2015 Holiday Crossword

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1 Christmas present decoration (6) 4 Place with an Emerald City (4, 2, 2) 15 Give a warning to (8) 19 Medical specialty from the Greek for “mind cure” (10) 25 Lab instrument for slides (10) 30 Kuala Lumpur’s country (8) 36 Stuffing a turkey, for example? (9) 38 Mistake (5) 40 Gold bar (5) 41 It may permit re-entry to a dance (4,5) 42 Frenzied (5) 43 Guard dog’s target (7) 44 Toss around a baseball (4,5) 45 Add up (5) 46 Huck Finn’s creator (4, 5) 47 Sport with a birdie (9) 48 Mardi Gras, e.g. (7) 49 Skeptics (8) 50 Silks wearer (6) 51 Beethoven’s Sixth (8) 52 Inert gas used in signs (4) 53 Easter Island figure (6) 54 Singer born in Springhill, N.S. (4, 6) 55 Christmas greenery (5) 57 “_____ time, no see” (4) 58 Radio operator’s “I hear you” (5,4) 62 Gung-ho (5) 64 Stone Age human (3-6) 66 Board game with a secret passage to the Conservatory (4) 67 Moulin Rouge dance (6) 68 Piece of 144-Across (5) 70 Yuletide Tchaikovsky work, with “The” (10) 72 Precision (8) 75 Kitchen gadget to make drinks (6) 77 Spruce tree, e.g. (7) 82 1964 Petula Clark hit (8) 83 Tree for 113-Down (4) 85 Lopsided (6) 86 Mark of disgrace (6) 88 Victor Frankenstein’s creation (7) 90 Car parker (5) 92 Head Hun (6) 93 Shortly, to Shakespeare (4) 96 Fragrant gift for Jesus (5) 97 Lover in a Shakespeare title (9) 100 S’pose (6) 102 Bunches of bees (6) 103 Noah’s challenge (5) 104 180-degree turn (5-4) 106 To the point (8) 107 Barista at Starbucks, e.g. (8) 109 Jumping peers of a Christmas song (5, 1-7) 115 Country formerly called Upper Volta (7, 4) 120 Acupressure technique (7)

121 Identical (4) 123 Signature TV line of 206 Across (5, 5) 127 Black mark on Santa (4) 132 Item rubbed to produce a genie (8, 4) 133 Fact-finding process (8) 135 Neighbour of Poland (7) 137 Throw with effort (5) 138 Indira’s son (5) 140 Language of Pakistan (4) 141 Incorrect (5) 142 The _______ of Seville (6) 143 Aeneid language (5) 144 You might kiss under it (9) 145 Short sock (6) 147 See-through, like stockings (5) 149 Highly extraordinary (10) 150 The _____ Winnipeg Ballet (5) 151 Hubbub (8) 152 Big snowstorm (8) 154 Gift-wrapper’s need (4) 156 Old English epic poem (7) 158 Tet Offensive group (4, 4) 159 _____ code (5) 161 Macaroni shape (5) 163 1972 Olympics site (6) 165 Act rebelliously (7) 167 Pitching style in baseball (7) 170 Imitation humans (8) 171 Lascivious looks (5) 172 2015 hit by 165-Down with a much-parodied video (7, 5) 175 Consumes (7) 177 Show contempt for, in a way (5, 2) 180 Burning Down the House band (7, 5) 181 Bonneville Salt Flats locale (4) 182 “See ya!” (2, 4) 183 Pixieish (5) 184 Told a fib (4) 185 Lightsaber wielder (4, 6) 186 Didn’t smile (7) 187 Use a swizzle stick (4) 189 Leave the dock (4, 3) 192 Watch (7) 194 Squalor (5) 196 Hyde’s alter ego (6) 197 Ophthalmologist (3, 6) 198 Word that can mean “conceal” or “give off” (7) 200 Passover feast (5) 201 Knowledge possessors (11) 204 Baby hooter (5) 205 Baghdad’s river (6) 206 2016 presidential election candidate (5) 207 Fish tank (8) 209 Plummet (4) 210 Colony of New France (6)

