Ruin a holiday surprise, perhaps Crossword Clue

• Glimpse

  New York Times · Wednesday, March 4, 2026 · 4 letters

• Quick look

  New York Times · Sunday, May 18, 2025 · 4 letters

• Give in on Christmas Eve, perhaps

  New York Times · Thursday, September 12, 2024 · 4 letters

• Sneaky look

  New York Times · Thursday, September 17, 2020 · 4 letters

• Christmas Eve no-no

  New York Times · Sunday, September 22, 2019 · 4 letters

• Something you shouldn't do around Christmas

  New York Times · Friday, January 11, 2019 · 4 letters

• Advance look, say

  New York Times · Sunday, March 4, 2018 · 4 letters

• Hide-and-seek no-no

  New York Times · Sunday, May 3, 2015 · 4 letters

• Sneak a look

  New York Times · Monday, March 30, 2015 · 4 letters

• Furtive look

  New York Times · Tuesday, October 2, 2012 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 18-Across Coats often taken off
• 18-Down Something legally defined in the U.S. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people
• 19-Across Something you might shield your eyes from, in brief
• 20-Across Help line?
• 21-Across Like unspoken understandings
• 21-Down Captures the moment, say
• 22-Down Chinese garden features
• 23-Across Release, in a way
• 23-Down Prez in the ’60s
• 24-Across Drink akin to a Moscow mule
• 24-Down 2016 Literature Nobelist who famously skipped the Stockholm ceremony
• 25-Down Shipping container weights