Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Athletic brand that shares its name with a big cat => PUMA
5 Across: Cold desert in Asia => GOBI
9 Across: "Shucks!" => DARN
13 Across: Asked for proof of age, say => IDED
14 Across: Admissions hurdle => EXAM
15 Across: "Let's Dance" singer David => BOWIE
16 Across: Like 9-Downs => TOGO
17 Across: Semester => TERM
18 Across: Super cool digs? => IGLOO
19 Across: High price to pay, metaphorically => ANARMANDALEG
22 Across: Bell bottoms option => LEES
23 Across: Pudge on an infant => BABYFAT
27 Across: Eclectic musician Brian => ENO
29 Across: Star cluster that resembles a bird of prey => EAGLENEBULA
32 Across: Oscar nod, briefly => NOM
33 Across: Key mistake? => TYPO
34 Across: "Shucks!" => DRATIT
35 Across: Letting in a draft, maybe => AJAR
37 Across: Part of the "Law & Order" franchise, familiarly => SVU
39 Across: Blow hard => GUST
40 Across: Mediterranean microstate => MONACO
43 Across: One-named Irish singer => ENYA
46 Across: Tuna roll topping => ROE
47 Across: Health regimen modeled on the cuisine of Japan's Ryukyu Islands => OKINAWADIET
49 Across: Cease => END
50 Across: Screamed, perhaps => REACTED
51 Across: "One __ at a time" => STEP
53 Across: Salad dressing brand, and a feature of 19-, 29-, and 47-Across? => HIDDENVALLEY
58 Across: Guiding belief => CREDO
61 Across: "Out! Out!" => SHOO
62 Across: Made it => CAME
63 Across: "Hadestown" playwright Mitchell => ANAIS
64 Across: Lawsuit basis => TORT
65 Across: Cash for cards => ANTE
66 Across: Bend out of shape => WARP
67 Across: Boo-boo => OWIE
68 Across: Covert convo start => PSST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bread with tzatziki => PITA
2 Down: Japanese soup noodle => UDON
3 Down: Grandiose delusions => MEGALOMANIA
4 Down: Really dig => ADORE
5 Down: Have one's voice heard => GETASAY
6 Down: Beasts that pulled covered wagons => OXEN
7 Down: Avon product? => BARD
8 Down: Third No. 1 hit for the Black Eyed Peas => IMMABE
9 Down: Stuffed diner's request => DOGGYBAG
10 Down: Piercing tool => AWL
11 Down: Kia model => RIO
12 Down: Recent prefix => NEO
15 Down: "Sorry" singer Justin => BIEBER
20 Down: __ and greet => MEET
21 Down: Get, as a job => LAND
24 Down: "Where do you see yourself in five years" subject => FUTUREPLANS
25 Down: Brie of "Community" => ALISON
26 Down: Heavily inked => TATTED
27 Down: Utterly charm => ENAMOR
28 Down: "I swear!" => NOJOKE
30 Down: Apple Maps tech => GPS
31 Down: Really dug => LOVED
36 Down: Party bowlful from 53-Across => RANCHDIP
38 Down: College, to Brits => UNI
41 Down: Open-air enclosures for some pets => CATIOS
42 Down: Had to pay => OWED
44 Down: Political endorsement => YESVOTE
45 Down: Poori flour => ATTA
48 Down: Lengthens => ADDSTO
52 Down: Yosemite peak, familiarly => ELCAP
54 Down: DIY site => EHOW
55 Down: Tuna roll wrap => NORI
56 Down: 911 responders: Abbr. => EMTS
57 Down: Chuck, slangily => YEET
58 Down: Cry from a crow => CAW
59 Down: Molecule in some vaccines => RNA
60 Down: Unit of corn => EAR

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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