Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 23, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bowling pin wood => MAPLE
6 Across: Princess Charlotte, to Harry => NIECE
11 Across: Hornets, e.g. => WASPS
16 Across: 2008 TARP beneficiary => AIG
19 Across: Think tank nuggets => IDEAS
20 Across: The Thin Blue Line director Morris => ERROL
21 Across: Mexican month => ENERO
22 Across: Stage coach Hagen => UTA
23 Across: *Chances that slipped away => LOSTOPPORTUNITIES
26 Across: Tricky bit => GAG
27 Across: Type of well => ARTESIAN
28 Across: Fulda tributary => EDER
29 Across: Griller's flipper => SPATULA
31 Across: Bird hangout => NEST
32 Across: Romance novelist Hilderbrand => ELIN
34 Across: Gate datum: Abbr. => ETD
35 Across: Windows forerunner => MSDOS
36 Across: Type of jam in Sacher tortes => APRICOT
39 Across: One of the original Warner Bros. => SAM
41 Across: Sporty car roof => TTOP
44 Across: Long story => SAGA
46 Across: Way to go: Abbr. => DIR
48 Across: Frees => LETSLOOSE
52 Across: Platform site: Abbr. => STN
53 Across: Twitter forwards, on Twitter => RTS
56 Across: Kings Peak state => UTAH
58 Across: Just __ bit => AWEE
59 Across: Ramallah-based org. => PLO
60 Across: Make an ad spicier, say => SEXITUP
62 Across: *True view => HONESTOPINION
65 Across: Shower unit? => RAINDROP
67 Across: Gives someone a hand => CLAPS
68 Across: Flake or Duckworth: Abbr. => SEN
69 Across: Gin flavor => SLOE
70 Across: *Often the best choice, in retrospect => FIRSTOPTION
74 Across: Catcher's place => HOME
77 Across: Good times => UPS
79 Across: Bring down => LOWER
80 Across: One often includes a colon => EMOTICON
82 Across: *Swindlers => FASTOPERATORS
87 Across: Hearing range => EARSHOT
88 Across: Surreal ending? => IST
89 Across: __ song => FORA
90 Across: Trash => RUIN
91 Across: Pronoun for a princess => SHE
92 Across: Mr. Blue Sky band => ELO
93 Across: They can yield immediate results => SPOTTESTS
96 Across: Poker great Ungar => STU
97 Across: PlayStation handheld game => VITA
99 Across: Baking amts. => TSPS
100 Across: Autobahn winter hazard => EIS
102 Across: Take no side => ABSTAIN
106 Across: Tibetan monks => LAMAS
110 Across: Sports radio host Patrick => DAN
112 Across: Editor's retraction => STET
113 Across: Salinger character who says to the story narrator, I don't think I shall tell you my full name => ESME
117 Across: First name in exploration => AMERIGO
119 Across: Noteworthy stretches => ERAS
121 Across: Fruit-flavored frozen treat => OTTERPOP
123 Across: Showy wrap => BOA
124 Across: *Ristorante appetizers => ANTIPASTOPLATTERS
127 Across: Overhead rumblers => ELS
128 Across: I'm with you => METOO
129 Across: Links hero, familiarly => ARNIE
130 Across: __ Blue: old laundry soap => RINSO
131 Across: Graphic top => TEE
132 Across: Uh-uh! => IWONT
133 Across: Bonkers => LOONY
134 Across: Packed away => EATEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lombardy's capital => MILAN
2 Down: Place on a pedestal => ADORE
3 Down: Raid targets => PESTS
4 Down: Reason to challenge an out call => LATETAG
5 Down: Those, in Tabasco => ESOS
6 Down: Sherpa, usually => NEPALI
7 Down: Like a typical O. Henry story => IRONIC
8 Down: Boot the ball => ERR
9 Down: Dove's digs => COTE
10 Down: Slip past => ELUDE
11 Down: Mandatory Fun parodist, familiarly => WEIRDAL
12 Down: Red or army follower => ANT
13 Down: Earthshaking event => SEISM
14 Down: Gets ready => PREPS
15 Down: Such a pity => SOSAD
16 Down: *Former Chilean dictator => AUGUSTOPINOCHET
17 Down: Leaning type: Abbr. => ITAL
18 Down: Lady on stage => GAGA
24 Down: Place to tie up => PIER
25 Down: Court dividers => NETS
30 Down: ... and your little dog, too! dog => TOTO
33 Down: Ya think? => NODUH
37 Down: Medicare prescription drug section => PARTD
38 Down: Jackson 5 member => TITO
40 Down: Hearty pastry => MEATPIE
42 Down: Capital on a fjord => OSLO
43 Down: Menial laborer => PEON
44 Down: Big bargain => STEAL
45 Down: *Bending over backward, say => ANXIOUSTOPLEASE
47 Down: Spiteful => RANCOROUS
49 Down: Masters Tournament weekend groupings => TWOSOMES
50 Down: Qtr.-ending month => SEP
51 Down: Luau souvenirs => LEIS
52 Down: Much of Eastern Eur., once => SSRS
54 Down: Tough's territory => TURF
55 Down: Unwelcome giveaways => SPOILERS
57 Down: Emergency menu => HELP
61 Down: Butterfingered => INEPT
63 Down: Tended tots => SAT
64 Down: Classic grape sodas => NEHIS
66 Down: Divide fairly => PRORATE
71 Down: Giant among low-cost carriers: Abbr. => SWA
72 Down: Four: Prefix => TETR
73 Down: Biblical builder => NOAH
75 Down: Dough => MOOLA
76 Down: Opposite of exo- => ENTO
78 Down: Like comfy slippers => SOFT
81 Down: Three Coins ... fountain => TREVI
82 Down: Punch deliverer => FIST
83 Down: Venomous vipers => ASPS
84 Down: The Black Cat author => POE
85 Down: On the Bus With Rosa Parks poet Dove => RITA
86 Down: Slights => SNUBS
94 Down: Nicholas, for one => TSAR
95 Down: Bet money an all in player can't win => SIDEPOT
98 Down: Loafer's quality => INERTIA
101 Down: Actress Gilbert => SARA
103 Down: Visit briefly ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues => STOPIN
104 Down: Bigelow alternative => TETLEY
105 Down: Lead-in to girl or boy => ATTA
107 Down: Scarface setting => MIAMI
108 Down: '60s-'70s veep => AGNEW
109 Down: __ voce: softly => SOTTO
111 Down: Twangy-sounding => NASAL
114 Down: Tuckered out => SPENT
115 Down: Man with a code => MORSE
116 Down: Nagano-based printer giant => EPSON
117 Down: Provide fake cover for, e.g. => ABET
118 Down: Sleeper agent => MOLE
120 Down: Texas MLBer => STRO
122 Down: To be, to Benoît => ETRE
125 Down: Non-neutral atom => ION
126 Down: Wish Tree artist => ONO

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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