211 Turnip cabbage (8) 213 Land once known as Serendip (3,5) 215 Decathlon event (4,3) 216 Kind of photo or dish (9) 218 Wren or sparrow (4) 219 Carnivorous fish (7) 222 Sherwood was his 226-Across (5, 4) 223 “Cool!” (5) 224 Minstrels’ instruments (5) 226 Wooded area (6) 229 Activity on 405-Across (7)! 230 Bloodsucking cave dweller (7, 3) 231 Group of islands (11) 232 Unifying idea (5) 233 Sporting tattoos (5) 235 Be a snitch (6) 237 Risked a ticket (4) 240 It might be pulled by a locomotive (7, 3) 244 South American liberator (5,7) 246 Jaywalker or shoplifter (10) 251 The _____ before the storm (4) 254 It may require stick-handling (6, 4) 259 Glimpses (4) 262 Yuletide house construction material (11) 265 Rejoice (5) 266 Mapmaker’s field (11) 269 Catch in a sting (6) 270 Trinidad’s partner (6) 271 Welsh dog (5) 272 Wheel correction (9) 273 Treetop ornament (5) 274 Born-again bird (7) 275 “The _____ is in the mail” (6) 277 Like carbonated drinks (5) 278 “American” desserts (5, 4) 279 _____ Mutant Ninja Turtles (7) 280 Organism that transmits a virus (6) 283 Hogwarts stick (4) 287 Star of ? (8) 288 Praise highly (5) 289 Occasional (8) 290 17-syllable poem (5) 292 Flashing sign in a TV studio (8) 293 My Way lyricist Paul (4) 295 Roman emperor who visited Britain (7) 296 Damascus dish (4, 5) 299 Edible Christmas tree decoration (7, 6) 301 Movie with the line: “Ten minutes to Wapner” (4, 3) 303 Overdone sentimentality (7) 305 Predecessor of GPS (4, 3) 307 Dance for two (5) 309 Unabridged (6) 311 Runway surface (6) 313 Get a lungful (6) 315 Deft (6)

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317 Archimedes’s shout (6) 318 Arnaz-Ball studio (6) 320 Temporary tattoo dye (5) 322 All thumbs (7) 324 Like an express train (7) 326 Stocking material (7) 328 Dr. Leonard Hofstadter’s portrayer (6, 7) 329 Make more palatable (9) 331 Surprise test (3, 4) 333 Read the highlights of (4) 335 Part of a skydiver’s descent (8) 337 Lhasa’s land (5) 339 Gave a hug to (8) 341 Work the bread dough (5) 343 Carbon _____ (car exhaust gas) (8) 346 Hearty one-dish meal (4) 349 Christie of mysteries (6) 351 Victoria Falls river (7) 353 Region of Chile and Argentina (9) 354 Scenic view (5) 355 Not the main office (6) 356 Northern deer (7) 357 Safari sighting (5) 358 Royal Doulton collectibles (9) 359 Mumbai money (5) 361 Top-notch (6) 363 Concert souvenir (1-5) 365 1979 Bob Fosse film (3, 4, 4) 366 “Alas and _____” (5) 367 Side served with sour cream (5, 6) 369 Urban haze (4) 372 Nutritious intake (6, 4) 377 Back in Black singers (4) 380 “Merry Christmas,” to Marie (6, 4) 384 Minimum operating personnel (8, 4) 386 Get (10) 391 Walrus’s weapon (4) 393 Slanted type (6) 395 Spin or rinse (5) 396 431-Across anew (5) 397 Christmas song about a sleigh ride (6, 5) 399 Story featuring Napoleon the pig (6, 4) 400 Grinch creator (2, 5) 401 iPhone part (6) 403 Hawaiian greeting (5) 404 Spooky (5) 405 Jewish holy day that marks the end of 10 days of penitence (3, 6) 408 Atlas Shrugged author (3, 4) 410 Assist in a robbery (4) 412 Best Supporting Actress in The Miracle Worker (5, 4) 413 Made broader (7) 414 Wal-Mart’s home state (8) 415 People Will Say We’re in Love musical (8) 417 Close at hand (6)

