Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Finishes => ENDS
5 Across: Spill the beans => BLAB
9 Across: Chest muscle, for short => PEC
12 Across: In __ of => LIEU
13 Across: Credit card user => PAYER
14 Across: "It follows logically that ... " => ERGO
15 Across: Maintain => KEEP
16 Across: "Me too," more formally => ASDOI
17 Across: State of mind => MOOD
18 Across: Make a real mess => SCREWTHINGSUP
21 Across: Chillingly strange => EERIE
22 Across: "Pronto!" => ASAP
23 Across: Many moons __ => AGO
26 Across: Rightmost computer menu, often => HELP
28 Across: Cloak and __ => DAGGER
30 Across: Tortoise's fabled competitor => HARE
33 Across: Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground => LEVERHANG
36 Across: Norse god of war => ODIN
37 Across: Collaborative sites => WIKIS
38 Across: Another, in Spanish => OTRA
39 Across: Feature of some espadrilles => WEDGEHEEL
41 Across: Witnessed => SEEN
42 Across: Swim team swimwear => SPEEDO
43 Across: Toward sunrise => EAST
46 Across: Extra sports periods, briefly => OTS
47 Across: Per person => APOP
50 Across: Chops, as an onion => DICES
53 Across: Force-multiplying device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across => SIMPLEMACHINE
57 Across: Japanese noodle => UDON
59 Across: Dog collar dangler => IDTAG
60 Across: Notion => IDEA
61 Across: Come to a stop => HALT
62 Across: "You've got some __!" => NERVE
63 Across: Shakespeare's mad king => LEAR
64 Across: "Yellowjackets" network, briefly => SHO
65 Across: Mardi __: pre-Lenten festival => GRAS
66 Across: Annoys => IRKS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Part of BPOE => ELKS
2 Down: Nephew's sister => NIECE
3 Down: Brand of riding mowers => DEERE
4 Down: Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones => SUPERHENGE
5 Down: Giant party => BASH
6 Down: Winona's "Beetlejuice" role => LYDIA
7 Down: Very long time => AEONS
8 Down: Units led by colonels => BRIGADES
9 Down: Grow cuttings from a succulent, say => PROPAGATE
10 Down: Alter __ => EGO
11 Down: Fish that may be black or blue => COD
13 Down: Dev of "Lion" => PATEL
14 Down: Down Under bird => EMU
19 Down: Golfer Michelle __ West => WIE
20 Down: Practice in the ring => SPAR
24 Down: Bookstore section => GENRE
25 Down: Liver, for one => ORGAN
27 Down: Ballet barre bend => PLIE
29 Down: Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes => GHOSTCHILI
30 Down: "Can you explain?" => HOWSO
31 Down: Skilled (at) => ADEPT
32 Down: Works alone => RIDESSOLO
34 Down: __ out a win: almost lose => EKE
35 Down: Disgusting => VILE
37 Down: Extraordinarily large => WHOPPING
40 Down: Dutch cheese => EDAM
44 Down: "Better late than never," e.g. => ADAGE
45 Down: [as per the original] => SIC
48 Down: More mature => OLDER
49 Down: Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City => PETRA
51 Down: Duck down => EIDER
52 Down: Go on tiptoe => SNEAK
54 Down: Picked-off pass, for short => INT
55 Down: Big D NBA squad => MAVS
56 Down: Prominent feature of a fennec fox => EARS
57 Down: Hesitation syllables => UHS
58 Down: Lah-di-__ => DAH

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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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