14 GROUNDCOVER NEWS PUZZLES HO, HO, HO! by Victor Schmitt DECEMBER 26, 2025 ACROSS 1. With 71-Across, holiday figure suggested by the santa shaded 6. Big name in peanut butter 9. Places to get pampered 13. Jerry's friend, on "Seinfeld" 15. Singer DiFranco 16. Ireland, to the Irish 17. Heartless character in "The Wizard of Oz"? 18. Bud 19. Word with flat or fixed 20. Home of Agra 22. Countdown starter 24. Stay home, slangily 28. Queer identity, in brief 29. Year, in Yucatán 30. Comic's trait 31. Phillipa who plays Eliza in "Hamilton" 32. Wall street action 34. Guy on TV? 36. "Sacred" weapon used in a Monty Python movie 43. Mathematician known for the constant "e" 44. Tournament ranking 45. "Blue Bloods" network 48. Published, as a newspaper article 49. Droop 52. Like a nonagenarian 53. Song with the lyric "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" 57. Ukrainian city 58. Fortnite item shop purchase, maybe 59. Doesn't sow 60. Biological "messenger" 62. "Hoo wee!" 66. Like some truths 67. Face card's value, in blackjack 68. Shirt-coloring technique 69. Backtalk 70. Dawn goddess 71. See 1-Across DOWN 1. "Game, ___, match!" 2. "Thrilla in Manilla" boxer 3. Mum's mum 4. Shy 5. Key disciple of Buddha 6. Country whose flag symbolizes a rising sun 7. "___ nutshell..." 8. More dirty 9. Flourish on a typeface 10. Yamaha products 11. Conductor Toscanini 12. Handles 14. Finish with 21. ___ Jima 23. Unit of length across the pond 24. Jumbled mess 25. Black and white Nabisco cookie 26. Hang out 27. Bit of kindling 33. Caustic chemical 34. New Deal prez 35. Connections 37. Chucks 38. Ordering option at some restaurants 39. "99 Luftballons" singer 40. Long, long time 41. Sandwich shop 42. Icelandic literary saga 45. Repeated song part 46. Neighborhood grocery store 47. Amazing deals 49. Character in a popular video game franchise 50. Underway 51. European architectural style 54. Annual athletic award 55. Depends (on) 56. Defiant sort 61. "The Matrix" hero 63. Computing pioneer Lovelace 64. The Cougars of the N.C.A.A. 65. "Can I help you?" PUZZLE SOLUTIONS December 12, 2025 edition A B S T R U S E R B U S B Y P A L A E S T R A A N T R A S C U T C H E O N R H E I N E K E A L T A R S C R U E L D U R R Y G R U B S T A K E A T O M F R U I T H U N T R E D B R E A S T C I L I A L A T C H V E L D T S B O O T I E M A R Y A L G O I D K I S T R A M S A D D O B A S T I N A D O P R E E N U N D E F I N E D S E N D S S T O R Y L I N E T E A S D Y E I N G W O R D B O T A N Y
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