Eugene Sheffer – King Feature Syndicate – Dec 23, 2023, Solutions
Clues | Answers |
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“Born Free” lioness | ELSA |
“Cheers” bartender | SAM |
“Eureka!” | IFOUNDIT |
“I dropped the fruitcake!” | OOPS |
“My friend,” in Paris | MONAMI |
“Same Old Love” singer Selena | GOMEZ |
“This Is — Tap” | SPINAL |
“— was saying …” | ASI |
Apr. addressee | IRS |
Barks | ARFS |
Bearded antelope | GNU |
Beget | SIRE |
Big gulps | SWIGS |
Biol. or chem | SCI |
Buckle | WARP |
Bug barrier | NET |
Chinese martial art | TAICHI |
Chinese noodle dish | CHOWMEIN |
Compass pt | WSW |
Corp. money manager | CFO |
Crumb mover | ANT |
Elitist | SNOB |
Frat letters | RHOS |
Game caller | REF |
Guest at an inn | LODGER |
Holders of compressed data | ZIPFILES |
Holiday quaff served at 32-Across | EGGNOG |
Holiday workplace fetes | OFFICEPARTIES |
Hoodlum | GOON |
Lay down the lawn | SOD |
Many millennia | EON |
Clues | Answers |
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Melodious | ARIOSO |
North Carolina university | ELON |
Ostrich’s kin | EMU |
Partner of Wagnalls | FUNK |
Pay | PONYUP |
PC port | USB |
Pen pal? | PIG |
Perfect | UTOPIAN |
Perhaps | MAYBE |
Perry’s creator | ERLE |
Place for a wreath | DOOR |
Previously | AGO |
Read quickly | SCAN |
Redeem | CASHIN |
Report card data | MARKS |
Reporter’s quest | NEWS |
Retired jet | SST |
Rx amounts | DOSES |
Sheep’s cry | BLEAT |
Shrewd | ASTUTE |
Skin breakout | ACNE |
Slaps sharply | SMACKS |
Smooch | KISS |
Sultry Horne | LENA |
Teeny | WEE |
Told a story | NARRATED |
U.S. Army enforcers | MPS |
Winter blanket | SNOW |
Work on proofs | EDIT |
Xmas time | DEC |
— account (never) | ONNO |