Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: ___ Christmas (Donny Hathaway) => THIS
5 Across: Olive of comic strips => OYL
8 Across: Prefix denoting all => OMNI
9 Across: Egg ___ young => FOO
10 Across: ___ Christmastime (Paul McCartney) => WONDERFUL
13 Across: French fry seasoning? => SEL
14 Across: Christmas in ___ (Run-DMC) => HOLLIS
17 Across: Possible response from a child if told Santa Claus is not real => LIAR
19 Across: Insane way to run => AMOK
21 Across: Executive's aide (abbr.) => ASST
22 Across: Easternmost point of the Silk Road => XIAN
23 Across: College entry exam => SAT
24 Across: How a boxing match may end => TKO
25 Across: All I Want for Christmas Is My ___ Front Teeth (Various, including The Chipmunks) => TWO
26 Across: Opposite of NNE => SSW

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Service provided by AAA => TOW
2 Down: Medical coverage group (abbr.) => HMO
3 Down: Overnight trip stop => INN
4 Down: PBS' Science Kid => SID
5 Down: What presents left under the Christmas tree are considered before Christmas morning, perhaps => OFFLIMITS
6 Down: All I Want for Christmas Is ___ (Mariah Carey, most notably) => YOU
7 Down: What Santa's guffaw would look like in textspeak => LOL
11 Down: Course for a US immigrant (abbr.) => ESL
12 Down: Take it easy! => RELAX
14 Down: Must => HASTO
15 Down: Food scrap => ORT
16 Down: Drenches => SOAKS
17 Down: ___ Christmas (Wham!) => LAST
18 Down: ___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Various, including The Ronettes and The Jackson 5) => ISAW
20 Down: Do They ___ It's Christmas? (Band Aid) => KNOW

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This crossword has 15 across clues and 16 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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