Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 24, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Monastery head => ABBOT
6 Across: Unrefined => CRUDE
11 Across: Devilish creatures => IMPS
15 Across: Like some reports => ORAL
19 Across: Swap => TRADE
20 Across: More vast => HUGER
21 Across: Awkwafina's real first name => NORA
22 Across: Fried cornbread => PONE
23 Across: Men's clothing retailer => HABERDASHER
25 Across: Action in Uno => DRAW
26 Across: Sicilian volcano => ETNA
27 Across: 2-Down accompaniers => OVATIONS
28 Across: Elton John hit with the misheard lyric "Hold me closer, Tony Danza" => TINYDANCER
30 Across: Not the worst => SOSO
31 Across: "__ I say more?" => NEED
33 Across: Give comfort to => REASSURE
34 Across: Lunch hours, e.g. => MEALTIMES
37 Across: Messy handwriting => SCRAWL
41 Across: Teakettle output => STEAM
44 Across: Hanover Ivy => DARTMOUTH
48 Across: __ alai => JAI
49 Across: Fitness method with "a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward" => PRANCERCISE
53 Across: UPC bar code developer => IBM
54 Across: Public persona => IMAGE
56 Across: Cereal grain => OAT
57 Across: "Orinoco Flow" singer => ENYA
58 Across: Mythological fox destined never to be caught => CADMEANVIXEN
61 Across: Circle widths => DIAMETERS
64 Across: Agnus __ => DEI
65 Across: Org. created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome => EEC
66 Across: Suffix akin to -ule => ETTE
67 Across: Physicist Newton => ISAAC
69 Across: Permanent marks => SCARS
72 Across: Longtime PBS "Mystery!" host Diana => RIGG
76 Across: Digital asset: Abbr. => NFT
78 Across: Dent or scratch => MAR
80 Across: Office supplier => STATIONER
82 Across: Celestial object next visible from Earth in 2061 => HALLEYSCOMET
88 Across: Sign => OMEN
89 Across: Singer DiFranco => ANI
90 Across: "Middlemarch" novelist => ELIOT
91 Across: Polish tennis champ Swiatek => IGA
92 Across: Connie Francis hit with a rhyming title => STUPIDCUPID
95 Across: Wall St. takeover => LBO
96 Across: Some errand runners on a yacht => CABINBOYS
99 Across: Starts a fresh pot => ANTES
100 Across: Tungusic people of northeast China => MANCHU
102 Across: Cat hair, pollen, dust mites, etc. => ALLERGENS
106 Across: One held for questioning => DETAINEE
110 Across: Plastic shoe wearer => DOLL
111 Across: __ Bora: Afghan region => TORA
115 Across: Thor's son in the role-playing game Scion => ERICDONNER
118 Across: Greeted with a ceremonial bow => SALAAMED
120 Across: Dublin Murder Squad series novelist French => TANA
121 Across: "Shining Vale" actress Sorvino => MIRA
122 Across: German roadster that once held the world speed record => BLITZENBENZ
125 Across: Trains for a marathon, say => RUNS
126 Across: U.S. passport holder => AMER
127 Across: Flood defense => LEVEE
128 Across: Tank nuisance => ALGAE
129 Across: "What __ can I say?" => ELSE
130 Across: Turner and Knight => TEDS
131 Across: Stadium levels => TIERS
132 Across: Marsh ducks => TEALS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Aramis companion => ATHOS
2 Down: "Great show!" => BRAVO
3 Down: Rum-soaked cakes => BABAS
4 Down: Tribute in "Antigone" => ODETOMAN
5 Down: Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" => TERI
6 Down: Fashion house whose logo is two interlocking C's => CHANEL
7 Down: Oft-baked potato => RUSSET
8 Down: "That's gross!" => UGH
9 Down: Low grade => DEE
10 Down: Make the team's blooper reel, perhaps => ERR
11 Down: Home to more than 1.4 billion people => INDIA
12 Down: Eves' counterparts => MORNS
13 Down: Appeals to a higher power => PRAYS
14 Down: Carpentry debris => SAWDUST
15 Down: Game 1 => OPENER
16 Down: Campus mil. group => ROTC
17 Down: Celebrity chef Burrell => ANNE
18 Down: King who says to Cordelia, "Nothing can come of nothing" => LEAR
24 Down: Portuguese title => DONA
28 Down: End-of-unit classroom event => TEST
29 Down: Gmail option => ARCHIVE
32 Down: "Rugrats" mom => DIDI
33 Down: Go back to Chapter 1 => REREAD
35 Down: Ceremony host => EMCEE
36 Down: Counterpart of fem., in grammar => MASC
38 Down: "Stronger than dirt" brand => AJAX
39 Down: Payment for labor => WAGE
40 Down: Property claim => LIEN
41 Down: Name in fine china => SPODE
42 Down: Eye color, e.g. => TRAIT
43 Down: Trouble => EATAT
45 Down: Does impressions => MIMICS
46 Down: Honor given by HM King Charles III => OBE
47 Down: Actress Thurman => UMA
50 Down: Thing => ENTITY
51 Down: Some deli loaves => RYES
52 Down: Irene of "Fame" => CARA
55 Down: Extremely small => MICRO
59 Down: __ Moines, Iowa => DES
60 Down: Fit snugly inside => NESTED
62 Down: __ Park: Edison lab site => MENLO
63 Down: Polynesian language => SAMOAN
68 Down: Word with sky or spy => CAM
70 Down: Upon => ATOP
71 Down: Malek of "Oppenheimer" => RAMI
73 Down: Hardly appropriate => INAPT
74 Down: "Your wish is my command" speaker => GENIE
75 Down: Formula 1 starting positions => GRIDS
77 Down: Went to collect => FETCHED
79 Down: Fix a worn-out shoe => RESOLE
81 Down: Quechua speaker => INCAN
82 Down: Command post => HELM
83 Down: "Dark Angel" star Jessica => ALBA
84 Down: King of the jungle => LION
85 Down: Member of the fam => SIB
86 Down: Like the dinos in "Jurassic Park" => CGI
87 Down: Texter's "I'm out!" => TTYL
93 Down: Thrift shop condition => USED
94 Down: Not firmly fixed => UNSTABLE
97 Down: Bygone coin-op eatery => AUTOMAT
98 Down: Boxer Max => BAER
101 Down: Jewel box => CDCASE
103 Down: List => ROSTER
104 Down: Sugarcoats => GLAZES
105 Down: Vogue rival => ELLE
107 Down: "Demon Slayer" genre => ANIME
108 Down: How Santa dresses, mostly => INRED
109 Down: Approaches => NEARS
112 Down: Luxury timepiece => OMEGA
113 Down: Kidney-related => RENAL
114 Down: Carving tools => ADZES
115 Down: Raison d'__ => ETRE
116 Down: "The Addams Family" actor Julia => RAUL
117 Down: Road-trip stops => INNS
119 Down: Future dr.'s class => ANAT
122 Down: Diner fave => BLT
123 Down: Luau neckwear => LEI
124 Down: "__ seen worse" => IVE

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This crossword has 64 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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