Daily Themed Crossword January 4, 2024, Clues and Solutions

ACROSS

• Bird that gives a hoot
  OWL
• ___ about time!
  ITS
• How ___ this happen?
  DID
• Captain ___ (Peter Pan villain)
  HOOK
• Actress Anderson from Baywatch fondly
  PAM
• Saucer-shaped sighting in the sky perhaps: Abbr.
  UFO
• ___ Girls popular 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan with a musical adaptation that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  MEAN
• Surrounded by
  AMID
• Slangy refusal
  NAH
• At this instant!
  NOW
• Kingdom of the ___ of the Apes sci-fi film about a primate species that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  PLANET
• Little kid
  TOT
• Flightless resident of the Outback that can sprint at 30mph
  EMU
• Plant that doesn’t need a ladder?
  IVY
• Aah’s partner
  OOH
• A Quiet ___: Day One horror film starring Emily Blunt that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  PLACE
• Without ice to a bartender
  NEAT
• Chucklehead
  OAF
• ___ Pelekai who’s Stitch’s best friend in a Disney animated franchise
  LILO
• Pixar’s orange-and-white fish
  NEMO
• Have dinner informally
  SUP
• Vito Corleone’s title
  DON
• The O in NATO for short
  ORG
• Change as a password
  RESET
• ___: Folie a Deux film starring Joaquin Phoenix as Batman’s arch-nemesis that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  JOKER
• Market event for a unicorn?: Abbr.
  IPO
• Device used to take a panorama for short
  CAM
• ___ contendere (court plea)
  NOLO
• The ___ Guy adaptation of the eponymous 1980s series starring Ryan Gosling that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  FALL
• Poem of praise
  ODE
• Outstanding amounts say
  DUES
• Beech or palm e.g.
  TREE
• Japanese money
  YEN
• Wasabi-coated veggie
  PEA
• Actress Farrow from Alice
  MIA

DOWN

• Omega to a physicist
  OHM
• ___ is me! (sorrowful cry)
  WOE
• Bank offering
  LOAN
• Hoppy beer letters
  IPA
• Pack down tightly (word hidden in tamper)
  TAMP
• Say cheese! action
  SMILE
• ___: Part Two sci-fi sequel starring Timothee Chalamet that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  DUNE
• ___ first you don’t succeed try try again!: 2 wds.
  IFAT
• Play-___ (children’s modeling clay)
  DOH
• Tie the ___ (get married)
  KNOT
• Still slightly wet
  DAMP
• Pursue romantically
  WOO
• ___ and void (invalid)
  NULL
• ___ cool for school (fashionable)
  TOO
• Rustic renter of rooms
  INN
• Migratory birds flying formation
  VEE
• Sweet tuber that may be candied
  YAM
• How long ___ it been?
  HAS
• Military assistant
  AIDE
• Coagulate as blood
  CLOT
• Spectacularly long stretch of time
  EON
• ___ off (left the ground)
  TOOK
• ___: A Mad Max Saga spin-off starring Anya Taylor-Joy that you can watch on the big screen in 2024
  FURIOSA
• Word with rally or talk
  PEP
• Tear to bits and pieces (word hidden in render)
  REND
• Facebook ___ (community)
  GROUP
• Fluffy and gentle to the touch like a blanket
  SOFT
• Green gemstone
  JADE
• The ___ Oscar-winning horror film starring Gregory Peck
  OMEN
• Flirtatiously shy
  COY
• ___ Cooper (denim brand)
  LEE
• Limb used for a wave?
  ARM
• Garland paired with a Hawaiian shirt
  LEI
• ___ & Perrins (steak sauce brand)
  LEA