Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 17, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Squirrel's cheekful => ACORN
6 Across: Whole bunch => SCAD
10 Across: I did it! => TADA
14 Across: Spumante specification => BRUT
18 Across: Faith with a shrine in the Hanging Gardens of Haifa => BAHAI
19 Across: Healing succulent => ALOE
20 Across: Silent stars? => MIMES
21 Across: The Chi creator Waithe => LENA
22 Across: Canine that thinks it's an old-timey news announcer? => CRYINGWOLF
24 Across: Bikini in the Pacific, e.g. => ATOLL
25 Across: Eager => AVID
26 Across: Any minute now => SOON
27 Across: Corvallis sch. => OSU
28 Across: Ridiculous => INANE
29 Across: Flanged fasteners => TNUTS
30 Across: Willingness to support => BUYIN
32 Across: Bird that thinks it's a television show host? => TALKINGTURKEY
36 Across: Contacted privately, in a way => DMED
38 Across: Craps cube => DIE
39 Across: Egyptian peninsula => SINAI
40 Across: Ingredient in some vegan marshmallows => AGAR
42 Across: The curl experts hair care brand => OUIDAD
45 Across: Tourney favorite => TOPSEED
48 Across: Marsupial that thinks it's an actor? => PLAYINGPOSSUM
51 Across: Agcy. that oversees PubMed => NIH
52 Across: Snare => NET
54 Across: Cambridgeshire cathedral city => ELY
55 Across: Brewery shipments => CASES
56 Across: Cheer syllable => RAH
58 Across: Snapple rival => NESTEA
60 Across: Homeland org. => CIA
61 Across: Opposite of 33-Down => HOLA
62 Across: Sets to zero, as a scale => TARES
64 Across: Runs very slowly => SEEPS
65 Across: Alight => LAND
67 Across: Tabbies that think they're collies? => HERDINGCATS
71 Across: Pound sounds => ARFS
72 Across: Pot payments => ANTES
74 Across: Minor in Hollywood => DLIST
75 Across: Inflict upon => DOTO
77 Across: Italian three => TRE
78 Across: Big name in financial services => SCHWAB
80 Across: Fashion monogram => YSL
81 Across: Cable network that's a nonprofit => CSPAN
82 Across: Trouble => AIL
83 Across: Observe => SEE
84 Across: Cozy room => DEN
86 Across: Insects that think they're outfielders? => CATCHINGFLIES
90 Across: Teensy bit => SMIDGEN
93 Across: Wool type => MERINO
94 Across: Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe => IANS
95 Across: Groovy => NEATO
96 Across: Picture of Pluto? => CEL
97 Across: Star __ => WARS
99 Across: Lambs that think they're census takers? => COUNTINGSHEEP
104 Across: Swim events => MEETS
107 Across: Takes a victory lap, maybe => TROTS
108 Across: Reads (over) => PORES
109 Across: Frozen solid? => ICE
111 Across: Caramel candy sold in a tube => ROLO
113 Across: Word after Lavender and Purple, in song titles => HAZE
114 Across: Red Monopoly piece => HOTEL
115 Across: Bird that thinks it's a restaurant critic? => EATINGCROW
118 Across: Finished => OVER
119 Across: __ City: Pittsburgh => STEEL
120 Across: __ did I just watch? => WHAT
121 Across: Don => PUTON
122 Across: Try again => REDO
123 Across: Little helper? => ASST
124 Across: Simplicity => EASE
125 Across: Pedometer units => STEPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Basics => ABCS
2 Down: Pod used as a chocolate substitute => CAROB
3 Down: Such a flirt! => OHYOU
4 Down: Occasion to carry an umbrella => RAINYDAY
5 Down: Diarist Anaïs => NIN
6 Down: Carpentry tools => SAWS
7 Down: Social capital => CLOUT
8 Down: Pioneering ISP => AOL
9 Down: Pt. of HDTV => DEF
10 Down: Phoebe or Cronus => TITAN
11 Down: Surrounded by => AMONGST
12 Down: Mutation that removes a DNA sequence => DELETION
13 Down: Interpretation first provided for a SOTU address in 2021 => ASL
14 Down: Comfort item for some tots => BLANKIE
15 Down: Light show? => REVUE
16 Down: Principle celebrated on the first night of Kwanzaa => UNITY
17 Down: Iotas => TADS
20 Down: __-pedi => MANI
23 Down: Used up => GONE
28 Down: Stores with Småland play areas => IKEAS
29 Down: Gives a zero-star review, say => TRASHES
31 Down: Cry from a Mega Millions winner => IMRICH
33 Down: Opposite of 61-Across => ADIOS
34 Down: Ball caps or bottle caps => LIDS
35 Down: Remove from the top of an inbox, say => UNPIN
37 Down: Musher's conveyance => DOGSLED
40 Down: Partnerships => ALLIANCES
41 Down: Jam at a Pride Parade => GAYANTHEM
43 Down: Awake before the alarm => UPEARLY
44 Down: Headwear sported by Rihanna on the cover of British Vogue => DURAG
46 Down: Consider, as an idea => ENTERTAIN
47 Down: Prepares at a state fair, perhaps => DEEPFRIES
48 Down: Gym => PECLASS
49 Down: Lye, in a lab => NAOH
50 Down: Syst. between Baltimore and D.C. => MARC
53 Down: Fez danglers => TASSELS
57 Down: Enters => HEADSIN
59 Down: __ cucumber => SEA
62 Down: Blast letters => TNT
63 Down: This is your last warning! => STOPNOW
66 Down: Droplets on a cobweb => DEW
68 Down: LP or EP, e.g. => DISC
69 Down: Official religion of Djibouti => ISLAM
70 Down: Deer sir => STAG
73 Down: Turns blue? => SADDENS
76 Down: Burning => ONFIRE
79 Down: Sired => BEGAT
81 Down: Easter Island's country => CHILE
85 Down: Nasal irrigation vessels => NETIPOTS
87 Down: Backstage crew => TECHS
88 Down: First Nations people => CREE
89 Down: Like some intricate designs => LASERCUT
91 Down: Before birth => INUTERO
92 Down: I love everything you've done here => NONOTES
98 Down: I'll drink to that => AMEN
99 Down: Hunger for => CRAVE
100 Down: Ran very slowly => OOZED
101 Down: Receive => GREET
102 Down: Put on the market => SELL
103 Down: Breads with pockets => PITAS
105 Down: Rich cake => TORTE
106 Down: Single-masted sailboat => SLOOP
107 Down: Mjölnir wielder => THOR
110 Down: Give credit to => CITE
112 Down: Possesses => OWNS
114 Down: Employee benefit option, for short => HSA
115 Down: Manchego source => EWE
116 Down: Cry of recognition => AHA
117 Down: Path finder in a Pathfinder, briefly => GPS

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This crossword has 71 across clues and 70 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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