Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Starfleet Academy student => CADET
6 Across: "Ain't gonna happen" => NOPE
10 Across: Mattress support piece => SLAT
14 Across: Fruit on a cocktail toothpick => OLIVE
15 Across: Lyft rival => UBER
16 Across: Opera house level => LOGE
17 Across: *Hurdles for would-be attorneys => BAREXAMINATIONS
20 Across: "Take a load off" => SIT
21 Across: Toothpaste dispensers => TUBES
22 Across: Group of eight => OCTET
23 Across: Break bread => DINE
24 Across: More formal than business casual => DRESSY
25 Across: *Rural byway => COUNTRYROAD
29 Across: Beyoncé's "Best __ I Never Had" => THING
30 Across: Made for __ other => EACH
31 Across: Pampering place => SPA
34 Across: Make mad => RILE
35 Across: TGIF part => THANK
37 Across: Growth on an old loaf => MOLD
38 Across: "Woo-hoo!" => YAY
39 Across: Cold feet => FEAR
40 Across: Light supper => SALAD
41 Across: *Clarinet, bassoon, etc., in an orchestra => WINDSECTION
44 Across: Arcade coins => TOKENS
47 Across: Backyard storage for hoes and hoses => SHED
48 Across: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi => ANNAN
49 Across: Spud, informally => TATER
51 Across: __ Dhabi => ABU
54 Across: Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? => CROSSREFERENCES
57 Across: "Bloodline" actor Chandler => KYLE
58 Across: Part of a plot => ACRE
59 Across: Windy City airport => OHARE
60 Across: Fly off the shelves => SELL
61 Across: "To __ It May Concern" => WHOM
62 Across: Narrow openings => SLITS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Corn discards => COBS
2 Down: Jai __: Basque game => ALAI
3 Down: Earth => DIRT
4 Down: December 24 or 31 => EVE
5 Down: Tapping out messages => TEXTING
6 Down: Digit => NUMBER
7 Down: Award similar to a Tony => OBIE
8 Down: Farm structures => PENS
9 Down: Timeline segment => ERA
10 Down: Like cold cuts => SLICED
11 Down: Ransacks => LOOTS
12 Down: Youngest "Despicable Me" daughter => AGNES
13 Down: Peevish => TESTY
18 Down: Grandma's daughter => AUNT
19 Down: Bar mitzvah scroll => TORAH
23 Down: Two-part sci-fi epic starring Timothée Chalamet => DUNE
24 Down: Charging station => DOCK
25 Down: Novelty "pet" that's really a plant => CHIA
26 Down: Greasy => OILY
27 Down: Quite a while => YEARS
28 Down: Took off => RAN
29 Down: Give it a go => TRY
31 Down: Guitar Hero challenge => SOLO
32 Down: Architectural drawing => PLAN
33 Down: Throw in => ADD
35 Down: Change for a 50, maybe => TENS
36 Down: Possessed => HAD
37 Down: Rosie on "The Jetsons," for one => MAID
39 Down: Helsinki inhabitants => FINNS
40 Down: Sound systems => STEREOS
41 Down: Ferret kin => WEASEL
42 Down: Respect highly => ESTEEM
43 Down: "Believe" Grammy winner => CHER
44 Down: Bulletin board pins => TACKS
45 Down: BLT option => ONRYE
46 Down: Small hill => KNOLL
49 Down: Film crew employee => TECH
50 Down: __-Cuban jazz => AFRO
51 Down: Blueberrylike berry => ACAI
52 Down: Ernie's "Sesame Street" pal => BERT
53 Down: Finds a purpose for => USES
55 Down: Uncooked => RAW
56 Down: Stanley Cup org. => NHL

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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