The night before Christmas, for one Crossword Clue

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The night before Christmas, for one Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
2. (Old Testament) Adam’s wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam’s rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

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
NIGHT (noun)
1. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
2. Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

Hint 3: Anagram

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VEE

More New Yorker Crossword (10/29/2025) Answers

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18. Its capital is Carson City

20. Queen of Arendelle in "Frozen"

22. Follow a command

23. Source of creative inspiration

25. Sticking points?

27. Like cranberries and cardinals

28. Outlaw

29. Perches in a henhouse

31. High-heeled shoe named for a dagger

34. Bird associated with wisdom

35. Cutting-edge

39. What Fri. follows

40. “What did I miss?”

42. Takes an oath

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46. Engineered crop, for short

47. Person who’s holier than thou?

48. Destination for the wicked, in some religions

50. Ran out of battery

51. Element with the chemical symbol Sn

52. Unwanted find in an apple

54. International Tennis Hall of Famer Andre

56. Extreme narcissist

59. Bit of madcap behavior

60. Minimalist alternative to a wallet

61. Section of a script

62. Catch on a nail, say

63. Jazz great Fitzgerald

64. Added bonus

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Down

1. Can’t-fail wagers

2. “Two thumbs way up!”

3. March 14th celebration in math class

4. Went over the limit

5. "Eureka!"

6. Stags and stallions

7. “The Crucible” playwright Arthur

8. Paintballs e.g.

9. “A watched ___ never boils”

10. Purpose

11. Kitchen strainers

12. Units of land

13. Voices higher than basses

15. Dish-drying cloths

19. Hardly a pro

24. 'Do __ others . . .'

26. Religion with the festival Eid al-Fitr

28. 'Fine, then!'

30. "Well, aren't you fancy!"

32. Get on in the evening

33. Not quite right

36. Cultivate, as soil

37. Spot for ringing up shoppers

38. Unproductive activity that sucks up an entire afternoon, say

41. Aint gonna happen

42. Former name of Ho Chi Minh City

43. Actress Ryder of “Stranger Things”

44. Like a high-pitched scream

47. Originates (from)

49. Message sent to an online address

50. Cut a rug

53. At some point in the past

55. 'I'm shocked!'

57. Eldest of Alcott’s “Little Women”

58. Corp. tax preparer, maybe

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