Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 23, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Rub uncomfortably => CHAFE
6 Across: Drug a.k.a. acid => LSD
9 Across: Expert => ACE
12 Across: Call it a day => RETIRE
14 Across: At the highest point => ATOP
16 Across: When tripled, "Yum!" => NOM
17 Across: Scottish ballad sung just after Christmas that's a tribute to a 1980s supermodel? => ALTLANGSYNE
19 Across: "Inside the NBA" network => TNT
20 Across: Criticize severely => SLAM
21 Across: "Jurassic Park" beast, in brief => TREX
22 Across: Give off => EMIT
24 Across: Sound heard at the end of a period during basketball or hockey games => HORN
25 Across: Appreciation for music, perhaps => EAR
26 Across: Long curtains => DRAPES
28 Across: Grand Ole ___ => OPRY
30 Across: Regular container? => GASTANK
31 Across: What hips don't do, in a Shakira hit => LIE
32 Across: Fish that's grilled in hitsumabushi => EEL
33 Across: Place to live like a pig? => STY
34 Across: Mesh-like outdoor Christmas decorations named after a variety show host of the '60s and '70s? => BURNETTLIGHTS
39 Across: Typical Christmas present container => BOX
40 Across: Affirmative answer => YEA
41 Across: ___ tai => MAI
42 Across: Blew up => ERUPTED
45 Across: Kidney, pinto, or lima => BEAN
47 Across: Roland ___, WWI French fighter pilot => GARROS
48 Across: Thin, straight bar => ROD
49 Across: Lyft rival => UBER
53 Across: Free passes to the next round of a tournament => BYES
54 Across: Utters => SAYS
55 Across: Number-picking casino game => KENO
56 Across: Collapsible camp bed => COT
57 Across: New title of a 1941 classic movie after discovering the Christmas gift, Rosebud, was really meant for the "It's Too Late" singer? => CITIZENKING
60 Across: Athletic wear sometimes fitted with a tracking device => BRA
61 Across: Yemeni port near the Red Sea => ADEN
62 Across: Category of excellence => LEAGUE
63 Across: Lisa Simpson's instrument => SAX
64 Across: One of Harriet Tubman's roles during the Civil War => SPY
65 Across: Nonbinary possessive => THEIR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Go to a party uninvited => CRASH
2 Down: No.1 hit song title for Lionel Richie and Adele => HELLO
3 Down: Fragrant oil made from natural flora => ATTAR
4 Down: Cinematic genre of the '40s and '50s => FILMNOIR
5 Down: Life phase, nowadays => ERA
6 Down: Hair removal tool => LASER
7 Down: Band with the 1979 hit "Renegade," (Steelers fans know it well) => STYX
8 Down: Put on => DON
9 Down: Starters, in a trattoria => ANTIPASTI
10 Down: Everything that is inside => CONTENTS
11 Down: First responder in an ambulance: Abbr. => EMT
13 Down: "___ the Dragon" (classic Bruce Lee film) => ENTER
15 Down: Contemporaries => PEERS
18 Down: Hair color associated with wisdom => GRAY
23 Down: Judo flooring => MAT
26 Down: Surrealist painter Salvador => DALI
27 Down: Chicago's WNBA team => SKY
29 Down: Check-endorsing need => PEN
30 Down: Form for some deodorants => GEL
31 Down: Financial penalty for high-spending sports teams => LUXURYTAX
32 Down: "What's your ___?" (text to someone en route) => ETA
34 Down: French Polynesian resort destination with a repeating name => BORABORA
35 Down: Peacock feather features => EYES
36 Down: ___ Talks => TED
37 Down: Robin Roberts's show, informally => GMA
38 Down: Eight-day festival mostly during Kislev => HANUKKAH
39 Down: Supplicate => BEG
43 Down: "Med" or "game" preceder => PRE
44 Down: Puccini opera whose title anagrams to "coats" => TOSCA
45 Down: Grammy-winning R&B group ___ II Men => BOYZ
46 Down: Ford's famous flop in the '50s => EDSEL
48 Down: Like stereotypical Seattle weather => RAINY
50 Down: Neutral color => BEIGE
51 Down: Boredom => ENNUI
52 Down: Tennis legend ___ Federer => ROGER
54 Down: Dance maneuver => STEP
56 Down: "The Big Bang Theory" network => CBS
58 Down: Driver's licenses, e.g. => IDS
59 Down: Volleyball court divider => NET

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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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