419 Skateboard park feature (4) 420 Decoupage need (8) 421 Elroy Jetson’s dog (5) 423 _____ du Soleil (6) 424 Monopoly purchase (5) 426 Not by one’s own choice (11) 429 Spreadsheet units (5) 431 Ignited (7) 433 Three-hanky film (9) 435 Event on the Caine (6) 436 The “S” of WASP (5) 437 Ruined (7) 439 Soup cracker (7) 440 Auction, e.g. (4) 441 One of the Wright Brothers (7) 442 Christmas bloom (10) 445 Italian wine centre (4) 446 Sudden charge in football (5) 448 Hospital staffers (6) 449 New Zealander (4) 450 Muscular disorder of the hand (7, 5) 454 Backing (7) 456 Numbers to crunch (3, 4) 459 Appalachian Spring choreographer (6, 6) 461 Savoury jelly (5) 462 How often Christmas comes (8) 463 Pasta pillows (7) 464 Moves fast (7) 465 Area from the Greek for “bear,” referring to the Great Bear constellation (6) 466 Ready to be drawn (2,3) 468 Fun-run length (4,1) 470 Rainy-day tote (8) 472 Irises painter (3, 4) 475 In the thick of (4) 476 Involves, as in a conflict (8) 477 Teacher (8) 478 Language of 490-Across’s diary (5) 480 Animal with a backbone (10) 484 Act frightened (5) 487 Correct (6) 490 Famous wartime girl in hiding (4, 5) 491 Swap (5) 492 Goldfinger henchman with a bowler hat (6) 493 Insurrectionist (5) 495 Brandenburg Concertos composer (4) 496 Gretzky of the NHL (5) 497 Back of a boat (5) 498 French royal house (7) 499 1964 Cold War thriller film (4, 4) 500 Searching game at a children’s party (8, 4) 502 Hair untangler (4) 504 Boater’s safety item (4, 6) 508 Yearn (for) (4) 509 Magi (4,3) 512 Tale with a moral (6, 5)

518 Causing a lot of trouble (8, 5) 526 Set of Jeopardy! clues (8) 527 Traffic rules flouter (8) 528 Black Hawk Down setting (9) 530 Squander (5) 532 Short snooze (6) 534 1898 discovery by the Curies (6) 536 Reason to hug the speed limit (5, 4) 537 Scrooge, e.g. (5) 538 Do perfectly (4) 539 Nearsightedness (6) 540 Handful of nuts, e.g. (5) 541 Dancer who defected in 1961 (7) 542 Tropical 559-Across (6) 543 Have high hopes (6) 544 Sty cry (4) 545 Tree surgeon’s tool (8) 550 Hanukkah display (7) 551 Shoelace hole (6) 554 Asian restaurant appetizers (3, 5) 555 He glimpsed Lady Godiva naked (7, 3) 558 Resided (5) 559 Scaly reptile (6) 561 “Enough already!” (4) 563 Peter Parker’s alter ego (6-3) 564 Southern U.S. states (5) 568 “The San Francisco Treat” (4-1-4) 571 Border on (4) 573 Roast host (5) 575 Caries (5, 5) 577 Fenway Park team (3, 3) 579 High-school dance (4) 581 Unstinting (8) 582 12-Down gems (6) 583 Stuff found by drilling (5, 3) 587 University of Waterloo athlete (7) 588 Caught with one’s hand in the _____ (6, 3) 590 Fair-minded (9) 591 Spot for a belt (5) 592 White-collar occupation (6, 3) 593 Weaponless Japanese martial art (7) 594 V-formation fliers (5) 595 Translucent paper (9) 596 Casts a ballot (5) 597 In the loop (5) 598 Hunting dogs (9) 599 Newfoundland and _____ (8) 600 Baked Christmas gifts (10) 601 Famous mountain in the Alps (10) 602 CEO of Tesla Motors (4, 4) 603 The Da Vinci Code author (3, 5) 604 Nativity scene (6)


