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!