Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Ballplayer's hat => CAP
4 Across: Bygone Persian rulers => SHAHS
9 Across: Under => BELOW
14 Across: Baton Rouge sch. => LSU
15 Across: Certain Tuscan => PISAN
16 Across: Suspect's excuse => ALIBI
17 Across: Feel ill => AIL
18 Across: South American home of many pink dolphins => AMAZONRIVER
20 Across: At one's leisure => IDLY
22 Across: More current => NEWER
23 Across: Potato spot => EYE
24 Across: Scientific studies of pooled data => METAANALYSES
28 Across: "Don't believe the __" => HYPE
29 Across: Make a mistake => SLIPUP
33 Across: Very small => WEE
35 Across: Healing ointment => SALVE
39 Across: Top of the line => AONE
40 Across: Diner dessert topped with a scoop => APPLEPIEALAMODE
44 Across: "Star Wars" heroine => LEIA
45 Across: Sing the praises of => EXTOL
46 Across: Snapchat snicker => LOL
47 Across: Court game => TENNIS
50 Across: "Knives Out" filmmaker Johnson => RIAN
52 Across: Bowlful of letter-shaped pasta => ALPHABETSOUP
58 Across: Grampa Simpson => ABE
61 Across: Feudal lord => LIEGE
62 Across: Fire truck item => HOSE
63 Across: New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has? => TECHSTARTUP
67 Across: "With all __ respect ... " => DUE
68 Across: "West Side Story" role for Rachel Zegler => MARIA
69 Across: Sierra __, Africa => LEONE
70 Across: Place for a napkin or a cat => LAP
71 Across: Hit the books => STUDY
72 Across: Spanish mister => SENOR
73 Across: Above-the-street rumblers => ELS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Call one's own => CLAIM
2 Down: "All kidding __ ... " => ASIDE
3 Down: End a project due to lack of funding, say => PULLTHEPIN
4 Down: Place to take it easy => SPA
5 Down: He/__ pronouns => HIM
6 Down: Yoga posture => ASANA
7 Down: Witch __: astringent lotion => HAZEL
8 Down: Like some winter nights => SNOWY
9 Down: Wooden wine container => BARREL
10 Down: Yale student => ELI
11 Down: Reside (in) => LIVE
12 Down: Follow orders => OBEY
13 Down: Undercover agent's device => WIRE
19 Down: Loch __ monster => NESS
21 Down: "Great news!" => YAY
25 Down: Altar area => APSE
26 Down: Half-moon tide => NEAP
27 Down: Former name of Thailand => SIAM
30 Down: Simple flotation device => POOLNOODLE
31 Down: Reverse => UNDO
32 Down: Kumquat coat => PEEL
33 Down: Poet Whitman => WALT
34 Down: Fencer's blade => EPEE
36 Down: Untruth => LIE
37 Down: Irk => VEX
38 Down: Gulp down => EAT
41 Down: "Blue Banisters" singer-songwriter Del Rey => LANA
42 Down: Ancestral stories, e.g. => LORE
43 Down: Settled on a branch, as a bird => ALIT
48 Down: "Darn tootin'!" => ILLSAY
49 Down: Rotisserie rod => SPIT
51 Down: __-blond: grayish shade => ASH
53 Down: Recovers => HEALS
54 Down: Share an opinion => AGREE
55 Down: Pick to win at the track => BETON
56 Down: Regular's order, with "the" => USUAL
57 Down: Marshmallow treats shaped like baby birds => PEEPS
58 Down: Cash dispensers => ATMS
59 Down: Score more points than => BEAT
60 Down: Beige shade => ECRU
64 Down: Camouflaged => HID
65 Down: Game in which a player may get a red or a yellow card => UNO
66 Down: According to => PER

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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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