1 Sleigh pullers (8) 2 Envied the enjoyment of (9) 3 Group of eight (5) 5 Cousin’s mom (4) 6 Like a turncoat (8) 7 Gift for Jesus (12) 8 Pass very quickly (3, 2) 9 Artist’s workplace (6) 10 Puts out, as a fire (12) 11 Checker who misssed these misteaks (6) 12 Edible mollusk (6) 13 Repeated requests for call backs? (9, 3) 14 Type of card for a shopper (6) 15 Military force (4) 16 Putt-putt (9,4) 17 Fine point (6) 18 Like bedroom communities (8) 20 “All is calm, all is bright” carol (6, 5) 21 Unusual collectible (5) 22 Little tricksters (4) 23 Drink at a wedding (5) 24 Mexican peninsula (7) 25 1979 Nobel Peace Prize recipient (6, 6) 26 Pacific salmon (4) 27 Much of the time (5) 28 University alternative (7) 29 Kingdom, _____ , class, order ... (6) 31 Impressive display (5) 32 Willy Loman or Tony Soprano (8) 33 Wee (5) 34 Irks (6) 35 Faster way home (5, 3) 37 Go back on a promise (6) 39 Romp (6) 46 Sherlock Holmes’s 390-Down (8) 56 Hound sound (3-3) 59 Back of the neck (6) 60 Brian Gallant, for N.B. (7) 61 Stipulated condition (7) 63 Source video for newscast (3, 7) 65 Garden-variety (6) 68 Egyptian beetle (6) 69 Nonviolent-protest advocate (6) 71 Cat of many colours (6) 73 Newspaper staffer (9) 74 Edible Christmas tree decoration (5, 4) 75 One of 12 peers (5) 76 Break records (5) 77 Pants style (5) 78 Total flop (6) 79 Street seller (6) 80 Scamp (6) 81 Not up to snuff, except in golf (5, 3) 84 Greek salad cheese (4) 87 Hammers and screwdrivers (5) 89 Oompah instrument (4)

91 Quick haircut (4) 94 Timely accessory? (10) 95 Lord Protector, 1653-1658 (8) 98 Like worn tires (4) 99 Back-pocket liquor containers (6) 101 Tahrir Square’s city (5) 105 Museum VIP (7) 108 Windblown desert plant (10) 110 Glasnost, literally (8) 111 Pasta wheat (5) 112 = = = (6, 5) 113 First Day of Christmas bird (9) 114 In need of a muffler (5) 116 Punish a sailor (8) 117 Santa’s workshop locale (5, 4) 118 Pacific island nation (4) 119 TV’s Canadian _____ (singing show) (4) 121 Scarecrow stuffing (5) 122 Interlock, as gears (4) 123 Holler (4) 124 Loosening, as a knot (7) 125 Bond villain _____ Stavro Blofeld (5) 126 Starfleet grads (7) 128 Furry aquatic mammal (5) 129 John, Paul, George and Ringo (3, 7) 130 Mathematical system dealing with vagueness (5, 5) 131 Next door (8) 134 Sculptor featured at the Art Gallery of Ontario (5, 5) 136 World sporting event (8) 139 Character booed by the audience (7) 144 Io and Europa, for Jupiter (5) 145 O Come, All Ye Faithful, in 143 Across (6, 7) 146 Afghanistan’s capital (5) 148 Continually criticized (9) 153 Self-satisfied (4) 155 Novel written to bring in cash (9) 157 Perform Axels and Salchows (6, 5) 160 Complaining sheepishly? (6) 162 Bathroom-scale reading (6) 164 Escalade and CTS (9) 165 Rapper whose first name is Aubrey (5) 166 TV, slangily (4, 4) 168 Dynamite inventor (6,5) 169 Yuletide pastries (5, 5) 173 Present from birth (6) 174 Layered pasta dish (7) 176 Holiday mall activity (8) 178 Like many romantic comedy plots (9) 179 Top banana (4, 6) 186 Pedestrian crossing place (10) 188 It turns to release a latch (8) 190 Young pigeon (5) 191 Chocolate or vanilla (7)

