I  went blank at ____ tails even though I live in thunderboat country along with Miss Budweiser WHALE Tails are an outboard motor device that prevents cavitation. Bit of a slog getting started and seemed to take me forever to get the theme, but in the end the puzzle was fun and worth it all.Dazzling technical feat, just wish the cluing had been a bit more creative--the three cobra clues especially bugged me. FISH tails?   One of the Christmas colors. Loved the "hidden" tiger most of all. I always invariably guess wrong at first. Not that that would have helped. In A Glenbrooke Christmas what did Jessica want to hear at Christmas in Glenbrooke?  How many reindeer does Santa have? I know plumbers use a Cobra auger and my daughter drives a fast car with a Cobra radar detector, so I was a long time thinking of cobra as a snake.I have to do the puzzle in short time spaces so here I am, nearly a week late finishing! There are 3 of these in the Christmas story.  Hung on a Christmas tree. A day made for those of us who do the puzzle on the iPad. I think this may have made the solve a little easier for me. It doesn't help that I too was looking for "goat," which of course wasn't there. Almost lost mine a year ago until they pulled almost 50 gall stones out of her after an initial misdiagnosis. Found this puzzle quite brilliant and very challenging. Eleven strong, the Rocs hurtled into the Federation camp, streaking toward the watch fires. I loved this puzzle. !OX some ugly fill but what the heck! Santa Claus puts the presents under the colored  twinkle on the Christmas tree, put a  on the top of the Christmas tree, Santa climbs up the  to enter the house, An African- American holiday on the 26 of December, A common decoration for the top of the tree, African- American holiday on the 26 of December. It's just a big-ass puzzle, lots of volume.Hand up for trouble in the SW with PREZ et alalso for HORSEING AROUND at first.  What fictional character hates Christmas? Ended up with RABBIT gUN. There was one who was particularly so, at least as the story goes, but not Samiritans as a rule. Putting these on the tree is the best part! With crossword-solver.io you will find 1 solutions. Crossword Clue, Nanny   : Security Devices Crossword Clue, Question That May Elicit "Todo Bien, Gracias" Crossword Clue, Sandwich Not Found In A Kosher Deli Crossword Clue, Thyroid Specialist, For Short Crossword Clue, Mode of transport to leak, we hear, on road, An inner sleeve, we hear, getting straight, Chosen way, do we hear, to become a conductor, Annoys agents searching for drugs, we hear.                             Word definitions in Wikipedia
  Who gave birth to Jesus? Wow. Optimisation by SEO Sheffield. Didn't the USPS issue a Chinese New Year stamp a few years back that featured a goat????  Anti-Father Christmas  Begins on December 1st  The Day after Christmas  Santa's mode of transport  Birthplace of Jesus Christ  Swimming on the seventh day  Traditional Christmas dinner  Reindeer with a shiny red nose  Traditional Christmas time pie  Big city where fairy tales happen  They make toys for Father Christmas  Hung by the chimney on Christmas Eve   19 Clues:French Christmas chocolates. Don't know a TYg from a TYR. I took a long time to figure out what was going on here. I think 120 minuti is 2 ore, but 60 minuti is 1 ora. I'm having dinner in Den Haag on Feb. 8. Those going to ACPT should check this place out if you happen to come across the river.Once I got the ZODIAC idea, the errors became clear and everything got fixed. Bi-gram is not in my dictionary.I was also disappointed to find out there is no Year of the Cat. And since it took me a little while to finally get the theme (although I suspected a rebus for a while, at 144A Updike novel), my initial impression was formed by really dodgy stuff like LIENEE and opting for the random Roman numeral at 35A (which struck me as lazy, as it would have been easy to construct a clue around the pretty common abbreviation for medial collateral ligament - or maybe it's common only in the circles of those of us who have gotten way too familiar with knee anatomy thanks to injuring one). A lot of kids like getting these as gifts. There were a few that were hard for me. In A Godwink Christmas, 2nd chance, 1st love, what is another nae for godwink? Clever trick, I think. I had a very mixed reaction to this.                          