A Very Merry Themeless
◆ · By Pair O Ducks · Published 2023-12-24T18:21:49.000Z
Constructor's Note
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Driver on the Star Wars set
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Across
- 1ADriver on the Star Wars set
- 5AHow Jacob Marley attends Scrooge's party?
- 13ABoxing round
- 14ALicorice-scented spice that can be strung together into a pretty Christmas wreath
- 15ABattle ___ And Down Goes Charles' Father (music mnemonic)
- 16AAkin (to)
- 17AIt's enc. in an env.
- 18AWord in many an alley's name
- 19AGerman eats
- 20ASurname in classic American children's literature
- 22APower ending
- 23ANorth and South, for two
- 24AActor Kapoor of "Slumdog Millionaire"
- 26AProducer of some modern-day long scrolls
- 29AParticles more likely to do the splits than me
- 30AEditor's undo
- 32AHoppy New Year necessity?
- 34A"Silent Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful," but not "Sleigh Ride" or "Frosty the Snowman"
- 38A"Ideas Worth Sharing" organization
- 39A"BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR ____TINE" ("A crummy commercial??")
- 40APop singer Zayn
- 41AOn-the-nose Christmas color?
- 43AWhat my cat does approximately 4,285 times a day
- 45AComedy show segments
- 46ASimile words
- 48ABerlioz opera, "Les ___"
- 50AAssemble, as gnats
- 53ABow's opposite
- 54AWhen doubled, a dance
- 56APortmanteau for some fundraising events
- 58A"Arsenic and Old ___"
- 59ALobbies, e.g.
- 60APart of Caesar's boast
- 61AGift given twelve times, in a certain holiday song
- 62AAmount owed
Down
- 1DFirst murder victim
- 2D"Not worth the effort"
- 3DPoet who penned "I am / woman / and not white"
- 4DArarat and Rainier, for two (abbr.)
- 5D"Wow, this present is really special"
- 6DWhat my cat does approximately 4,285 times a day
- 7DSpanish Mrs.
- 8DWhittled (down)
- 9DPossible answer to "When will you be ready to leave for the holiday party?"
- 10DCookout fare that's delicious slathered in Sweet Baby Ray's
- 11DFor a Caribbean elopement, does the bride walk down the ___?
- 12DDescriptor for some angst
- 14DJustice Sotomayor
- 16DIntersex protagonist of "Middlesex"
- 18DNot as much as
- 21DHemi-___-semi-quaver (sixty-fourth note, or literally half-half-half-eighth note)
- 22DBaldwin, but not a piano
- 23DFormal agreement
- 25DGender reveal contraction
- 27DGear (and Instagram handle!) for Hilary Hahn
- 28DShares a ride to the party, or shares a bottle of red at the party
- 31DNew Zealand sci-fi author Muir
- 33DDoesn't assume
- 35D"Squid Game" rating
- 36DAuthor Rita ___ Brown who wrote "Santa Clawed"
- 37DGarden tool
- 42DMore like a noir film
- 44DSmall songbids
- 47DSting (but not the singer)
- 49DSurgeon's workplaces (abbr.)
- 50DTrade
- 51DEbb, as the moon
- 52D___ Vista (Google precursor)
- 53DCinderella's identifier
- 55D"She turned me into a ___!" "A ___?" "...I got better"
- 57DPublisher for 31D's works
- 58DHat for Oscar on Sesame Street