Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Native Nebraskans => OTOES
6 Across: Relishes => SAVORS
12 Across: Speck => DOT
15 Across: First word for some babies => MAMA
19 Across: Spare place => TRUNK
20 Across: Footnote notation => IBIDEM
21 Across: French article => UNE
22 Across: Grows old => AGES
23 Across: Editing scenes from a Wesley Snipes vampire film? => CUTTINGBLADE
25 Across: Sleep stage => REM
26 Across: New Rochelle school with an award-winning pipe band => IONA
27 Across: Nth, for one => ORDINAL
28 Across: Putting the final touches on an Ed Asner Pixar film? => WRAPPINGUP
31 Across: Least risky => SAFEST
33 Across: Fire away => ASK
36 Across: Dump => UNLOAD
37 Across: Big letters in home security => ADT
38 Across: On top of everything => TOO
41 Across: Four score and ten => NINETY
43 Across: Fireplace piece => GRATE
47 Across: Going on a promotional tour for a Sigourney Weaver family film? => PLUGGINGHOLES
51 Across: Faced => BRAVED
52 Across: Wedding dress option => SAREE
53 Across: Chocolaty cereal brand => OREOOS
54 Across: Like some conclusions => FOREGONE
56 Across: Withdrawing => INRETREAT
58 Across: Colorful tee => TIEDYE
60 Across: Came out on top => WON
61 Across: Hearth residue => ASH
62 Across: Welcomes => LETSIN
63 Across: Hungers => YENS
64 Across: Showing the final cut of a Jennifer Lawrence sci-fi film? => SCREENINGPASSENGERS
71 Across: Winter coaster => SLED
72 Across: Deodorant brand => MENNEN
73 Across: Hosp. areas => ERS
74 Across: No-goodnik => CAD
75 Across: Chuck who broke the sound barrier => YEAGER
76 Across: Many a night owl => LATERISER
82 Across: Gilbert and Sullivan work => OPERETTA
84 Across: Envelope => MAILER
86 Across: Skin care brand => NIVEA
88 Across: Tribal emblems => TOTEMS
89 Across: Hiring actors for a Shailene Woodley survival-at-sea film? => CASTINGADRIFT
91 Across: Govt. security => TNOTE
92 Across: Singer/actress Kazan => LAINIE
94 Across: Word in the names of two MLB teams => SOX
95 Across: Island chain? => LEI
96 Across: Dig => INSULT
98 Across: College major that may involve many museum trips => ART
100 Across: Bring in => IMPORT
103 Across: Composing the music for a Tom Hanks fantasy film? => SCORINGBIG
107 Across: Radioactive element named for a planet => URANIUM
110 Across: Facility => EASE
111 Across: Santa __ winds => ANA
112 Across: Acquiring the rights for a Sandra Bullock action film? => LANDINGSPEED
117 Across: Adroit => ABLE
118 Across: Jump the __ => GUN
119 Across: Costello partner => ABBOTT
120 Across: Outback canine => DINGO
121 Across: Herd noises => MOOS
122 Across: Place with a trough => STY
123 Across: Dictate => DECREE
124 Across: Kaitlin of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia => OLSON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Like aspirin, briefly => OTC
2 Down: __TV: reality show channel => TRU
3 Down: At the wrong time => OUTOFTURN
4 Down: Between, in French => ENTRE
5 Down: Loses control on the ice => SKIDS
6 Down: Communicate with one's hands => SIGN
7 Down: Fernando singers => ABBA
8 Down: Country estate => VILLA
9 Down: Ghost psychic __ Mae Brown => ODA
10 Down: Primary color => RED
11 Down: Small duck => SMEW
12 Down: Two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin => DURANT
13 Down: Like cheap toilet paper => ONEPLY
14 Down: Beat => TEMPO
15 Down: Downtown street => MAINDRAG
16 Down: Eager => AGOG
17 Down: Drop-down list => MENU
18 Down: PDQ => ASAP
24 Down: Capone cohort => NITTI
29 Down: Wishes undone => RUES
30 Down: Ditto => IAGREE
31 Down: Enervates => SAPS
32 Down: 1950s politico Stevenson => ADLAI
34 Down: Haughty one => SNOOT
35 Down: Drug bust unit => KILO
39 Down: __ about: circa => ONOR
40 Down: Brute => OGRE
42 Down: Drink brand with a green leaf logo => NESTEA
44 Down: Declarer => AVOWER
45 Down: Mortise inserts => TENONS
46 Down: Paradises => EDENS
48 Down: Poet __ Manley Hopkins => GERARD
49 Down: Down source => GEESE
50 Down: Isn't __ bit like you and me?: Beatles lyric => HEA
51 Down: Actor Yul => BRYNNER
54 Down: Come clean, with up => FESS
55 Down: Cartoon canine => ODIE
57 Down: Queens team => THEMETS
59 Down: __ only money => ITS
62 Down: ICU worker => LPN
63 Down: Formal agreement => YESSIR
64 Down: Apply haphazardly => SLAPON
65 Down: Officially give => CEDETO
66 Down: In apple-pie order => NEAT
67 Down: Swenson of Benson => INGA
68 Down: U-turn from SSW => NNE
69 Down: Liechtenstein's language => GERMAN
70 Down: Coffee machine setting => GRIND
71 Down: Sicko Mode rapper Travis __ => SCOTT
75 Down: Omani neighbor => YEMENI
76 Down: Carafe size => LITER
77 Down: Frazier opponent => ALI
78 Down: Canadian bank notes featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond => TENS
79 Down: Thus => ERGO
80 Down: Dark signs => EVILOMENS
81 Down: Allude (to) => REFER
83 Down: Pension beneficiaries => RETIREES
85 Down: Bhutan locale => ASIA
87 Down: In a quarrel => ATIT
89 Down: Big name in banking => CITI
90 Down: Chopping down => AXING
92 Down: Wheel securer => LUGNUT
93 Down: Hudson River capital => ALBANY
97 Down: Hose woes => SNAGS
99 Down: Architectural style => TUDOR
101 Down: Botch => MISDO
102 Down: Trainee => PUPIL
103 Down: Clothing line => SEAM
104 Down: Baja resort, familiarly => CABO
105 Down: Nobel Institute city => OSLO
106 Down: Elated => GLAD
108 Down: Solemn ceremony => RITE
109 Down: Poker stake => ANTE
113 Down: Simpsons grandfather => ABE
114 Down: Peacock network => NBC
115 Down: __ trip => EGO
116 Down: Get into => DON

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This crossword has 63 across clues and 78 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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