Crossword Answers For: Friday, November 24, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Chuckleheads => BOZOS
6 Across: Marcus Aurelius, for one => STOIC
11 Across: Distraction in a dr.'s waiting room => MAG
14 Across: Meet part => EVENT
15 Across: Confection typically flavored with saffron and rosewater => HALVA
16 Across: Make public => AIR
17 Across: *Obstacle encountered at dawn? => EARLYBURDEN
19 Across: Letters before a take => IMO
20 Across: Ruse => PLOY
21 Across: Flamenco shout => OLE
22 Across: Sleep study subject => APNEA
24 Across: *Plot where blue bars of soap grow? => COASTGARDEN
27 Across: Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy => AIKMAN
31 Across: __ roll => HONOR
32 Across: Certain cross-country traveler => SKIER
33 Across: Two or three, say => AFEW
35 Across: Setup punches => JABS
38 Across: Chest muscles, briefly => PECS
39 Across: Conclude with, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues => ENDIN
40 Across: Four-award acronym => EGOT
41 Across: Big Apple store => SAKS
42 Across: Fibber => LIAR
43 Across: Pride Is the Devil rapper => JCOLE
44 Across: Soaks up the sun => BASKS
46 Across: Short revitalizer => CATNAP
47 Across: *Time when tall, thick grass covers a golf course? => ROUGHSEASON
51 Across: It's open! => ENTER
52 Across: Soup container => CAN
53 Across: Western gas chain => ARCO
57 Across: Avocado discard => PIT
58 Across: *Shoutout to a ride-hailing app? => UBERMENTION
62 Across: System starter? => ECO
63 Across: They were no match for me! => GOTEM
64 Across: Center of Renaissance art => ITALY
65 Across: Actor Cariou => LEN
66 Across: Pert => SASSY
67 Across: Anti-anxiety drug => XANAX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Appliance alert => BEEP
2 Down: Not quite round => OVAL
3 Down: Round number? => ZERO
4 Down: Merely => ONLY
5 Down: Porcine pen => STY
6 Down: NFL coach with the most career wins => SHULA
7 Down: Scale allowances => TARES
8 Down: Not fresh => OLD
9 Down: Secret suffix => IVE
10 Down: Ancient land on the Dead Sea => CANAAN
11 Down: *Everyone's favorite fire-breathing monster? => MAINDRAGON
12 Down: Mann of pop => AIMEE
13 Down: [But I don't wanna do my homework!] => GROAN
18 Down: Windfall => BOON
23 Down: Cast => PROJECT
24 Down: Jaguar, for one => CAR
25 Down: His and hers => THEIR
26 Down: Gala garb => GOWN
27 Down: Egyptian cobras => ASPS
28 Down: Maker of BILLY bookcases => IKEA
29 Down: *Controller part that gets worn out playing Mortal Kombat? => KICKBUTTON
30 Down: Text, e.g. => MESSAGE
33 Down: Star __: expensive spice => ANISE
34 Down: Rx overseer => FDA
36 Down: Whirled weapon => BOLA
37 Down: Pedometer unit => STEP
39 Down: Large deer => ELKS
43 Down: SNL alum Hooks => JAN
45 Down: I dunno gestures => SHRUGS
46 Down: Post-op wear for some pets => CONE
47 Down: Drive away => REPEL
48 Down: Waiting in the wings => ONICE
49 Down: Surveyor's units => ACRES
50 Down: __ the Owl: Rice University mascot => SAMMY
53 Down: Naan flour => ATTA
54 Down: Glass Onion filmmaker Johnson => RIAN
55 Down: Bar mixer => COLA
56 Down: Black gemstone => ONYX
59 Down: Campy scarf => BOA
60 Down: UFO aviators => ETS
61 Down: Squash => NIX

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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