Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 29, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: The Name of the Game pop quartet => ABBA
5 Across: Driver's lic. info => DOB
8 Across: Nixed, at NASA => NOGO
12 Across: Back teeth => MOLARS
18 Across: Adolescent => TEEN
19 Across: Concessions purchase => COLA
20 Across: Very, informally => UBER
21 Across: Bright red liqueur => APEROL
22 Across: Date night, or a midgame show starring Beyoncé instead of the coach's nephew's garage band? => BETTERHALFTIME
25 Across: Stovetop piper => KETTLE
26 Across: Still going => ACTIVE
27 Across: Cappuccino topping => FOAM
28 Across: Prophetic sign => OMEN
30 Across: Pliable wood => YEW
31 Across: English article => THE
32 Across: And so forth abbr. => ETC
34 Across: Bohr played by Kenneth Branagh in Oppenheimer => NIELS
37 Across: Word with bright or big => IDEA
39 Across: Giving up a lazy Saturday to clean up a beach at sunrise, or waking up to pancakes instead of gruel? => GREATERGOODMORNING
45 Across: Busy mo. for a 102-Across => APR
47 Across: Weep => CRY
48 Across: Brazilian berry => ACAI
49 Across: Cancel => ANNUL
50 Across: Ease of movement => FLUIDITY
53 Across: Target => AIMAT
55 Across: Food stamp org. => USDA
56 Across: A chic gray bob and cat eye bifocals, or sleeping until noon and dancing until dawn? => LATERLIFESTYLES
59 Across: Classified => RATED
60 Across: Ethically indifferent => AMORAL
61 Across: Skip over => OMIT
62 Across: Fast Amtrak train => ACELA
64 Across: Took first place => WON
65 Across: Underground systems => METROS
67 Across: Fluffy craft supply => POMPOM
70 Across: Writing tip? => NIB
73 Across: Adventure game console => ATARI
75 Across: Soy block => TOFU
76 Across: I am enough, e.g. => MANTRA
78 Across: Snouts => NOSES
80 Across: Cardstock instead of newsprint, or the work of a wordy student? => LONGERTERMPAPER
85 Across: Feel (for) => ACHE
86 Across: Spanish diacritic => TILDE
87 Across: Meetings => SESSIONS
88 Across: Bite noisily => CHOMP
90 Across: Operatic icon => DIVA
91 Across: Pub choice => ALE
92 Across: Wolfed down => ATE
93 Across: The copy editor says this needs a capital letter, or a judge saying Not enough evidence in a bass-baritone? => LOWERCASEDISMISSED
99 Across: Flit => DART
100 Across: Greek fabulist => AESOP
101 Across: Wallach of The Holiday => ELI
102 Across: Tax prep pro => CPA
105 Across: Scolding sound => TSK
108 Across: Spring => LEAP
110 Across: 2-Down, for one => TREE
112 Across: Ready at a moment's notice => ONCALL
114 Across: Girl on Fire singer Keys => ALICIA
116 Across: God's rest on the seventh day, or forty winks on a bunk bed? => HIGHERPOWERNAP
120 Across: Sharp grabbers => TALONS
121 Across: Large barrel => DRUM
122 Across: Fish caught in pots => EELS
123 Across: Hippocratic __ => OATH
124 Across: Orbital extreme => APOGEE
125 Across: 18-wheeler => SEMI
126 Across: Happy now? => SEE
127 Across: __ bargain => PLEA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Up, in baseball => ATBAT
2 Down: Canvas for many an arborglyph => BEECH
3 Down: Midler of Hocus Pocus => BETTE
4 Down: Against => ANTI
5 Down: Play-__: Fun Factory clay => DOH
6 Down: Norwegian saint => OLAF
7 Down: Balderdash => BALONEY
8 Down: Cappuccino topping, perhaps => NUTMEG
9 Down: __-Wan Kenobi => OBI
10 Down: Jewel => GEM
11 Down: Cookie used to make Halloween bat-shaped treats => OREO
12 Down: Manage with whatever's available => MAKEDO
13 Down: 1968 to now, in professional tennis => OPENERA
14 Down: __ the games begin! => LET
15 Down: Highbrow => ARTY
16 Down: Part => ROLE
17 Down: Whole lot => SLEW
19 Down: Heraklion's island => CRETE
23 Down: Eternally => EVER
24 Down: Event where pies win ribbons => FAIR
29 Down: La Bohème heroine => MIMI
33 Down: Prickly plants => CACTI
35 Down: Like fertile soil => LOAMY
36 Down: Bolsa Chica State Beach's locale, informally => SOCAL
38 Down: Single-season bloom => ANNUAL
39 Down: Actress Pam => GRIER
40 Down: Take a shot at => TRYFOR
41 Down: Promposal goal => DATE
42 Down: Appliance that performs under pressure? => INSTANTPOT
43 Down: In the buff => NUDE
44 Down: Happy => GLAD
45 Down: Dollar alternative => ALAMO
46 Down: Give 'em the old razzle-dazzle, say => PUTONASHOW
50 Down: Weak spot => FLAW
51 Down: Many Oscar contenders => DRAMAS
52 Down: Not as well => ILLER
53 Down: Sale caveat => ASIS
54 Down: Hirsute cousin => ITT
57 Down: Punk offshoot => EMO
58 Down: Drain => SAP
59 Down: Plots again => REMAPS
63 Down: PR focus => COMMS
66 Down: Ending at, casually => TIL
67 Down: Bioré target => PORE
68 Down: Frequently, poetically => OFT
69 Down: Oaty breakfast mix => MUESLI
71 Down: Oscar nominee Dunne => IRENE
72 Down: Xylophone parts => BARS
74 Down: Abounded (with) => TEEMED
75 Down: Journalist Koppel => TED
77 Down: Water nymph => NAIAD
78 Down: Salt formula => NACL
79 Down: Nueve preceder => OCHO
81 Down: Singer Redding => OTIS
82 Down: Love your skin body brand => NIVEA
83 Down: Woody area => GLADE
84 Down: Actress Witherspoon => REESE
89 Down: Nutty confection => PRALINE
90 Down: __ mining => DATA
91 Down: Current units => AMPERES
94 Down: Fold => CREASE
95 Down: Thin strips of land => ISTHMI
96 Down: Irked => SORE
97 Down: Loses speed => SLOWS
98 Down: German article => EINE
102 Down: Gondola waterway => CANAL
103 Down: Tectonic __ => PLATE
104 Down: First Greek letter => ALPHA
105 Down: Toodles => TATA
106 Down: Thwack => SLAP
107 Down: 2.2 lbs., roughly => KILO
109 Down: Univ. conferrals => PHDS
111 Down: Sport sword => EPEE
113 Down: Trim, as a photo => CROP
115 Down: Horologist's piece => COG
117 Down: Wrath => IRE
118 Down: Orbit, e.g. => GUM
119 Down: Fútbol cheer => OLE

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This crossword has 66 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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