Crossword Answers For: Sunday, January 7, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Totally wiped => BEAT
5 Across: College Board exam for jrs. => PSAT
9 Across: Fondant colorer => DYE
12 Across: Dream big => ASPIRE
18 Across: Roman aqueduct section => ARCH
19 Across: Active volcano on Sicily => ETNA
20 Across: Timely benefit => BOON
21 Across: Bedouin, e.g. => ROAMER
22 Across: HTTP 504: Knight fails to return to castle before portcullis closes for curfew => GATEWAYTIMEOUT
25 Across: Soft cotton fabric => MUSLIN
26 Across: Literary comparisons => SIMILES
27 Across: Organs that affect balance => EARS
28 Across: Boutonniere counterpart => CORSAGE
29 Across: Bed cover => DUVET
30 Across: "Turn up the heat!" => BRR
31 Across: Fade, say => WEAR
33 Across: Triangles on a map, typically: Abbr. => MTNS
34 Across: Flower in some O'Keeffe paintings => IRIS
35 Across: HTTP 403: Knight not approved to embark on second search for the Holy Grail => FORBIDDENREQUEST
40 Across: Snap veggies => PEAS
41 Across: Sign into law => ENACT
42 Across: Push notifications => EALERTS
43 Across: DOJ staffers => ATTYS
45 Across: Ryan of "Star Trek: Picard" => JERI
46 Across: Puglia lang. => ITAL
49 Across: HTTP 419: Knight's squire's apprenticeship no longer in force => PAGEEXPIRED
53 Across: Gets fit => SHAPESUP
57 Across: Routine material => JOKES
58 Across: Store securely => STOW
59 Across: Blues label based in Memphis => STAX
60 Across: Icy layer => RIME
61 Across: "Pressure" singer Lennox => ARI
62 Across: Tennis unit => SET
65 Across: Some fossils => TEETH
67 Across: Citi player => MET
69 Across: 16th POTUS => ABE
70 Across: Baby carrier => WOMB
72 Across: Spindly => BONY
74 Across: Villain's hideaway => LAIR
76 Across: "The Sparks Brothers" director Wright => EDGAR
78 Across: Commuters' region => SUBURBIA
80 Across: HTTP 500: Knight fails to tip waitstaff at banquet => SERVERERROR
83 Across: Meh => SOSO
84 Across: Lump of soil => CLOD
86 Across: Finnish tech giant => NOKIA
87 Across: Lowered a lot, as prices => SLASHED
90 Across: New cadet => PLEBE
92 Across: Rowdy crowds => MOBS
96 Across: HTTP 405: Knight illegally aims for opponent's head during joust => METHODNOTALLOWED
100 Across: French friend => AMIE
101 Across: Fairy tale meanie => OGRE
102 Across: White peg in Battleship => MISS
103 Across: Car port? => AUX
104 Across: Waterfall on a doughnut production line => GLAZE
105 Across: Fuel mining site => COALPIT
107 Across: Angry speech => RANT
109 Across: Toyota sedan => COROLLA
112 Across: Suggest => HINTAT
113 Across: Medieval protocol for knights, or an alternate title for this puzzle? => CODEOFCHIVALRY
116 Across: Rise => ASCENT
117 Across: "Sadly ... " => ALAS
118 Across: Spark interest? => LEND
119 Across: For a __ pittance => MERE
120 Across: Hi-fi system => STEREO
121 Across: Civil rights initialism => BLM
122 Across: Brouhahas => ADOS
123 Across: 115-Down votes => AYES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Sack => BAG
2 Down: Error remnant => ERASURE
3 Down: Probiotic yogurt brand => ACTIVIA
4 Down: Rap anthem by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five => THEMESSAGE
5 Down: Ring out => PEAL
6 Down: Warm compress target, maybe => STYE
7 Down: Termite eaters => ANTS
8 Down: Mai __: cocktail => TAI
9 Down: "Monsters, Inc." factory product => DOOR
10 Down: "Pinkie promise?" => YOUSWEAR
11 Down: Isengard attacker => ENT
12 Down: Weapons expert => ARMORER
13 Down: Sweet and __ => SOUR
14 Down: Make the grade => PASSMUSTER
15 Down: "Better get a move on!" => IMLATE
16 Down: Royal tenures => REIGNS
17 Down: "Ready Player One" author Cline => ERNEST
20 Down: Santa costume need => BEARD
23 Down: Sharp quality => WIT
24 Down: Warrant => MERIT
28 Down: Attention => CARE
29 Down: Swing dance move => DIP
30 Down: "The Graham Norton Show" airer => BBC
32 Down: Recruit => ENLIST
35 Down: Big bash => FETE
36 Down: Agate kin => ONYX
37 Down: Speaks with a sore throat => RASPS
38 Down: "No good __ goes unpunished" => DEED
39 Down: Swab for 27-Across => QTIP
44 Down: Model/activist Holliday => TESS
45 Down: Like tiaras => JEWELED
47 Down: Parmesan substitute => ASIAGO
48 Down: __ support => LUMBAR
49 Down: Like a sponge => POROUS
50 Down: With hands on hips => AKIMBO
51 Down: Teensy => ITTY
52 Down: Fishy topping => ROE
54 Down: Goofy sort => HAM
55 Down: Splitting tool => AXE
56 Down: Coeval => PEER
57 Down: Spielberg shark thriller => JAWS
59 Down: Sister on "Succession" => SHIV
63 Down: Flow partner => EBB
64 Down: You, in Montréal => TOI
66 Down: Driveway-patching gunk => TAR
68 Down: Actress Hatcher => TERI
71 Down: Place for a pick-me-up? => BUSSHELTER
73 Down: Cheesy layered snack => NACHOS
75 Down: Keep up on the issues? => RENEW
77 Down: One prone to histrionics, informally => DRAMALLAMA
79 Down: Hershey caramel candy => ROLO
80 Down: Faygo or Fanta => SODA
81 Down: Get-up on Sunday morning? => ROBE
82 Down: __ out a living => EKED
85 Down: "Time to blow this popsicle stand" => LETSROLL
88 Down: Come clean about => ADMITTO
89 Down: Sulky mood => SNIT
90 Down: Ninth planet, until 2006 => PLUTO
91 Down: Fishy topping => LOX
93 Down: Ill-fated "Grey's Anatomy" resident George => OMALLEY
94 Down: Nutty => BIZARRE
95 Down: Match at the poker table => SEE
96 Down: Coffee-and-chocolate concoctions => MOCHAS
97 Down: Narcissist => EGOIST
98 Down: Hypnotic state => TRANCE
99 Down: Areas of expertise => LANES
104 Down: Sen.'s domain => GOV
106 Down: Greenhouse unit => PANE
108 Down: Genesis figure => ADAM
109 Down: Included in an email thread => CCED
110 Down: "How terrible!" => OHNO
111 Down: Divests (of) => RIDS
113 Down: Uber or Lyft alternative => CAB
114 Down: Tampa's st. => FLA
115 Down: Affirmative => YES

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This crossword has 67 across clues and 76 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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