Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 9, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Breadth => SCOPE
6 Across: Planetary shadow => UMBRA
11 Across: Car brand promoting itself as the ultimate driving machine => BMW
14 Across: Spice in garam masala => CUMIN
15 Across: Pricey watch => ROLEX
16 Across: Brazilian tourist hot spot, for short => RIO
17 Across: Tell comedian Bob to go his own way? => ABANDONHOPE
19 Across: Four quarters => ONE
20 Across: Fill in with a pencil, perhaps => DARKEN
21 Across: Michigan's Sault ___ Marie: Abbr. => STE
22 Across: Australian band whose name is spelled in all caps => INXS
23 Across: Thinker's germ => IDEA
25 Across: Take out of the packaging => UNBOX
27 Across: Coffee shop meet-up, maybe => DATE
30 Across: Tell guitarist Derek to go his own way? => DUMPTRUCKS
34 Across: $5 bill => ABE
35 Across: Fairy tale beast => OGRE
36 Across: Pale-colored => ASHEN
37 Across: League with an in-season tournament that debuted in 2023: Abbr. => NBA
38 Across: Wetland where a mossy fuel forms => PEATBOG
41 Across: Emblematic time => ERA
42 Across: Sad song => DIRGE
44 Across: Barbecue chef's seasoning mixes => RUBS
45 Across: Make a flub => ERR
46 Across: Tell actress Byrne to go her own way? => DESERTROSE
49 Across: Creamy French cheese => BRIE
50 Across: The Cornhusker State's largest city => OMAHA
51 Across: This cleu contains one => TYPO
53 Across: Often blue-collar sitcom stereotypes => OAFS
55 Across: Messenger ___ => RNA
57 Across: First name among the literary Lost Generation => ERNEST
61 Across: Prez who championed Medicare => LBJ
62 Across: Tell basketball coach Phelps to go his own way? => DITCHDIGGER
64 Across: Pair => DUO
65 Across: Out in the open => OVERT
66 Across: Ironic surname for a minimalist? => MOORE
67 Across: Digs for pigs => STY
68 Across: Gives up => CEDES
69 Across: History class assignment => ESSAY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Large amount => SCAD
2 Down: Havana's island => CUBA
3 Down: Tamagotchi singer ___ Apollo => OMAR
4 Down: Finger furthest from the thumb => PINKIE
5 Down: Over and done with => ENDED
6 Down: Big coffee container => URN
7 Down: ___ scale (set of hardness ratings) => MOHS
8 Down: Absorb, as with a paper towel => BLOTUP
9 Down: Make up for wrongdoing => REPENT
10 Down: Show the door to => AXE
11 Down: Heckler's disrespectful sound => BRONXCHEER
12 Down: Flirt => MINX
13 Down: Series of misfortunes => WOES
18 Down: Ready to snap => ONEDGE
22 Down: Payment substitutes given to a lender => IOUS
24 Down: Superstar's surroundings, say => AURA
26 Down: Isn't humble, in a way => BRAGS
27 Down: Role-playing game with a Monster Manual, for short => DANDD
28 Down: Cornish of Jack Ryan => ABBIE
29 Down: They're shed during a happy cry => TEARSOFJOY
31 Down: City and its suburbs => METRO
32 Down: Gymnastics great Strug => KERRI
33 Down: Hunting trap => SNARE
35 Down: Work of musical theater => OPERA
39 Down: One that didn't live up to the hype => BUST
40 Down: Followed, as orders => OBEYED
43 Down: Jeweler's merchandise => GEMS
47 Down: Succeed => THRIVE
48 Down: Went off verbally => RANTED
49 Down: Drums played with the hands => BONGOS
52 Down: Career peak => PRIME
53 Down: Parents, with the => OLDS
54 Down: Brush up next to => ABUT
56 Down: Unit of real estate => ACRE
58 Down: Talent agents handle many of them => EGOS
59 Down: Medical fluids => SERA
60 Down: Three-point shot => TREY
62 Down: Hospital figure, familiarly => DOC
63 Down: Brooklyn ___, NY => HTS

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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