Roc , ROC or R.O.C. Let's seeMAXIM, adagewith closely related axiom, credoand I know I'm missing one or two. Great puzzle.  Popular Christmas tree  A type of holiday cake  Common Christmas dinner  ______ days of Christmas  A form of Christmas Music  The pole where Santa lives  Red candy with white stripes  A big sock filled with goodies   25 Clues:drink on Christmas  turned into a ballet  one color of Christmas  a day before Christmas  a snack that is festive  non-Christmas believers  given to family members  third color of christmas  second color of Christmas  where you put ornaments on  gifts given to little kids  Christmas tradition to kiss  Christmas is also known as  the week to celebrate Christmas   21 Clues:pork  meat  candle  LED lamp  armstrong  bitter taste  oil flammable  christmas bell  artificial snow  silver fulminate  clear blue flame  orange peel smell  maillard reaction  christmas lights (e)  christmas lights (p)  christmas lights (c)  christmas lights (c)  christmas lights (h)  christmas ball ornament  ethanol molecule contains  gingerbread cookie's taste. This is a Christmas play about the Birth of Jesus. " (5), An orange vegetable. The Rocs rose again, Wren still riding behind Tiger Ty, and swept wide in an arc that carried them out and away. Its called a  (9), Something people make with frozen water. 35 Clues:a lolly  a fat man  A reindeer  Frosty the  to the world  another raindeer  ugly Christmas  where Santa lives  dashing through the  yet another reindeer  days until Christmas  a green and red plant  Married to a jolly man  something Santa goes on  the day after Christmas  the nightmare before  a Christmas Bieber song  a famous Christmas movie  a famous Christmas singer   23 Clues:white  evil santa  santa's wife  help make toys  kiss your crush  christmas candy  ______ was born  christmas ballet  date of christmas  santa's last name  the famous reindeer  something santa says  another word for happy  iconic christmas colors  santa's favorite beverage  the best part of christmas  poisonous christmas flower  the _____ days of christmas   32 Clues:Jingle ___  Celebration  Santa's Ride  Frosty the ___  Santa's Helpers  Christmas Drink  What Carolers do  Office Mrs Claus  Who Stole Christmas  Pumpkin or mincemeat  The office Angry Elf  Male Office Chief Elf  Rudolph the Red Nose ___  Another word for present  Christmas Door decoration  Movie set on Christmas Eve  What goes on top of the tree  Chocolate Christmas Calender   35 Clues:Where was Chateau Christmas filmed? It's been a rough few months.My Mom is the only reason I ever even attempted an NYT puzzle; I'm glad I was able to bring her to see the ACPT two years ago. So I missed out on the theme completely until I came here to read what Rex has to say.I remained clueless even after coming up with HORSE POWER in 45D, TIGER WOODS in 145A and DEMOCRAT in 100A. Absolutely ingenious puzzle on which I spent far too much time this morning before claiming victory. A _______ is something you decorate your house with. Someone else had explanation for the unit of measure. What item do you hang by the chimney during the festive period? The evil, green, sneering Father Christmas. Crafty about mode of transport going to Clare? Last night at 1am I cleaned up everything but the SUN (source of enlightenment). (3 words), In One Royal Holiday, what traditional Christmas dessert does the Prince of Galwick compare to a Christmas Crueller? And so on.  I fall from the sky when it's cold. Had TIGER. Like what you use to make snake-skin boots. Crossword Clue Solver - The Crossword Solver, Floating structure like Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River", transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river", a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers, (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money". German Philosopher Covers The Spanish, English Or Finnish Instrument, Sports Org. Crossword Clue, Was Very Informative (About) Crossword Clue, What Mostly Operates Underground In D.C Crossword Clue, Circles (Patterns In Fields) Crossword Clue, "Must You Be Like Everyone Else?" I think KANGAROO STEREOS (or STEROID) would be fine in an embedded letters theme, and I should have picked a different example.  