Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 22, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tropical fruit => PAPAYA
7 Across: Cannabis compound => THC
10 Across: Grabber in an arcade game => CLAW
14 Across: Out of bed => ARISEN
15 Across: Ingredient replaced by applesauce in some recipes => OIL
16 Across: Participated in a bike-a-thon, say => RODE
17 Across: Check again => RETEST
18 Across: *Place that experiments with soup recipes? => PHOTOLAB
20 Across: Oscar of "Moon Knight" => ISAAC
21 Across: Geological periods => EPOCHS
22 Across: ABBA classic => SOS
23 Across: Humble homes => HUTS
25 Across: Fate => KISMET
29 Across: Trait carrier => GENE
30 Across: Gimlet need => GIN
31 Across: Spanish bear => OSO
32 Across: *Curling team's specialty? => PERFORMINGARTS
36 Across: Big rig => SEMI
37 Across: "Montero" singer Lil __ X => NAS
38 Across: Employs => USES
39 Across: *Penalty boxes? => TEMPERATEZONES
44 Across: Brown, for one => IVY
45 Across: 128 oz. => GAL
46 Across: Swag bag contents => LOOT
47 Across: Accept an extension => RESIGN
49 Across: "Eww!" => BLEH
50 Across: Boy => LAD
53 Across: "Beats me!" => NOCLUE
55 Across: Boxer Ali => LAILA
57 Across: Balances, or, phonetically, how to make 18-, 32-, and 39-Across match their clues? => EVENSOUT
60 Across: Silverware wrap => NAPKIN
61 Across: Gimlet need => LIME
62 Across: Old lang. => LAT
63 Across: Cool-weather lining => FLEECE
64 Across: Goad => SPUR
65 Across: Expected => DUE
66 Across: Girls => LASSES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: City Hemingway called "a moveable feast" => PARIS
2 Down: Defensive retort => ARESO
3 Down: Flatbreads served with labneh => PITAS
4 Down: On the briny => ASEA
5 Down: Response in the kitchen => YESCHEF
6 Down: Pantry pest => ANT
7 Down: Issuer of a Mickey Mantle card sold for a record amount => TOPPS
8 Down: Sunny greeting => HIHO
9 Down: Press for time? => CLOCKIN
10 Down: Symbol on the Swiss flag => CROSS
11 Down: "haha" => LOL
12 Down: Poet laureate Limón => ADA
13 Down: Part of a mitt => WEB
19 Down: Whatsis => THING
21 Down: Never-ending => ETERNAL
24 Down: __, dos, tres => UNO
26 Down: Code creator => MORSE
27 Down: "The Hundred Dresses" Newbery honoree Eleanor => ESTES
28 Down: Shovel pass, e.g. => TOSS
29 Down: "Get a __!" => GRIP
30 Down: Princess of "Enchanted" and "Disenchanted" => GISELLE
32 Down: Pet-ty offense? => PEEVE
33 Down: TV awards => EMMYS
34 Down: Small rug => MAT
35 Down: May, to Peter Parker => AUNT
36 Down: Mix things up => STIR
40 Down: Easy-to-make waffles => EGGOS
41 Down: Lost heat, as a shower => RANCOLD
42 Down: "Special Ops: Lioness" actress Saldaña => ZOE
43 Down: "Fan-cee!" => OOHLALA
48 Down: __ Hebrides => INNER
49 Down: Montana city named for a landform => BUTTE
50 Down: Taps a heart button, say => LIKES
51 Down: Writer Munro => ALICE
52 Down: Many Lego House employees => DANES
54 Down: Feast with haupia and poi => LUAU
56 Down: Gibbons, e.g. => APES
57 Down: Lauryn Hill trio? => ELS
58 Down: Short "Kind of a big deal" => VIP
59 Down: Outback bird => EMU
60 Down: Giants and Titans org. => NFL

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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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