Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 18, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: "General Hospital," for one => SOAP
5 Across: Care => MIND
9 Across: Bogus offer => SCAM
13 Across: Wheel shaft => AXLE
14 Across: Admit => COPTO
15 Across: Latin bear => URSA
16 Across: "Don't switch to memory foam" => KEEPITDOWN
18 Across: Softball clubs => BATS
19 Across: SASE, perhaps => ENC
20 Across: R&B's __ Hill => DRU
21 Across: Data transfer unit => TERABIT
23 Across: Vend => SELL
24 Across: Laura of the "Jurassic Park" films => DERN
25 Across: "Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortable than the king" => GODSAVETHEQUEEN
32 Across: Makes the first bid => OPENS
33 Across: Srs.' nest eggs => IRAS
34 Across: Rain-__ gum => BLO
35 Across: Pastures => LEAS
36 Across: Brunch staple => BAGEL
38 Across: Void partner => NULL
39 Across: Coastal raptor => ERN
40 Across: Mammoth => HUGE
41 Across: HS class with a big reading list => APLIT
42 Across: "Please double-stitch the new sham" => MAKEASTRONGCASE
46 Across: Poet of ancient Rome => OVID
47 Across: Rackets => DINS
48 Across: See 59-Across => BLOOMER
51 Across: PC file suffix => EXE
52 Across: Xiao long __: soup dumpling => BAO
55 Across: Sow sound => OINK
56 Across: Nighttime heart-to-heart that's taken literally in this puzzle => PILLOWTALK
59 Across: With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful => LATE
60 Across: "Finding Dory" setting => OCEAN
61 Across: Peru's capital => LIMA
62 Across: Stretches between forces, briefly => DMZS
63 Across: Gender-fluid pronoun => THEY
64 Across: Sculpting material => CLAY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Quaff with sushi => SAKE
2 Down: Rice paddy team => OXEN
3 Down: Oscar winner Guinness => ALEC
4 Down: Liveliness => PEP
5 Down: Self-contained unit => MODULE
6 Down: Wall St. announcement => IPO
7 Down: Packaging meas. => NTWT
8 Down: Signed, sealed, and delivered agreement => DONEDEAL
9 Down: Outback maker => SUBARU
10 Down: Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustacean => CRABNEBULA
11 Down: Sparkling wine region => ASTI
12 Down: Sloop pole => MAST
14 Down: PC paste combo => CTRLV
17 Down: Dot journal entries => IDEAS
22 Down: Nonelective courses, informally => REQS
23 Down: Nine-digit IDs => SSNS
25 Down: 64-Across creature of Jewish folklore => GOLEM
26 Down: Word with glasses or gloves => OPERA
27 Down: Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers => DEANKOONTZ
28 Down: Big cat in "Life of Pi" => TIGER
29 Down: Otto I's realm: Abbr. => HRE
30 Down: New York Harbor's __ Island => ELLIS
31 Down: "Tropic Thunder" actor => NOLTE
36 Down: Place to watch Greyhounds => BUSDEPOT
37 Down: Actor's rep => AGT
38 Down: Background figures in video games, for short => NPCS
40 Down: Actor Corey => HAIM
41 Down: Vice president under 45-Down => AGNEW
43 Down: Conjures => EVOKES
44 Down: Beck album with the single "Where It's At" => ODELAY
45 Down: President who resigned in 1974 => NIXON
48 Down: Daring => BOLD
49 Down: Actor Neeson => LIAM
50 Down: Buttery => RICH
52 Down: Cut out early => BAIL
53 Down: __ mater => ALMA
54 Down: Approve => OKAY
57 Down: Director Spike => LEE
58 Down: "Waterfalls" trio => TLC

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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