Our WSJ Crossword Hints for December 16, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.
WSJ Crossword Hints, December 16, 2023
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the WSJ Crossword on 12/16/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- Binary
- Deco legend
- Mars or Mercury
- Pants part
- Not neg
- Budget allocation
- Order from Mom
- Zipper alternative
- Canary call
- Pound, for one
- When Claudius and Laertes plot to kill Hamlet
- Openly confess
- Game akin to Black Lady
- Much earlier today, say
- It results in a 15-yard penalty
- German camera maker
- Madrigal accompaniers
- Commandment possessive
- Zipper alternative
- Invitation information
- Blown away
- Coffee Cantata composer
- Pixelated plumber
- Soccer star Hamm
- Exclusive, in dialect
- Inning sextet
- Cost as much as
- Towering
- Lively, whirling dance
- One might be well-made
- Hippie happening
- Colombia’s third-most populous city
- Weathers of the “Rocky” films
- Sprinting great Devers
- Fashion
- "Get lost!"
- Tails
- Snow day ride
- Diamond protection
- Like Chiron, among the centaurs
- “Want to tell me how you’d handle this?”
- Car with a four-ring logo
- Foxtrot preceder
- Red remover, perhaps
- Surname of a literary governess
- Grassy plain
- Pound, for one
- Gallery event
- Her feast day is May 30
- False friend
- Patron of virgins
- Eschew accompaniment
- Guileless exclamation
- __ Palmas de Gran Canaria
- “The Phantom Tollbooth” protagonist
- Hardly worldly
- “We ___ Little Christmas” (“Mame” song)
- 1990s Labor secretary Robert
- Full of twists and turns
- Some colorful aquarium fish
- Ottoman officer
- Humphrey’s successor
- Dolly Parton’s “___ Can Do”
- It may have a three-alarm rating
- Solemn or salty words
- Apology impetus
- Boisterous laugh
- Small suits
- Slasher movie reaction
- Book after Hebreus in a Portuguese Bible
- Had a hankering
- Reaction to mice
- “Stop being so cowardly!”
- Scientists Hahn and Frisch
- “Don’t Pass Me By” singer
- Preordained occasion
- Eight-line verse
- Cutter, e.g.
- Disappointingly bad, in slang
- Checkout annoyance
- Cobbler’s collection
- Critter handler for a low-budget movie?
- Salsa producers?
- Flock member
- NBC series regular since 2000
- “Let me emphasize this...”
- Pearl Harbor National Memorial location
- Mel in Cooperstown
- Doesn’t stay put
- One target of the DPT vaccine
- Target of a string quartet’s fungicide?
- Origin stories of gullible characters?
- "Good" cholesterol letters
- Russell in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Haleakala National Park location
- DNA source, sometimes
- Heavy metal subgenre
- Canyonlands National Park location
- Sommelier’s specialty
- Passive principle of Chinese philosophy
- Each EGOT letter represents one
- Peninsula bordering Manila Bay
- Obsession with wearing gold necklaces?
- Two-time Super Bowl MVP Manning
- London lockups
- Kin of moss green
- Not just uncommon
- Croaky voice
- Road rescue
- Crane or Swift
- Podcast about vichyssoise garnishing?
- Picked a side in the battle of the sexes?
- Modeling medium
- Name on a combine
- Refine
- Month renamed from Quintilis by the Roman Senate
- Be shy, say
- Little, in Lille
- Crush, e.g.
- Singer Sumac
- Weary utterance
- Like a slot machine that always comes up triple fruit?
- Judo degree
- They might go for a few bucks
- Spots
- Builder of a pouchlike nest
- Mount south of Olympus
- Betray weariness
- "Beloved" author Morrison
- Language in which “crossword puzzle” is “pos croesair”
- Ranch measure
- Lots of
- What the Heimlich maneuver aims to dislodge?
- Leaves
- Freak out
- Royal Botanic Gardens location
- Fitness legend Jack
- Outdoor furniture material
- Garr of “Young Frankenstein”
- Fight
The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.
The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.
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