Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fuzzy fruit => KIWI
5 Across: Nails-on-a-chalkboard sound => SCRAPE
11 Across: Heart of the matter => CRUX
15 Across: Very dry => ARID
16 Across: __ network => NEURAL
17 Across: Public prank => HOAX
18 Across: Taper off => WANE
19 Across: Not remote => ONSITE
20 Across: Highest point => APEX
21 Across: Get what's really going on => KNOWTHESCORE
24 Across: Abbr. in recipes => TSP
25 Across: Prefix meaning three => TRI
26 Across: Seconds, but for drinks => REFILLS
30 Across: Lasagna ingredient => RICOTTA
34 Across: A third of a yard => ONEFOOT
35 Across: Standing __ => OVATION
36 Across: Time for presents, for short => BDAY
37 Across: Need a shim, perhaps => WOBBLE
40 Across: Stitched => SEWN
41 Across: Your and my => OUR
42 Across: Warlock's repertoire => SPELLS
43 Across: Steamed bun => BAO
44 Across: Get hot, in a way => TREND
47 Across: Lacking slack => TAUT
48 Across: Terrifying => SCARY
50 Across: Passover feast => SEDER
51 Across: Oh, be quiet! => HUSH
52 Across: Poutine pieces => CURDS
53 Across: Avoid elimination => MAKETHECUT
56 Across: Hereditary => GENETIC
59 Across: If Beale Street Could Talk actor Colman => DOMINGO
63 Across: Line on a graph => AXIS
64 Across: Oh, be quiet! => SHUTIT
67 Across: In a slump => COLD
68 Across: Not full-size => MINI
69 Across: Former name of the NBA's Thunder, informally => SONICS
70 Across: Burden => LOAD
71 Across: In-transit figs. => ETAS
72 Across: Scandal crisis manager Olivia => POPE
73 Across: Burnt __: barbecue delicacy => ENDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Midwestern people => KAW
2 Down: 401(k) alternative => IRA
3 Down: Knowing gesture => WINK
4 Down: Name => IDENTIFY
5 Down: Vehicles for cold times => SNOWPLOWS
6 Down: Little bit of change => CENT
7 Down: Not take one's time => RUSH
8 Down: Video singer India.__ => ARIE
9 Down: Touches lightly => PATS
10 Down: Optional courses => ELECTIVES
11 Down: Vehicles from old times => CHARIOTS
12 Down: Ladder material => ROPE
13 Down: Dubai's fed. => UAE
14 Down: Spy-fi film series starring Vin Diesel => XXX
22 Down: Capital of Norway => OSLO
23 Down: Largest member of the dolphin family => ORCA
26 Down: Many sci-fi characters => ROBOTS
27 Down: Go on => ENDURE
28 Down: Was terrified of => FEARED
29 Down: Rhyming slogan opposing a Kansas City Chiefs fan gesture => STOPTHECHOP
30 Down: Take a gamble => ROLLTHEDICE
31 Down: Dressy accessory => TIEBAR
32 Down: In the direction of => TOWARD
33 Down: Rubs the wrong way => ANNOYS
38 Down: Fine specimen => BEAUT
39 Down: Cheek cosmetic => BLUSH
45 Down: Bitter enemy => NEMESIS
46 Down: Curses! => DRAT
48 Down: Layer on a stagnant pond => SCUM
49 Down: Fingernail part => CUTICLE
54 Down: Touch lightly => KISS
55 Down: Portable beds => COTS
56 Down: Willing => GAME
57 Down: Press Esc, perhaps => EXIT
58 Down: I Put a Spell on You singer Simone => NINA
60 Down: Halfway between midnights => NOON
61 Down: Pleased => GLAD
62 Down: Numbers with a colon => ODDS
65 Down: Word shouted while putting a card down => UNO
66 Down: Bit of advice => TIP

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 81 clues are solved in the section above.
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