Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 24, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: For => PRO
4 Across: U.S. hours not used in Arizona => DST
7 Across: Grand finale? => DEE
10 Across: What the suffix -ology usually indicates: abbr. => SCI
13 Across: Relief pictures? => CONTOURMAPS
16 Across: Ready some leather => TAN
17 Across: Casual bit of bicep-baring wear => SLEEVELESST
18 Across: Thing measured in radians => ARC
19 Across: Script flourishes? => LINES
20 Across: Symbol of density, in physics => RHO
21 Across: La ___ (Trinidadian location of Pitch Lake) => BREA
22 Across: Preceder of "it ironic?" or "it romantic?" in song => ISNT
23 Across: "This is beyond me," colloquially => ICANTEVEN
25 Across: Sch. that measured the Harvard Bridge in "Smoots," units based on the height of a student named Oliver Smoot => MIT
26 Across: Breed with a "fawn" coloring => PUG
28 Across: Structure akin to a catafalque => BIER
29 Across: "___ minute, s'il vous plait" => UNE
30 Across: Since => ASOF
32 Across: What's "good" for a trip to Paris? => BON
33 Across: Directive given to a gem? => NEVERCHANGE
37 Across: Illness associated with the Ice Bucket Challenge, for short => ALS
38 Across: Middle Earth? => CORE
39 Across: Legendary assassin of Cleopatra => ASP
42 Across: Meh => SOSO
44 Across: Nature network => PBS
45 Across: Modern educational acronym that sounds like a nickname => TED
46 Across: Safety gear that might have cow-tail attachments => LIFEVESTS
50 Across: Tract overseen by a 46-Down => FIEF
51 Across: Cozy layovers on a journey => INNS
52 Across: Word after pork or cow => PIE
53 Across: "I ___ heard ..." => HADNT
55 Across: One of a Freudian trio => EGO
56 Across: Classic Christmas carol ... made literal in 10 of this puzzle's down entries => SILENTNIGHT
59 Across: Grok => GET
60 Across: Some well-priced rentals => ECONOMYCARS
61 Across: "Whilst eyes that change ___ night / Make glad the day" (line from "Mutability," by Shelley) => ERE
62 Across: File extension akin to .xml => RSS
63 Across: Citation style used in comp lit => MLA
64 Across: Dolphins quarterback Tagovailoa => TUA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Some notebooks, for short => PCS
2 Down: Sidles up => ROLLSIN
3 Down: UB40 protest song with a name inspired by the unemployment rate => ONEINTEN
4 Down: Buck's mate, perhaps => DOVE
5 Down: Not to be trusted, in brief => SUES
6 Down: Show where, legend has it, Bey and Jay debuted as a couple => TRL
7 Down: Red Scare podcast co-host Nekrasova => DASHA
8 Down: Subdivision of Seiko => EPSON
9 Down: Redundant suffix with best or most => EST
10 Down: Gawk => STARVE
11 Down: Empath, fundamentally => CAREER
12 Down: Like some Peruvian tourist sites => INCAN
14 Down: Weapon for Wile E. => TENT
15 Down: Paid arm => MERC
21 Down: Chandler ___ (Friends friend) => BEING
22 Down: Where kālua pig is likely to be cooked => IMU
23 Down: Classic name for a lab assistant => IGOR
24 Down: Hits on the side => TBONES
26 Down: Preceder of Alto or santo => PAVLOV
27 Down: Letters before some ship names => USES
31 Down: Org. in charge of bleeping everything! => FCC
32 Down: Nicki Minaj stan, colloquially => BARB
34 Down: A real butthead => EASES
35 Down: Strong ingredients in West Coast IPAs => HOPS
36 Down: Eroding => EATINGAT
40 Down: Transparent, in ad-speak => SEETHRU
41 Down: Type of attachment => PDF
42 Down: Figure who is 43-Down? => SINGER
43 Down: Significantly => OFNOTE
46 Down: Overseer of a 50-Across => LIEGE
47 Down: Insta-slideshow components => EPICS
48 Down: Divisions => SILOS
49 Down: Like a famed Wolf or a group of Titans => TEEN
50 Down: Banking org. founded during the Depression => FDIC
53 Down: Page language, for short => HTML
54 Down: She played Margot in The Menu => ANYA
56 Down: French : être :: Spanish : ___ => SER
57 Down: Repeated syllable in many memes of hungry animals => NOM
58 Down: Org. with wand-wielders => TSA

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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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