Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Cooked rice, in Korean cuisine / WED 12-24-25 / Shrub that sounds regretful / Kosher barbecue option / Class where you learn how to get a tan? / Silly character on the "Sesame Street" segment "Elmo's World" / Keenan's partner in comedy / Free copy of a film sent to awards show voters / No-clothes college gathering / Pesky biter, informally

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Constructor: Ella Dershowitz Relative difficulty:  Easy THEME:  FAKE IDS (56A: Aids for minors buying liquor ... or a hint to 17-, 27- and...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Not on the up and up, slangily / TUE 12-23-25 / Top execs, colloquially / With all judges present / Former N.B.A. star Shawn with the nickname "Reign Man" / Brownish-yellow fabric / Short version of an impactful story / Character played by Bruce Lee on "The Green Hornet"

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Constructor: Nathan Hale Relative difficulty: Easy THEME: C-SUITE (47D: Top execs, colloquially ... or what 20-, 28-, 39- and 59-Across ...
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Monday, December 22, 2025

Length of a pithy joke / MON 12-22-25 / Wispy clouds / Creator of Firefox and Thunderbird / Cops, slangily / Kind of lamp that's energy efficient / Persuades with flattery / Saxophone, trumpet, piano and bass, perhaps / Doing keto, say

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Constructor: Suzanne Oliver Relative difficulty: Medium-Challenging (for a Monday, solved Downs-only) THEME: SHORT CHANGE (59A: Cheat .....
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

2015 chart-topping hit for the Weeknd / SUN 12-21-25 / 51 to the hour / Blue colorant obtained from the indigo plant / Grammy winner Erykah / Prickly denizen of coral reefs / 1950s hangout with a jukebox / Great Dane of cartoons, informally / Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g. / Eponymous British financier James / Duke Ellington classic with the lyric "That was my heart serenading you"

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Constructor:  David Kwong Relative difficulty: Medium THEME: "Present Time" — "Presents" (circled squares) can be fo...
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