"___ Santa" (start of a Christmas letter, often) Crossword Clue

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"___ Santa" (start of a Christmas letter, often) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
2. a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
(adjective)
1. with or in a close or intimate relationship
2. having a high price
(adverb)
1. with affection
2. at a great cost

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHRISTMAS (noun)
1. period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
2. a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
LETTER (noun)
1. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
2. an award earned by participation in a school sport
LETTER (verb)
1. mark letters on or mark with letters
2. set down or print with letters

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Daily Themed Crossword (6/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. Recycle ___ (electronic trash can)

4. "D" in CD

8. Actor ___ Brooks with an EGOT

11. "Did they have a boy ___ girl?": 2 wds.

12. Canyon sound effect

13. "To what do I ___ the pleasure?"

14. Bathroom floor piece

16. "To ___ not to ..." (line from Shakespeare's "Hamlet"): 2 wds.

17. Day after Tuesday, for short

18. Ctrl + S command, on a PC

22. Street of nightmares, in film

24. "Last, but not the ___"

28. Type of mongoose whose multi-entrance tunnel networks are shared by large families, functioning like an underground village

32. Disney girl who adopted a blue alien named Stitch

33. Edgar Allan ___ who wrote a poem about a talking raven

34. Water-resistant covering

37. ___ the day (regret)

38. Mohawk-shaping products

40. Dam-building critter that fells trees with its teeth and builds structures so large they reshape entire river ecosystems

42. Word after "tool" or "survival"

45. "F," on a weekly calendar

46. Eight-legged arachnid whose intricate silk webs stand out as marvels of natural engineering, sometimes rebuilt from scratch every night

49. "___ here" ("I'm totally with you")

53. Cause for sick leave in winter, perhaps

54. Still having a shot to win: 2 wds.

56. Discontinued musical Apple product

57. Prairie ___, burrowing ground squirrel whose underground "towns" stretch for miles, with special rooms for sleeping, and lookout stations

58. "What did I ___ deserve this?": 2 wds.

59. It's tall when exaggerated

60. Muscles that come in packs, for short

61. Vintage car brand

62. Number of lords a-leaping in a Christmas song

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Down

1. Automated computer program (rhymes with "cot")

2. Colored part of the eye

3. Simba's love in "The Lion King"

4. Society newcomer, for short (anagram of "bed")

5. Long Island ___ Tea (cocktail)

6. What a cobbler mends

7. ___ polyp, reef-building organism whose colonies build massive, colorful underwater structures, visible even from outer space

8. Trim the lawn.

9. Female sheep

10. "Going to California" band ___ Zeppelin

15. "We Are Never ___ Getting Back Together" (Taylor Swift hit)

19. Yellowstone herd member with branch-like horns

21. Family member, for short

23. It might say "Wipe your paws"

25. Suffix with "billion" for someone very wealthy, like Tony Stark

26. Speak indistinctly while drunk

27. Gymnast's pointed foot part

28. Fuel economy unit: Abbr.

29. "All applicants welcome," on a classified ad: Abbr.

30. Snake-like fish of the genus "Electrophorus"

31. PC key for indenting

35. Boxing official, for short

36. ___ for the course (expected)

39. Gear to slide on snow

41. Hospital event

43. "___ not know that!": 2 wds.

44. Voice range above baritone

46. Messy, untidy sort

47. Wrinkly-faced pooches

48. Ceremonial act

50. Give ___ on the head (appreciate): 2 wds.

51. Naked ___ rat, burrowing rodent whose sprawling underground labyrinth has specialized chambers for every need

52. "A Winter ___," Robert Frost poem

53. Medicine-approving body: Abbr.

55. "___ bad!"

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