192 Catholic organization mentioned in The Da Vinci Code (4, 3) 193 One way to propel a ball (4, 4) 195 Circus performer with a whip (4, 5) 196 Nose nipper in a Christmas song (4, 5) 199 Kind of intake (7) 201 Tableware (7) 202 Prognosis (7) 203 Artlessness (7) 205 Chubby Checker’s dance (5) 208 Salad dressing choice (5) 212 Rival of Toyota and Mazda (5) 214 More mature (5) 215 Fly like an eagle (4) 216 Military mess-up (5) 217 Yoga position (5) 220 Quantity of eggs (4-5) 221 Dove’s opposite (4) 225 Solar phenomenon (7) 227 After-shower sight (7) 228 Homophone of 119-Down (4) 234 Warm feeling (7) 236 Start golfing (3,3) 238 Christmas dinner dessert (4, 7) 239 Inside of bin or pit? (6, 1) 240 Like most novel characters (9) 241 Early Christian (7) 242 Left amateur status (6, 3) 243 Wolf pack leader (5) 245 One of the noble gases (5) 246 Author _____ Maud Montgomery (4) 247 Skillful writer (9) 248 Union demand (5) 249 High-spirited horse (7) 250 Online flight reservation (1-6) 252 Spy (5) 253 Fans of Judas Priest or Iron Maiden (10) 254 Overblown publicity (4) 255 Quebec City founder, 1608 (9) 256 Enigma Variations composer (5) 257 Amassed (5, 2) 258 Imitator (7) 260 Boredom (5) 261 Six babies at once (10) 263 Turkey choice (6) 264 Type of reaction (4-4) 267 Prayer beads (6) 268 He played Forrest Gump (3,5) 276 One-quarter of a circle (8) 280 Poisonous snake (5) 281 They’re of interest to horologists (6) 282 “What a disaster!” (2, 2) 284 Defendant’s excuse (5) 285 Former French president (2, 6) 286 Barkless dogs (8) 291 And so on (2,6)

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294 Sir Christopher Wren and Arthur Erickson (10) 297 Vilnius natives (11) 298 Author of The Trial and The Castle (5, 5) 300 Giselle, for one (6) 302 “The Postage Stamp Province,” once (8) 304 School-dance monitor (9) 306 Bullfighters (8) 308 Openly admitted (5, 2, 2) 310 California border lake (5) 312 Mohammed’s birthplace (5) 314 U (9) 316 Appointed as second-in-command (9) 319 Wide-eyed (4) 321 Musical with the song Schadenfreude (6, 1) 322 Home to Jasper National Park (7) 323 Perfect world (6) 325 Olive stuffing (7) 326 Savoir-faire (7) 327 Greased the palm of (6) 330 Sedatives (7) 332 Beauty contest (7) 334 Teeny-tiny (4-5) 336 Very old (7) 338 Grand Canyon animal (5) 340 Japanese cartoon art (5) 342 Barely defeated (5) 344 Rival of Ricoh and Canon (5) 345 Wild dog known for scavenging (6) 347 Elephant’s “hose” (5) 348 Bike stunt (7) 350 Insect’s feeler (7) 351 Enthusiasm (4) 352 Italy’s fashion centre (5) 354 Bride’s headgear (4) 360 Appomattox surrenderer (6, 1, 3) 362 Inlet of the Tasman Sea near Sydney (6, 3) 364 He did a mirror scene with Lucy on I Love Lucy (5, 4) 368 Killer whale (4) 370 _____ cocktail (explosive) (7) 371 Bold (5) 372 Brief stay (7) 373 Forearm bones (5) 374 Incline to get logs into a stream (7) 375 White whale of fiction (4, 4) 376 Finally (2, 4, 4) 378 Butter-filled poultry dish (7, 4) 379 TV selection (7) 380 _____ orange (5) 381 Prison exercise area (4) 382 Juno Beach locale (8) 383 Old MacDonald refrain (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) 385 Yuletide staple sold in rolls (8, 5) 386 Second-hand (4) 387 Very inexpensive (4, 5)

