Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 16, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Level of a flight => STEP
5 Across: With 9-Across, John Hughes film about a boy who is left to defend his house from robbers => HOME
9 Across: See 5-Across => ALONE
14 Across: Classic music system => HIFI
15 Across: Carpeting calculation => AREA
16 Across: Deck of cards for fortune-telling => TAROT
17 Across: "I ___ Love" (Cole Porter tune) => AMIN
18 Across: Fender imperfection => DENT
19 Across: Retailer that merged with Sears in 2004 => KMART
20 Across: Take it easy => RELAX
22 Across: "Argo" submachine gun => UZI
24 Across: Falsehood => LIE
25 Across: 1986 Molly Ringwald movie written by John Hughes => PRETTYINPINK
30 Across: Legend maker, once => ACURA
31 Across: Astronauts' outfits => GSUITS
35 Across: "You ___ My Sunshine" => ARE
38 Across: Land parcels to build on => LOTS
40 Across: Weed-B-Gon company => ORTHO
41 Across: With 44-Across, 1984 coming-of-age film written and directed by John Hughes => SIXTEEN
44 Across: See 41-Across => CANDLES
46 Across: Braves Hall-of-Famer Warren => SPAHN
47 Across: Navy commando => SEAL
49 Across: One of the fire signs => LEO
50 Across: Joe of Super Bowl III fame => NAMATH
52 Across: Profound fear => DREAD
55 Across: 1985 John Hughes movie whose title song is by Oingo Boingo => WEIRDSCIENCE
60 Across: ___-tac-toe => TIC
63 Across: Formerly, in a wedding announcement => NEE
64 Across: Secret hideouts => LAIRS
65 Across: Had the title to => OWNED
67 Across: After everybody else => LAST
71 Across: Numbered hwys. => RTES
72 Across: ___ optics => FIBER
73 Across: Greek letter or tiny bit => IOTA
74 Across: Cardinal's perch => TREE
75 Across: "___ Buck" (1989 John Hughes film starring John Candy) => UNCLE
76 Across: "The Breakfast ___" (1985 John Hughes film) => CLUB
77 Across: Jumps on one foot => HOPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pitched too high => SHARP
2 Down: Microwave counter => TIMER
3 Down: Submit taxes, nowadays => EFILE
4 Down: Target at a fiesta => PINATA
5 Down: "I've ___ it up to here!" => HAD
6 Down: What miners get a lode of => ORE
7 Down: "It's Raining ___" (The Weather Girls hit) => MEN
8 Down: Devour completely => EATUP
9 Down: Mr. Bean portrayer Rowan => ATKINSON
10 Down: On the ___ (fleeing the law) => LAM
11 Down: Like a campfire story => ORAL
12 Down: Seaweed at a sushi bar => NORI
13 Down: Suffix for Rock or kitchen => ETTE
21 Down: British New Wave band originally called Helium Kidz => XTC
23 Down: Zag's counterpart => ZIG
26 Down: Season of Christmas => YULE
27 Down: Jeremy of "Reversal of Fortune" => IRONS
28 Down: ___ "King" Cole => NAT
29 Down: Turkish native, perhaps => KURD
32 Down: "___ have to do" => ITLL
33 Down: Pronoun for Hamlet => THEE
34 Down: Not too bad => SOSO
35 Down: NBA sect. => ASSN
36 Down: Morning TV host Kelly => RIPA
37 Down: Term ender => EXAM
39 Down: Surgery marks => SCARS
42 Down: Spring meltdown => THAW
43 Down: Double-___ (term with two meanings) => ENTENDRE
45 Down: Guinness in "Scrooge" => ALEC
48 Down: Byrnes who played Vince Fontaine in "Grease" => EDD
51 Down: Hurry, quaintly => HIE
53 Down: Feel queasy, for example => AIL
54 Down: Sparsity => DEARTH
56 Down: Find for an archaeologist => RELIC
57 Down: Dynamite ingredient, briefly => NITRO
58 Down: Grow, as a vine => CREEP
59 Down: Sam Smith has two => ESSES
60 Down: Vegetarian protein source => TOFU
61 Down: Declaration of victory => IWIN
62 Down: "Fast Money" network => CNBC
66 Down: Fish you can smoke => EEL
68 Down: "You've Got Mail" company => AOL
69 Down: Poker legend Ungar => STU
70 Down: Key that moves the cursor to the next field => TAB

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 45 down clues. In total 83 clues are solved in the section above.
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