Daily Themed Crossword January 13 2024 Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• On ___ with (at the same level)
  PAR
• Bodybuilder’s chest muscle for short
  PEC
• Mostly suitable as a reply (anagram of pat)
  APT
• Traveled on foot (word hidden in strode)
  TROD
• Down with fever say
  ILL
• Decorative Japanese pond swimmer
  KOI
• There is no honor ___ thieves
  AMONG
• *47a became extinct almost 10000 years ago possibly due to both hunting and ___ change (prevailing weather conditions)
  CLIMATE
• Prepare to feather?
  TAR
• ___ Valley California’s wine destination
  NAPA
• What ___ supposed to do? (I’m stuck…): 2 wds.
  AMI
• Soak up as gravy
  SOP
• Spanish that
  ESA
• ___ ’em! (attack command to a guard dog perhaps)
  SIC
• Skunk’s defense
  ODOR
• Mother who won the Nobel Peace Prize
  TERESA
• *47a lived in a steppe ___ habitat (arctic plains) comprised of low shrubs sedges etc.
  TUNDRA
• Go off the ___ end (lose control)
  DEEP
• Burning ___ annual Black Rock Desert event
  MAN
• Bit of a yen?
  SEN
• Scratchy voice
  RASP
• Rite ___ (drugstore chain)
  AID
• Rocks that are mined and refined
  ORES
• Skincare brand that sounds like a bullfighting cheer
  OLAY
• *Woolly ___ extinct gigantic tusker…and a hint to solve 16a 33a 11d 15d and 44d
  MAMMOTH
• 1997 Peter Fonda titular role
  ULEE
• Hand-___ coordination
  EYE
• Versatile truck briefly
  UTE
• Growth on old cheese
  MOLD
• Berlin’s country for short
  GER
• Firework that failed say
  DUD
• Attack with snowballs
  PELT

DOWN

• School fundraising group: Abbr.
  PTA
• Appendage that may be rested on a recliner
  ARM
• Below-the-ground plant part
  ROOT
• Meal at the park with friends say
  PICNIC
• Jazz legend Fitzgerald referred to as the First Lady of Song
  ELLA
• Bangs holder
  CLIP
• Letters before a nickname
  AKA
• Stew-cooking vessel
  POT
• Make a knot say
  TIE
• *Studies suggest that 47a share the same ___ (hereditary letters) with elephants: Abbr.
  DNA
• *47a was herbivorous and fed mostly on ___ (green blades) plants and shrubs
  GRASS
• Type of jar for fruit preserves
  MASON
• Unaccounted for in the military: Abbr.
  MIA
• Against all ___ (despite success being unlikely)
  ODDS
• Skin’s breathable opening
  PORE
• Plane’s take-off approximation: Abbr.
  ETD
• One with a crystal ball
  SEER
• ___ code (part of a telephone number)
  AREA
• More than jogged
  RAN
• Bath bomb salt
  EPSOM
• ___ chi Chinese martial art whose precise origins remain unknown
  TAI
• Ctrl + Z on a computer
  UNDO
• ___ potatoes side dish with meat
  MASHED
• ___ as a peacock
  PROUD
• ___ Brute?: 2 wds.
  ETTU
• *47a had a large ___ (uneven bulge) to store excess fat to survive in harsh winters
  LUMP
• ___ vera succulent whose leaf contains latex
  ALOE
• SHOUT
  YELL
• Ticket to Heaven actress Foster
  MEG
• Nautical affirmation
  AYE
• Prefix with maid for a mythical sea creature that’s half-fish half-human
  MER
• New York summer hours: Abbr.
  EDT