Crossword Puzzle Answer for December 2022
Created by Jon Dunbar
ACROSS
1 Pleased
5 ___ the crack of dawn (2 words)
9 Korean drum
12 Skull’s longtime collaborator
13 Fiji’s capital
14 Gasteyer or Traynin
15 Forest in Damyang
18 Org. headquartered in Humphreys
19 No longer working
20 GS25 or Hi-Mart
23 Hosp. scan
25 Frasier actress Gilpin
26 Park in Gyerim-dong
31 Life-saving first-aid practice
32 Comedy actor Shore
33 Pie ___ mode (2 words)
34 Helped
36 “___ ’er up”
37 Science Guy Bill
38 Monthly rental payment system
39 Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland
42 Dutch colonists in South Africa
44 Specialized workplace supporting families with developmental disabilities
50 Going out ___ limb (2 words)
51 Intrusively inquisitive
52 Korean food wrap
53 Used a chair
54 Southern Seoul’s Starfield ___ Mall
55 618–907 Chinese dynasty
DOWN
1 Air pollutant
2 Regulation
3 Exclamation of discovery
4 Translation service that can help schedule mental health appointments
5 Based in Osan and Kunsan
6 Dirty Rockhon, Monkey Pee Quartet, BettyAss
7 Free antivirus software
8 ___ Mahal
9 Exposed
10 Military group
11 Goes with Kill Chain and KMPR
16 Mad cow disease
17 Brockovich
20 Animal shelter
21 SNU-developed English proficiency test
22 Hockey players Bobby and Colton
23 Blend together
24 Star Wars heroine
26 Namdaemun or Dongdaemun
27 “You’ll ___ the day!”
28 Cry like a banshee
29 “___ well that ends well”
30 Ivy League school
32 “Gentleman” singer
35 Imperial measurement of length
36 Gwangju Citizens’ ___
38 Tie the knot
39 Nonprofits
40 Prolific tagger
41 Gibberish jazz vocal style
42 Opposite of acid
43 Black gemstone
45 “Monsters, ___”
46 What a cow says
47 Origin of 18 across, 5 down
48 “Mountain” in Korean
49 Expression of shock