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Below are WSJ December 24, 2019 Crossword Answers. We have changed the way we posting answers and solutions for clues; instead of opening them in a new page we are revealing answers and solutions in the same page. This is the simplest way for you to find the answers. As you see in the left side are crossword clues and in the right side are crossword answers.
Author: Mike Shenk
Across
| Present time? | XMAS |
| ___ mater | ALMA |
| Shakespeare’s “___ Andronicus” | TITUS |
| Brewer’s ingredient | MALT |
| Banquet, say | MEAL |
| Pueblo material | ADOBE |
| Conductor’s cry | ALLABOARD |
| One of Santa’s team | COMET |
| Less distant | NEARER |
| Seasonal singers | CAROLERS |
| First word in a letter to Santa | DEAR |
| French friend | AMI |
| Mia Farrow was on the cover of its first issue | PEOPLEMAGAZINE |
| Mine carts | TRAMS |
| Seasonal candy shape | CANE |
| Grandson of Adam | ENOS |
| Sounds from jolly old St. Nicholas | HOS |
| Puts up, as stockings | HANGS |
| Org. with an elephant mascot | GOP |
| Irish singer with a 2006 “Sounds of the Season” album | ENYA |
| Starting stake | ANTE |
| Seniors often play it | HOOKY |
| Despite the likelihood of failure | AGAINSTALLODDS |
| Humbug | ROT |
| Squirrel away | SAVE |
| Santa’s team | REINDEER |
| Explorer of the southeastern United States | DESOTO |
| Winter holidays | YULES |
| Item with a little bow on it | MODELSHIP |
| “Give it ___!” | AREST |
| Steel girder | IBAR |
| “Frozen” princess | ANNA |
| “Au contraire!” | NOTSO |
| The four gifts in the circles, e.g. | TOYS |
| “Joyeux” holiday | NOEL |
Down
| Wolverine, for one | XMAN |
| Like stags and stallions | MALE |
| ___ breve (musical marking) | ALLA |
| Fame | STARDOM |
| Unconcerned with ethics | AMORAL |
| Grassy area | LEA |
| Painter Chagall | MARC |
| Alan of “The Four Seasons” | ALDA |
| City on Puget Sound | TACOMA |
| Put on a pedestal | IDOLIZE |
| Hefty book | TOME |
| Lyft rival | UBER |
| Combo’s performances | SETS |
| Microwave signals | BEEPS |
| Is intense, as a snowstorm | RAGES |
| Take back | RECANT |
| Plug part | PRONG |
| Cushy course | EASYA |
| Devil ray | MANTA |
| Some tree toppers | ANGELS |
| “___ we trust” | INGOD |
| Recesses | NOOKS |
| Spot | ESPY |
| Oliver Queen’s sister on “Arrow” | THEA |
| Undue speed | HASTE |
| “His ___” (Michael Jordan nickname) | AIRNESS |
| Squalid quarters | HOVEL |
| Skater Viktor Petrenko, for one | ODESSAN |
| Acknowledges nonverbally | NODSTO |
| Dockworkers | LADERS |
| Meg of “Sleepless in Seattle” | RYAN |
| Cannes coin | EURO |
| “Did ___ You Know” (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) | ILET |
| Put out | EMIT |
| Start for call or Cop | ROBO |
| “Heavens!” | OHNO |
| Antler point | TINE |
| Milky gemstone | OPAL |
| “On the first ___ of…” | DAY |