388 Film spools (5) 389 Butterfly-shaped gland (7) 390 Archrival (7) 392 Place to sing with your friends (7, 3) 393 Prolific sci-fi writer (5, 6) 394 Rapids transit (5) 398 Prohibit (8) 402 William the _____ (9) 406 Kind of lab dish (5) 407 Frying pans (8) 409 Ask (7) 411 O Little Town of _____ (9) 416 React to cold weather (6) 418 Alexander the Great’s tutor (9) 422 Zhivago portrayer (4,6) 425 Hitchcock classic (6) 427 What dhotis are (10) 428 Lover in Shakespeare title (6) 430 Currency used by Liechtenstein since 1924 (5, 5) 432 Mozart opera about a rake (3, 8) 434 Not quite right (5) 438 Fake Rolex, e.g. (8) 441 New Year’s Day football game (6, 4) 442 Adversary for Goldilocks (4, 4) 443 Superficial (7) 444 Numerical ID label for a net-work computer (2, 7) 447 Irrational fear of animals (9) 451 Boulder (4) 452 Misbehave (3, 2) 453 Georgia borders it (5, 3) 455 Wave of destruction (7) 456 Puzzle cube inventor (5) 457 _____ and no action (3, 4) 458 In the open air (8) 460 Riddle, for Jimmy Hoffa (6, 4) 467 Shakespeare’s Moor (7) 469 Fang output (5) 471 Crowd scene actor (5) 473 Relinquish the throne (8) 474 Hasbro action figure (2,3) 478 Money owed (4) 479 More faithful (5) 481 Pygmalion heroine (5) 482 Vegan staple (4) 483 Encroached (10) 484 Hospital images (3, 5) 485 High-school sport (9) 486 Quit a chess game (6) 487 Depiction (9) 488 Pearl Harbor locale (4) 489 Printing slip-up (4) 494 Thumper’s pal (5) 501 Drink of the gods (6) 503 Shaggy bovine (5)

504 Ear-splitting (4) 505 Least possible (6) 506 Canadian born on Christmas Day, 1971 (6, 7) 507 Halfback’s manoeuvre (3, 3) 510 Roswell sightings (4) 511 Li’l Abner cartoonist (2, 4) 512 Hears the alarm clock (7) 513 Profligates (12) 514 Destitute (4) 515 Worn at the edges (6) 516 Low-budget flicks (1, 6) 517 Self-centred sort (6) 518 Position for the CFL’s Brad Smith (4, 8) 519 Our planet (5) 520 Author Vonnegut (4) 521 Like December winds (5) 522 Public humblings (12) 523 A _____ from St. Nicholas (5) 524 Yuletide tunes (6) 525 From Norway or Sweden, but not Finland (12) 529 Economics and political science, e.g. (6, 5) 531 Not subject to taxation (6) 533 In (2,4) 535 Source of purchased downloads (3,5) 546 Untutored (8) 547 Speak in a flowery way (3, 6) 548 Traditional Chinese beverage (5, 3) 549 Pacific (8) 552 “Ich bin ein _____” (1963 JFK utterance) (8) 553 Hardly chic (8) 556 Retired professors (7) 557 Small amount (7) 560 Fertilized egg (6) 562 Tailbone (6) 565 Cheerios, e.g. (6) 566 Locker-room feature (6) 567 Fire-breathing beast (6) 568 Enjoy a favourite novel (6) 569 Not moored (6) 570 1950 short-story collection by 393-Down (1, 5) 572 Not fair (6) 574 Cookie morsel (5) 575 Prohibited (5) 576 Room under the roof (5) 578 _____ d’art (5) 580 Prince of India (5) 582 _____ as a peacock (5) 584 Scuba user (5) 585 Egg yellow (4) 586 Up to the task (4) 587 Too diluted (4) 589 Distort, as facts (4)


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