Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 29, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sponge (off) => MOOCH
6 Across: Degs. for CFOs => MBAS
10 Across: 1040 ID figs. => SSNS
14 Across: Place to perform => VENUE
15 Across: Additionally => ALSO
16 Across: Shiny sticker? => EPEE
17 Across: The worst description of poor purses? => PROSPEROUS
19 Across: __ chips => PITA
20 Across: Breading choice => PANKO
21 Across: Has quite a kick => ZINGS
22 Across: Rx writer => DOC
25 Across: Completely unlike a docile man? => DEMONIACAL
28 Across: Investment firm figure => ANALYST
31 Across: Agent, informally => REP
32 Across: Simu of "Kim's Convenience" => LIU
33 Across: Italian birthplace of Paganini => GENOA
34 Across: Element in some smoky whiskies => PEAT
35 Across: Filmmaker Lee => ANG
36 Across: The furthest thing from tidier rooms? => DORMITORIES
40 Across: Call (out) => CRY
42 Across: Swimmer Torres who won 12 Olympic medals => DARA
43 Across: Literary form => ESSAY
46 Across: Consists of => HAS
47 Across: Letters before a pen name => AKA
48 Across: Spartan => AUSTERE
50 Across: The opposite of one who is not against? => ANTAGONIST
53 Across: Patch, perhaps => SEW
54 Across: Size for fries => LARGE
55 Across: Cut a rug => DANCE
58 Across: Gloating cry => IWIN
59 Across: Treated with a decided lack of due respect? => PERSECUTED
64 Across: Promontory => CAPE
65 Across: Pennsylvania city across from Presque Isle State Park => ERIE
66 Across: Sports news => TRADE
67 Across: Seers? => EYES
68 Across: Over and done with => PAST
69 Across: Madonna hit that begins, "Strike a pose" => VOGUE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 2023 World Series honor for Corey Seager => MVP
2 Down: Poetic contraction => OER
3 Down: "Double Fantasy" singer => ONO
4 Down: Astrological delineation => CUSP
5 Down: __ filter => HEPA
6 Down: Word with fish or meat => MARKET
7 Down: Sign of spring => BLOOM
8 Down: Tempe sch. => ASU
9 Down: Scouring brand => SOS
10 Down: Retro tone => SEPIA
11 Down: SoulCycle offering => SPINCLASSES
12 Down: Bottom line => NETGAIN
13 Down: Shell-less gastropod => SEASLUG
18 Down: Comes to a halt => ENDS
21 Down: Some plastic fasteners => ZIPTIES
22 Down: Peace Nobelist Hammarskjöld => DAG
23 Down: Single => ONE
24 Down: Peppermint pattern => CANDYSTRIPE
26 Down: Ice cream cookie => OREO
27 Down: In the ballpark => NEAR
29 Down: Liverpool lav => LOO
30 Down: Gridiron stat => YARDAGE
34 Down: Educational org. => PTA
37 Down: Shortfin shark => MAKO
38 Down: Turkey neighbor => IRAN
39 Down: NYC hrs. => EST
40 Down: Ceremonial goblet => CHALICE
41 Down: Bolted => RANAWAY
44 Down: Equal => ARE
45 Down: Evergreen shrub => YEW
48 Down: How cutlery is typically sold => ASASET
49 Down: Alternative magazine name => UTNE
51 Down: Hong Kong politician and social activist Chow => AGNES
52 Down: "Luther" star Elba => IDRIS
56 Down: Video surveillance letters => CCTV
57 Down: Irish capital => EURO
59 Down: Oomph => PEP
60 Down: Bullpen fig. => ERA
61 Down: __ sale => TAG
62 Down: Georgetown closer => EDU
63 Down: Barely passing mark => DEE

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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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