Christmas stocking filler for a naughty child Crossword Clue

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Christmas stocking filler for a naughty child Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. burn to charcoal
2. supply with coal
(noun)
1. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
2. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STOCKING (noun)
1. close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
2. the activity of supplying a stock of something
NAUGHTY (adjective)
1. suggestive of sexual impropriety
2. badly behaved

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CALO

More NYT Crossword (7/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. "Catfish" channel

4. Center's stat in an N.B.A. game: Abbr.

7. Cole ___ (cabbage dishes)

12. Cry of discovery

13. Cupid, to ancient Greeks

15. Combustible fuel for trucks

16. Corn, to a Midwest farmer

18. Canada's capital

19. Children's song refrain ("Old MacDonald had a farm …")

20. Characteristic of a penetrating mind

22. "Count me as a yes!"

23. Casino no-no

26. Chapel oath

29. Casual top

30. Constellation part

31. Cloud ___ (blissful spot, in an idiom)

33. Course standard on the links

35. Climaxes

39. Carbonated beverage as reintroduced in 1985

43. Childish retort

44. Chi preceder

45. Comedian Fey

46. Croquet locale

49. Concert equipment

51. Contribute

52. College basketball phenom drafted by the Indiana Fever in 2024

57. Chain of luxury hotels

58. City of Honolulu's island

59. Central artery

63. Cellphone's weather app, e.g.

65. Clear sailing areas … or, homophonically, a feature of 16-, 23-, 39- and 52-Across (and every clue in this puzzle!)

67. Crested wading birds

68. Crossing guard's command

69. "Can't believe I missed something so obvious!"

70. Crowd sounds

71. Charlotte Brontë, to Anne and Emily, informally

72. Complete dump

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Down

1. Ceremonial rod

2. Cuisine with pad see ew

3. Carnation holder

4. Cover again, as with paint

5. Calculate something incorrectly, say

6. Contract from a publisher

7. Command to a dog

8. "Could you please stop talking about that?!"

9. "Completely the same for me"

10. "Call us the champs!"

11. "Chill," e.g., for "relax"

14. Contractor's detail, in brief

15. Cousin of a cruller or bear claw

17. Cartoon sound from an intoxicated person

21. Canon camera brand named for a goddess

24. Certain tow job, informally

25. California wine valley

26. Cuzco dweller of old

27. Christian of fashion

28. "Christmas comes but ___ a year"

32. "Calm down there, buddy"

34. Cardi B's genre

36. China's continent

37. Compassionate

38. Copious amount

41. Concoctions with masa, cheese, lettuce and salsa

42. Capital of Peru

47. Comical sorts

48. Crime lab material

50. Calls that may start "Is your refrigerator running?," e.g.

52. Cringe out of fear

53. 'Compadre'

54. Chief Hindu god

55. Chicken __ mein

56. Certain bout enders, in brief

60. Cincinnati baseball team

61. Completely stretched

62. Cinder-covered

64. Coneheads, e.g., for short

66. Cooper and Peyton Manning’s QB brother

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