| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| MFTMBSTOG | "Spellbound" opening on the first of December (9) |
| CABLED | Sent a message: "Hack the Mexican up on the first of December" (6) |
| MCMXIII | Year in which the first crossword appeared, on December 21 |
| LUNA | ... 9, first spacecraft to land softly on the moon |
| rondeau | a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas |
| rondeaux | a fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas |
