Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sitcom pioneer Lucille => BALL
5 Across: Taken __: startled => ABACK
10 Across: Arthur __ Stadium: world's largest tennis venue => ASHE
14 Across: Titans actor Morales => ESAI
15 Across: __ Lama => DALAI
16 Across: Great Basin people => UTES
17 Across: Spa for out-of-shape shoe forms? => LASTRESORT
19 Across: Coffee brewing choice => DRIP
20 Across: French farewell => ADIEU
21 Across: __ decorator => INTERIOR
23 Across: Himalayan bovine => YAK
24 Across: Word with stone or marker => MILE
26 Across: Right now, in texts => ATM
27 Across: Sit-up muscles => ABS
28 Across: Ceiling metal => TIN
30 Across: Identity statement, briefly => BIO
33 Across: Marking off the hours left to cram before the big exam? => FINALCOUNTDOWN
38 Across: Clenched hand => FIST
39 Across: Major artery => AORTA
40 Across: Writer Wiesel => ELIE
41 Across: Homebuyer's day-of-sale demand for a single window dressing? => CLOSINGCURTAIN
44 Across: Animation frame => CEL
45 Across: Commercials => ADS
46 Across: Boat blade => OAR
47 Across: Uru. neighbor => ARG
49 Across: Spielberg film featuring a shark => JAWS
51 Across: Answer to an addition problem => SUM
54 Across: Wore red at a wedding, say => STOODOUT
57 Across: Fluffy-eared marsupial => KOALA
59 Across: Cancel, as a check => VOID
60 Across: Effects of months of glute workouts? => ENDRESULTS
62 Across: __ vera => ALOE
63 Across: Inbox message => EMAIL
64 Across: Binary digit => ZERO
65 Across: Running with scissors, e.g. => NONO
66 Across: Southwestern plateaus => MESAS
67 Across: Muscat's country => OMAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Secure, as a ship's line => BELAY
2 Down: Carne __: steak dish => ASADA
3 Down: Sharper image innovation? => LASIK
4 Down: Lo-cal => LITE
5 Down: Fruit drink suffix => ADE
6 Down: Pesto herb => BASIL
7 Down: Independently => ALONE
8 Down: E-commerce icon => CART
9 Down: Toy with a string and a tail => KITE
10 Down: Sit in on, as a class => AUDIT
11 Down: Calzone cousin => STROMBOLI
12 Down: Beneficiary => HEIR
13 Down: Telepathic letters => ESP
18 Down: Afro-Cuban dance => RUMBA
22 Down: Tirade => RANT
25 Down: Manhattan, e.g. => ISLAND
27 Down: CGI creatures in a superhero film series starring Paul Rudd => ANTS
28 Down: Tulle skirt => TUTU
29 Down: Lined up => INAROW
31 Down: Victorious cry => IWIN
32 Down: Binary digit => ONE
33 Down: Nail salon tool => FILE
34 Down: Quarantine => ISOLATION
35 Down: Gear teeth => COGS
36 Down: Tolkien monster => ORC
37 Down: Beloved => DEAR
38 Down: Media-monitoring org. => FCC
42 Down: Shakespearean betrayer => IAGO
43 Down: Assignments => TASKS
48 Down: This isn't my first __ => RODEO
49 Down: Biblical betrayer => JUDAS
50 Down: Naturally lit courtyards => ATRIA
51 Down: Capital of Oregon => SALEM
52 Down: Extreme => ULTRA
53 Down: Lawyer Perry of classic TV => MASON
54 Down: Without help => SOLO
55 Down: Judge to be => DEEM
56 Down: Lunch is __: I'm buying => ONME
58 Down: Anise-flavored Greek liquor => OUZO
59 Down: Vehicle with sliding side doors => VAN
61 Down: Raised trains => ELS

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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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