiarly β†’ OLDMAN
19. Mentally overpower, with "out" β†’ PSYCH
28. Like most moccasins β†’ SLIPON
29. Great Dane of cartoons, informally β†’ SCOOB
33. More livid β†’ IRATER
37. Keister, in Leicester β†’ ARSE
39. 2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd β†’ CANTFEELMYFACE
40. Symbolic for its time β†’ OFANERA
41. Shoe company with an iconic checkerboard design β†’ VANS
42. Descendant β†’ SCION
43. Apple: Fr. β†’ POMME
44. Is without β†’ HASNT
47. Rabid in appearance β†’ FROTHING
50. Woman's nickname that sounds like two letters β†’ EVIE
51. Rice-A-___ β†’ RONI
52. "Borderlands" director ___ Roth β†’ ELI
53. Hiding place β†’ DEN
55. Gene pools? β†’ DNABANKS
57. Org. with its own alphabet β†’ NATO
61. Abbr. not found on most smartphones β†’ OPER
63. "Aren't ___ lucky one?!" β†’ ITHE
66. It has a lot of secretaries β†’ CABINET
67. Shirt collar stiffener β†’ STAY
69. Where to find six "presents" in this puzzle? β†’ UNDERTHETREE
71. Knock 'em dead β†’ SLAY
72. Coolidge who sang the theme for "Octopussy" β†’ RITA
73. Just getting started with β†’ NEWAT
74. Green shade β†’ OLIVE
75. What Joe Montana was in the '80s β†’ NINER
76. A TD scores six of these β†’ PTS
77. "Fancy, that!" β†’ OOH
78. Prickly denizen of coral reefs β†’ PORCUPINEFISH
80. Famed lawyer in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial β†’ CLARENCEDARROW
81. Most minimal β†’ BAREST
84. Some Korean exports β†’ KIAS
86. Calmed deceptively β†’ LULLED
88. Baseball slugger's stat β†’ RBIS
90. Bird used to deliver messages on "Game of Thrones" β†’ RAVEN
92. Blueprints β†’ SCHEMATA
97. Author Zora Neale ___ β†’ HURSTON
98. Noodled on, with "over" β†’ MULLED
100. Girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" β†’ SLOANE
101. Informant β†’ SOURCE
103. "Ta-ta!" β†’ SEEYA
104. Tricky pool shot β†’ MASSE
106. Someone enjoying a walk in the park β†’ HIKER
108. Mentally with it β†’ SHARP
109. ___ four β†’ PETIT
110. Fits one inside the other β†’ NESTS
112. Porcine : pigs :: cervine : ___ β†’ DEER
113. Essential β†’ NEED
117. It might be good for a change β†’ DYE
119. One who knows the drill?: Abbr. β†’ SGT
120. Teslas, e.g., for short β†’ EVS