- Grid
- 13 × 13 Maxi
- Clues
- 62 8 themed
- Average solve
- 16:36 782 solves
- Rating
- 4.5 (22)
- Published
- 25 Dec 2025 Fiction Thursday
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Across
- 1 Drill a hole (4)
- 5 Top performances of athletes, informally (3)
- 15 "The Nutcracker and the Mouse ___," Christmas tale by E. T. A. Hoffmann (4) · THEME
+31 more in the app
Down
- 1 Capital of Azerbaijan (4)
- 2 Dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors" (4)
- 6 "'Twas the night ___ Christmas," first line of a poem by Clement C. Moore (6) · THEME
+25 more in the app
Did you know?
In "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Charlie Brown selects a small, weak tree, symbolizing the true spirit of Christmas over commercialism.
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