Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Mediterranean isle for which a style of pants is named => CAPRI
6 Across: Periodic table's Pb => LEAD
10 Across: Female lobsters => HENS
14 Across: Butcher's garment => APRON
15 Across: Killer whale => ORCA
16 Across: Lobster catcher => TRAP
17 Across: Takes hold => ROOTS
18 Across: *Bureaucratic obstacle to environmental projects => GREENTAPE
20 Across: Portuguese greeting => OLA
21 Across: "Call Me by Your Name" name => ELIO
23 Across: Declined, with "out" => OPTED
24 Across: *Extreme winter-weather event => BOMBCYCLONE
28 Across: Before, in verse => ERE
29 Across: Dolly Parton hit => JOLENE
33 Across: Nonpoetic writing => PROSE
36 Across: Phobia => FEAR
38 Across: Daffy or Bugs => TOON
40 Across: *Nickname for a Mozart work in C major => JUPITERSYMPHONY
43 Across: Pit => SEED
44 Across: Tons => LOTS
45 Across: Lather, __, repeat => RINSE
46 Across: Aspirations => DREAMS
48 Across: PC alternative => MAC
49 Across: *Writer of the 2023 legal thriller "The Exchange" => JOHNGRISHAM
55 Across: Tyler of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" => AISHA
59 Across: Cereal grain => OATS
60 Across: Prefix with tourism => ECO
61 Across: Protection of intellectual property, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has => COPYRIGHT
64 Across: Boise's state => IDAHO
66 Across: Couple of magazines? => ITEM
67 Across: Mayberry boy => OPIE
68 Across: When the sun rises in the west => NEVER
69 Across: Dishwashing brand used to clean animals after oil spills => DAWN
70 Across: D.C. MLB team => NATS
71 Across: Honking birds => GEESE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Chocolate substitute => CAROB
2 Down: Speed skater Ohno => APOLO
3 Down: Many a charity tournament => PROAM
4 Down: Go bad => ROT
5 Down: Behind closed doors => INSECRET
6 Down: Puzzle solver's skill => LOGIC
7 Down: Former "CNN Newsroom" anchor Barnett => ERROL
8 Down: Blackjack card => ACE
9 Down: Actor Daniel __ Kim => DAE
10 Down: URL intro => HTTP
11 Down: Q.E.D. part => ERAT
12 Down: Travel pillow spot => NAPE
13 Down: Raced => SPED
19 Down: Fielding of "The Great British Bake Off" => NOEL
22 Down: Caustic chemical => LYE
25 Down: Next to => BESIDE
26 Down: "Love Train" group, with "The" => OJAYS
27 Down: Convention => NORM
30 Down: Law school course => ETHICS
31 Down: Midday => NOON
32 Down: Geological spans => EONS
33 Down: Comfy attire that's rarely worn out? => PJS
34 Down: Regretted => RUED
35 Down: Abbr. on old phones => OPER
36 Down: Future soph => FROSH
37 Down: Contractor's fig. => EST
39 Down: "Science Guy" Bill => NYE
41 Down: Red "Sesame Street" resident => ELMO
42 Down: Lauding => PRAISING
47 Down: Somewhat open => AJAR
48 Down: "Rocky III" actor with a mohawk => MRT
50 Down: Like three Justin Verlander games => NOHIT
51 Down: Stadium entries => GATES
52 Down: Throw => HEAVE
53 Down: __ and pains => ACHES
54 Down: Boxing legend Archie => MOORE
55 Down: Caustic chemical => ACID
56 Down: Little bit => IOTA
57 Down: Gush => SPEW
58 Down: Church song => HYMN
62 Down: Charged particle => ION
63 Down: Transcript fig. => GPA
65 Down: Dead end? => DEE

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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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