Santas helpers. __________ to the World (Christmas carol). @JenCTMy condolences. Loved the answer "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."  What do we get on christmas? I did enjoy it however. Had horsing around and no idea what vodka drink had horse in it's name.Had red hen and hen tailsGave up and came here to see the correct answersJenCT  sorry for your loss. I was iffy about ICS and tried HORSE for 6d at first, and oh I also had MESSKIT for while, but the rest went pretty smoothly.  pie served during the Christmas season? In a USS Christmas, what is the name of the ship?  The true gift of Christmas. What is the name of the striped sweet associated with Christmas?  Red nose reindeer  A carrot for a nose  Gold, myrrh and   Who hates Christmas? Holes in SE and NW. Hated it. Who brings you presents on Christmas Eve.  You decorate your _______ for Christmas.   25 Clues:Watch your step! Gorgeous puzzle! Mac -- there were those two Manny Nssowsky puzzles, the Golf HOLEs, but I that had to be special case of the same constructor two days in a row.The symmetry definitely helped in cracking this one.   22 Clues:roasted bird  an icy sphere  a Christmas song  sparkles on trees  a Christmas desert  they go under the tree  horned Christmas friend  the day after Christmas  the day before Christmas  the first day of the year  colourful tree decorations  another word for Christmas  you hang it up for Christmas  make a tree shine in the dark  the best place to kiss someone   50 Clues:Pig Wrappings(8)  Jesus' tribe (5)  Hot spiced wine (6)  Jesus' Birthplace (9)  Provides the sparkle (7)  A Christmas Ballet (3,10)  Mary's Angel Messenger (7)  Santa's little helpers (5)  Pull these at Christmas (8)  Bing dreams of this (1,5,9)  Brought the gift of myrrh (9)  He or She speaks at 3pm (3,7)  Seven of these go swimming (5)  Source of Trafalgar's tree (6)   50 Clues:Jesus' tribe (5)  Pig Wrappings(8)  Hot spiced wine (6)  Jesus' Birthplace (9)  Provides the sparkle (7)  A Christmas Ballet (3,10)  Santa's little helpers (5)  Mary's Angel Messenger (7)  Bing dreams of this (1,5,9)  Pull these at Christmas (8)  Brought the gift of myrrh (9)  He or She speaks at 3pm (3,7)  Seven of these go swimming (5)  Source of Trafalgar's tree (6)   20 Clues:Spruce  A dinner  White stuff  A famous reindeer  Looks like a deer  Someone with a beard  Songs about Christmas  The 'Star in the East'  Santaclaus drinks this  Santa's little helpers  That's were Santa lives  A globe with 'snow' in it  Something you hang on the tree  Something you give to a person  Something you make on Christmas  Some people hang them in the tree   19 Clues:Santa's helpers  Santa Claus in Britain  the most famous reindeer  Santa brings to children  sth you burn at Christmas  Merry Christmas in Spanish  traditional Christmas song  Christmas sweet-shaped favourite  a  a 'J' shaped stick with sweets  the 24th December is Christmas   a bird eaten at Christmas in Britain  Meri Kurisumasu is merry Christmas in    22 Clues:RED NOSED  HO, HO, HO  JESUS' BED  THE SNOWMAN  BIRTHDAY BOY  santa's entry  CHRISTMAS LEAF  FAMOUS DESSERT  CHRISTMAS HOUSE  TREE DECORATION  CHRISTMAS SONGS  ROUND DECORATION  STOLE CHRISTMAS-  SANTA'S TRANSPORT  FILLED WITH LOLLIES  WRAPPED UNDER THE TREE  GUIDED WISEMEN TO JESUS  GIFT 6TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS  SPORT- WW1 CHRISTMAS TRUCE  STRIPED LOLLY    CANDY ..   35 Clues:_____ of joy (7)  deck the _____ (5)  Christmas songs (5)  Santa's reindeer (5)  Being with a halo(5)  Christmas dessert (4)  Santa's transport (6)  Type of Church song (4)  Type of baked house (11)  Snow on Christmas Day (5)  Mused absentmindedly (10)  Roast Christmas snack (9)  Seven _____ a-swimming (5)  Alternative Santa name (7)  Overhanging vegetation (9)   20 Clues:Happy  Goodbye  Securityguard  . Christmas  Home for a king  Santa's helpers  A Christmas song  Santa's favorite color  Shape with five points  The day after Christmas  Another word for present  A striped Christmas treat  Santa's preferred beverage  Loved dish on Christmas Day  Christmas carrol: Silent.  The day before Christmas Day  We decorate this on Christmas   20 Clues:Bah humbug!