Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Mooch, as a smoke => BUM
4 Across: Royal elephant of children's literature => BABAR
9 Across: Functional => UTILE
14 Across: Slice of history => ERA
15 Across: Alpaca relative => LLAMA
16 Across: Inheritance from one's parents? => GENES
17 Across: Sherlock Holmes costume accessory => MAGNIFYINGGLASS
20 Across: Marriage => UNION
21 Across: Desert watering holes => OASES
22 Across: Means of sticking a shower caddy to a tile wall => SUCTIONCUP
26 Across: Fungus gnat, e.g. => PEST
29 Across: Paul Anka's __ Beso => ESO
30 Across: Score more than => BEAT
31 Across: Figure on the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade => SANTA
32 Across: To the left, at sea => APORT
34 Across: Takes effect => SETSIN
35 Across: Support from the bullpen => RELIEFPITCHER
38 Across: Bibliography list => TITLES
39 Across: Neglects to mention => OMITS
40 Across: The Good Place creator Michael => SCHUR
41 Across: Sunday NFL Countdown network => ESPN
42 Across: Agcy. operating full-body scanners => TSA
45 Across: __ out a win: almost lost => EKED
46 Across: Annual football game in Arizona => FIESTABOWL
49 Across: Convene again => RESIT
51 Across: Dubbed => NAMED
52 Across: Isn't credible, or a literal description of 17-, 22-, 35-, or 46-Across? => DOESNTHOLDWATER
57 Across: Muse of poetry => ERATO
58 Across: Supreme Court justice Kagan => ELENA
59 Across: Nail polish brand => OPI
60 Across: Luminous => AGLOW
61 Across: Weather forecast aid => RADAR
62 Across: Web portal with Bing => MSN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Perplex => BEMUSE
2 Down: Ice planet beyond Saturn => URANUS
3 Down: Realismo __: Isabel Allende genre => MAGICO
4 Down: Russian pancakes => BLINI
5 Down: Melmac native of 1980s TV => ALF
6 Down: __ leaf: stew herb => BAY
7 Down: Bordeaux beau => AMI
8 Down: Expired, as time => RANOUT
9 Down: Fleece-lined boots => UGGS
10 Down: Mind readers => TELEPATHS
11 Down: Sort of => INASENSE
12 Down: __ Misérables => LES
13 Down: Serpentine curve => ESS
18 Down: __ my cup of tea => NOT
19 Down: Athleta parent company => GAP
23 Down: Orchestral reeds => OBOES
24 Down: Tank the efficacy of, in gamer slang => NERF
25 Down: Arched-back yoga asana => CATPOSE
27 Down: Risotto recipe verb => STIR
28 Down: Khaki kin => TAN
31 Down: Splinter group => SECT
32 Down: Mentions indirectly => ALLUDESTO
33 Down: Docking spot => PIER
34 Down: Duration of employment => STINT
35 Down: Novelist Riordan => RICK
36 Down: Light and delicate => ETHEREAL
37 Down: Little rascals => IMPS
38 Down: The Waste Land poet's monogram => TSE
41 Down: Both would be fine => EITHER
42 Down: Narrow-headed drum => TOMTOM
43 Down: Wins every game in a series => SWEEPS
44 Down: Astronaut Buzz who was the second man on the moon => ALDRIN
46 Down: Athletic => FIT
47 Down: Peace Nobelist Sadat => ANWAR
48 Down: What did ewe say? => BAA
50 Down: Skier's surface => SNOW
52 Down: Anti-narcotics law gp. => DEA
53 Down: URL ending for charities => ORG
54 Down: Suffix with pay or Cray => OLA
55 Down: Conducted => LED
56 Down: Makeup of 16-Across => DNA

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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