Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 21, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Less risqué => TAMER
6 Across: Faction => SECT
10 Across: Yearn (for) => ACHE
14 Across: Name said to activate an Amazon gadget => ALEXA
15 Across: Potato, in Indian cooking => ALOO
16 Across: Satellite whose day is almost 30 Earth days => MOON
17 Across: Bogs => MIRES
18 Across: Word with bar or Bell => TACO
19 Across: Oodles => ALOT
20 Across: Review that says, "Hitchcock serves up a twist that you won't see coming"? => PSYCHOANALYSIS
23 Across: The Thrashers, on sports crawls => ATL
24 Across: "ur the best" => ILY
25 Across: __ and Herzegovina => BOSNIA
27 Across: Cuddling on the bus, e.g. => PDA
28 Across: Silk Sonic musician Anderson .__ => PAAK
30 Across: Fox Sports journalist Hale => JEN
31 Across: Review that says, "Bit of a downer, but Soderbergh delivers"? => TRAFFICREPORT
34 Across: __ the line => TOE
35 Across: Headed up => LED
36 Across: Donkey => ASS
37 Across: Review that says, "Idina Menzel shines as Elsa"? => FROZENACCOUNT
42 Across: Frightened cry => EEK
43 Across: Figure of interest? => RATE
44 Across: Private chats, briefly => DMS
45 Across: Chew out => YELLAT
47 Across: Unruly head of hair => MOP
48 Across: Pleased sigh => AAH
51 Across: In-depth news story, or any of the reviews mentioned in this puzzle? => FEATUREARTICLE
55 Across: High-fiber food => BRAN
56 Across: Goes bad => ROTS
57 Across: Keypad key => ENTER
58 Across: Live a nomadic life => ROVE
59 Across: Palo __, California => ALTO
60 Across: Harriet Tubman portrayer Cynthia => ERIVO
61 Across: Matures => AGES
62 Across: Efficient => LEAN
63 Across: Iberian infants => NENES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: St. Petersburg neighbor => TAMPA
2 Down: Top celebs => ALIST
3 Down: Actress Streep => MERYL
4 Down: Corporate VIP => EXEC
5 Down: Jones of "Parks and Rec" => RASHIDA
6 Down: Skewered Thai dish => SATAY
7 Down: Splashy style => ELAN
8 Down: __-Cola => COCA
9 Down: Strip of computer icons => TOOLBAR
10 Down: Collect over time => AMASS
11 Down: "SNL" regular who wrote the memoir "A Very Punchable Face" => COLINJOST
12 Down: Indiana residents => HOOSIERS
13 Down: Sinus specialist, for short => ENT
21 Down: Norwegian saint => OLAF
22 Down: Oxen connector => YOKE
26 Down: Strong insect => ANT
27 Down: Company VIP => PREZ
28 Down: Fragment => PIECE
29 Down: Outlet letters => ACDC
31 Down: Used a paternity benefit, perhaps => TOOKLEAVE
32 Down: Sharp's counterpart => FLAT
33 Down: Skillets, woks, etc. => PANS
34 Down: Eater of 26-Downs on a log? => TREEFROG
37 Down: Tina of "Mean Girls" => FEY
38 Down: Part of Q.E.D. => ERAT
39 Down: Marketing kin of "organic" => NATURAL
40 Down: Smell => ODOR
41 Down: Countless => UMPTEEN
46 Down: Freeway divisions => LANES
47 Down: Stoneworker => MASON
48 Down: Be part of, as a film => ACTIN
49 Down: Excedrin alternative => ALEVE
50 Down: Deli subs => HEROS
52 Down: Part to play => ROLE
53 Down: Jazz great James => ETTA
54 Down: Memo starter => INRE
55 Down: Product of Bali => BRA

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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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