Open before December 25? Crossword Clue

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Open before December 25? Crossword Answer

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a secret look
(verb)
1. throw a glance at; take a brief look at

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DECEMBER (noun)
1. the last (12th) month of the year
BEFORE (adverb)
1. earlier in time; previously
2. at or in the front

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
KEEP

More NYT Crossword (3/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Dwelling

6. One of two elected magistrates to the ancient cursus honorum

12. Plagiarized

19. Notion that's difficult to dispel

21. Roll on, as time

22. One large head, shredded, with the outer leaves discarded

23. Record label for the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy

24. Stockholder's portion

25. Handled vessel in a museum

26. 1977 Robin Cook medical thriller

27. Bon ___, "Skinny Love" band

28. Brand of canned beans

30. Greedy sort

31. Soon to Shakespeare

33. Lying about

35. 2 tbsp., for acidity

38. Ian who portrayed Bilbo Baggins

39. ___ Jones, bobsledder and hurdler who has competed in both the Winter and Summer Olympics

40. Mushroom prized by chefs

41. Psychologist Solomon

42. Lair

44. Do something perfectly

46. Easily duped

48. ___ Lupin, gentleman thief of literature

50. Peepers keepers?

51. One clove, crushed

55. Chaucer collection

57. 5/8 or 2/14

59. One might be noble

60. "Foucault's Pendulum" author

61. Drummer with the coffee table book "Another Day in the Life"

63. All-star pitcher Hershiser

65. Sch. whose team name is a poisonous nut

67. The Bard of __

68. Thanksgiving is always on the fourth one in Nov.

69. Infamous warning for 126-Across … and for solvers, when filling in seven squares in this puzzle?

73. Creature to take a gander at on Haleakala?

74. Lacking adornment

75. Digressive remark

76. Tabby talk

77. Rushes

79. ___ Lanka

80. "Daughter," in Hebrew

82. Harvest

84. Hole on a belt

86. Ground, black, to taste

88. Chop, mince, grate, etc.

90. Holiday harmonies

93. Cute, woolly farm animals

96. Period of glaciation

98. Title role for both Patti LuPone and Madonna

100. Uncle Remus title

102. Tree from which turpentine may be derived

104. Hullabaloo

106. Word before stick or after Scotland

107. One cup, seasoned and lightly toasted until crispy

109. "The kissing disease"

110. Some savanna groups

111. "___ for Ricochet" (Sue Grafton mystery)

112. Got ready to drive

113. Commoner

115. Human rights lawyer Clooney

117. Ones changing the narrative?

120. Chillaxing

122. Word on a protest sign

125. One, coddled or raw; add an extra for a richer flavor

126. This puzzle's subject, in two very different ways

127. Samurai sword

128. Kind of overload

129. Stile coins that have gone out of style

130. Contemptuously laughed at

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Down

1. Provided assistance

2. Spelling ___

3. Spicy, say

4. 3/4 teaspoon, Grey Poupon preferred

5. End-of-semester hurdle

6. Soupçon feature

7. 1/2 cup, slowly drizzled and whisked to form an emulsion

8. Area with pews

9. Certain silk spinner

10. Onetime org. for Jimmy Carter and J.F.K.

11. Bean counter's book

12. Its box is yellow and green, with many colors in between

13. ___ Empire

14. Rapscallion

15. Curmudgeon's exclamation

16. "Sully" or "Spartacus"

17. Add value to

18. Rejuvenate digitally

20. The first one was sent in 1971

29. A calf born with two heads, some say

31. Satisfied sigh

32. "Haven't a clue"

34. Gift recipient

35. ___ luck!

36. Cups o' joe

37. The "U" of UX

40. George Eliot masterpiece … or a punny hint to seven squares in this puzzle

43. Eye drop

45. What am I chopped ___?

47. Swiatek who has won the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon

49. Workers’ rights org

52. Army Corps of Engineers project

53. Pictures on a screen

54. Alternative to a cup

56. Scatters, as seeds

58. Start of a pirate-y pillaging song

59. Tour leader

61. Go halfsies, say

62. Flower with a cup-shaped bloom

64. Las Vegas football player

66. In stitches

67. 2 tbsp., for a briny flavor

68. Baking meas.

70. Make a fast not last?

71. Conical dwelling

72. Mlle., in Madrid

78. One of a hundred for Pooh and friends

80. Part of a Santa Claus costume

81. Adjustable feature of an office chair, maybe

83. "Pharsalia" and the "Aeneid"

85. Poseidon's domain

87. Entreaty

89. 1/2 cup, freshly grated

91. 1997 Jim Carrey comedy

92. Big step

94. Alternative to X

95. Kemo ___

97. Peanuts

99. Expensive Super Bowl features

100. One way to cross the Rubicon

101. Step down

103. Black out, in a way

105. “The Fountainhead” protagonist

107. Longtime Saints QB Drew ___

108. "Refreshing" web shortcut

114. Operate on with light

116. Olden honeyed drink

118. Expressions of appreciation, in texts

119. Tic-tac-toe win

121. "The ___ of Pooh"

123. Slyly disparaging

124. Bit

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