Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 24, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Word to the impatient => WAIT
5 Across: State celebrations => FAIRS
10 Across: A'ja Wilson, in the 2020 and 2022 WNBA seasons => MVP
13 Across: All-encompassing upscale hotel chain => OMNI
14 Across: Big name in tea bags => LIPTON
15 Across: Roadside boost org. => AAA
16 Across: From the Grammy-winning band for Use Somebody ... to an alternate name for the Three Magi? => KINGSOFNOEL
18 Across: ___-DMC => RUN
19 Across: Fill with great joy => ELATE
20 Across: Like some guesses (especially in figuring out who's inside the body bag before The White Lotus season finale) => WILD
21 Across: Background actor => EXTRA
24 Across: From a 2019 film about political activism by nontheists ... to a laudatory greeting for Kris Kringle? => HAILSANTA
28 Across: Suspiciously cautious => LEERY
29 Across: Wavy-patterned fabrics => MOIRES
30 Across: Actress Kendrick => ANNA
31 Across: It's short and stout, in a nursery rhyme => TEAPOT
34 Across: From certain police dogs ... to those who possibly visited baby Jesus soon after his birth? => MANGERSHEPHERDS
40 Across: They can be precious => METALS
41 Across: Hunny-loving children's character, familiarly => POOH
42 Across: Switch to breaking news, say => GOLIVE
45 Across: Christmas Redecorations, for this puzzle => TITLE
46 Across: From a cross-sectioned construction piece ... to what Shohei Ohtani uses to keep his uniforms wrinkle-free? => ANGELIRON
49 Across: Ring-shaped coral reef => ATOLL
50 Across: Small, fruity pastry => TART
51 Across: Pizazz => OOMPH
53 Across: Lode discovery => ORE
54 Across: From Jörmungandr and Leviathan ... to largesse handed out while on a cruise? => SEAPRESENTS
60 Across: Org. for the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers => MLS
61 Across: A stitch in time saves nine, e.g. => OLDSAW
62 Across: Dark greenish-blue color => TEAL
63 Across: The S in GPS (abbr.) => SYS
64 Across: Carli ___, US Soccer legend with 134 career international goals => LLOYD
65 Across: PlayStation's creator => SONY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pan for yakisoba chicken => WOK
2 Down: Friend, in Cannes => AMI
3 Down: Cozy rest stop => INN
4 Down: Jazz standard incorporated in fight song routines at LSU and Clemson University => TIGERRAG
5 Down: Saks ___ Avenue => FIFTH
6 Down: Sleep clinic diagnosis => APNEA
7 Down: Figure skating legend Midori => ITO
8 Down: Topping for some sushi rolls => ROE
9 Down: Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car show, briefly => SNL
10 Down: Semper Fi combatant => MARINE
11 Down: Bank safes => VAULTS
12 Down: Bearlike mammal with colors akin to a crossword puzzle => PANDA
14 Down: Mauna ___ (Hawaii volcano that erupted in November) => LOA
17 Down: Crush it on the runway => SLAY
20 Down: It's good for absolutely nothing, in an Edwin Starr hit song => WAR
21 Down: ___ Ending (basketball rules format where winning team reaches a target score) => ELAM
22 Down: Warrior Princess of '90s television => XENA
23 Down: Dollywood's locale (abbr.) => TENN
25 Down: Force an action => IMPEL
26 Down: Air show maneuvers => LOOPS
27 Down: Red lightsaber wielder => SITH
31 Down: ___ Fountain (Rome tourist attraction) => TREVI
32 Down: Fragrant chemical compound => ESTER
33 Down: I just figured it out! => AHA
35 Down: Long-distance running great Zátopek => EMIL
36 Down: The Great and The Terrible, for two => EPITHETS
37 Down: Fantasy sports league option, in fantasy sports lingo => ROTO
38 Down: Akua'ba, e.g. => DOLL
39 Down: Where the Sidewalk Ends writer Silverstein => SHEL
42 Down: Difficult, in dated surfer-speak => GNARLY
43 Down: Fiona in Shrek, for example => OGRESS
44 Down: Give permission to rent out => LET
45 Down: Emulates Savion Glover => TAPS
46 Down: Small units of matter => ATOMS
47 Down: Clumsy me! => OOPSY
48 Down: US-Canadian air defense org. => NORAD
52 Down: Sound catty? => MEW
54 Down: Sun, en español => SOL
55 Down: Extension of a building => ELL
56 Down: Commotion => ADO
57 Down: The Matrix protagonist => NEO
58 Down: A fake one can be achieved by using bronzer => TAN
59 Down: Calculating => SLY

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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