Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 25, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Element of ecclesiastical architecture => APSE
5 Across: Pave over => RETAR
10 Across: Business magnate => CZAR
14 Across: Tailless cat => MANX
15 Across: Same here, more formally => ASAMI
16 Across: Gold element of some religious paintings => HALO
17 Across: Thing that may have twists and turns => PLOT
18 Across: Capacitance unit => FARAD
19 Across: Penny-__ => ANTE
20 Across: Add bulk to cured meat? => BEEFUPJERKY
23 Across: Pro Bowl org. => NFL
24 Across: California's Big __ => SUR
25 Across: Treat haricot verts to extra plant food? => BUTTERUPBEANS
32 Across: Longtime Dancing With the Stars judge Goodman => LEN
33 Across: My bad => SORRY
34 Across: Zelenskyy's country: Abbr. => UKR
36 Across: Range units => ACRES
39 Across: Hubbub => ADO
40 Across: __ del Carmen, Mexico => PLAYA
42 Across: Give some oomph to pot stickers? => SOUPUPDUMPLINGS
45 Across: No time to talk! => IMLATE
46 Across: Half of an interrogation pair => BADCOP
47 Across: Decryption need => KEY
48 Across: Highway sign no. => RTE
50 Across: WWII carrier => LST
51 Across: Dreyer's partner in ice cream => EDY
52 Across: Concerns for commuters, or an apt title for this puzzle => FAREHIKES
55 Across: Corn Belt state => IOWA
58 Across: Shiraz resident => IRANI
59 Across: Milton setting => EDEN
63 Across: Pub contest => QUIZ
64 Across: Disciplined, in a way => FINED
65 Across: Roof overhang => EAVE
66 Across: Place to build => SITE
67 Across: Months and months => YEARS
68 Across: Was positive => KNEW

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Band aid => AMP
2 Down: Sidekick => PAL
3 Down: Stuffed shirt => SNOB
4 Down: Length => EXTENT
5 Down: Some drawings => RAFFLES
6 Down: Biblical birthright seller => ESAU
7 Down: Renovator's protective cover => TARP
8 Down: Key of Beethoven's Sym. No. 7 => AMAJ
9 Down: Rolls past => RIDESBY
10 Down: Yogic spiritual center => CHAKRA
11 Down: Off-the-wall => ZANY
12 Down: PC key near Z => ALT
13 Down: Sturgeon delicacy => ROE
21 Down: Young salamander => EFT
22 Down: Have regrets about => RUE
25 Down: Turn into => BECOME
26 Down: Disorderly => UNRULY
27 Down: Thing that may have twists and turns => ROAD
28 Down: Pakistani language => URDU
29 Down: Dance with a queen => PROM
30 Down: Fine point => NUANCE
31 Down: Heavenly body? => SKYGOD
32 Down: Shortsighted solution? => LASIK
35 Down: Rough, in a way => RASPY
37 Down: Org. concerned with plastic pollution => EPA
38 Down: Buddhist teaching => SUTRA
40 Down: One in a buffet stack => PLATE
41 Down: Starbucks top => LID
43 Down: Paralyze with fear => PETRIFY
44 Down: The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo airer => PBSKIDS
49 Down: Strange and scary => EERIE
50 Down: Hard-hit baseball => LINER
52 Down: Throw for a loop => FAZE
53 Down: Mandlíková in the International Tennis Hall of Fame => HANA
54 Down: Try to find => SEEK
55 Down: Sharpness figs. => IQS
56 Down: Absolument! => OUI
57 Down: One with a knack for snappy comebacks => WIT
60 Down: Auerbach of the Black Keys => DAN
61 Down: House of the Dragon actress Best => EVE
62 Down: Word in four state names => NEW

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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