NetWord Crossword Clues and Answers January 14, 2024
Author: by Mark McClain
Across
| Electronic examination | SCAN |
| Home to 4+ billion | ASIA |
| ampfire fare | SMORES |
| Periodical, in brief | MAG |
| Italian car, informally | ALFA |
| November honorees | VETS |
| Northern Italian | PADUAN |
| Baja resort city | CABO |
| Enters by trickery | WORMSONESWAYINTO |
| Spot for sledding | HILL |
| Impassive philosophy | STOICISM |
| Shining examples | ICONS |
| Held back, as breath | BATED |
| Commanded | BADE |
| Compass point | SSE |
| Dress down | BERATE |
| Vocal groups | CHOIRS |
| Weasels out of responding | DUCKSAQUESTION |
| Mirthful sounds | HAHA |
| Shirt feature | ARM |
| Drops dramatically | PLUNGES |
| Suffix indicating approximation | ISH |
| Smirnoff rival | SKYY |
| Be patient | WAITABIT |
| Nova broadcaster | PBS |
| Declined due to fear | CHICKENEDOUT |
| Responses | ANSWERS |
| Bratty talk | LIP |
| Golf course measure | YARD |
| Supply with gear | RIG |
| OPEC charter member | IRAN |
| Jo’s Boys author | ALCOTT |
| Ultimately reach | ENDUPAT |
| Barn nestlings | OWLETS |
| Ornery | MEAN |
| Put in the lineup | USE |
| Steps up to the plate | BATS |
| Apple offering | MAC |
| Entered carefully | EDGEDIN |
| Played boisterously | HORSEDAROUND |
| Former surname indicator | NEE |
| Source of malevolence | EVILMIND |
| Well ventilated | AIRY |
| Memoir, in brief | BIO |
| Vietnamese neighbor | LAOTIAN |
| $, in exchange rate tables | USD |
| Religious offshoot | SECT |
| Saved for the future | SQUIRRELEDAWAY |
| Smug expressions | SMIRKS |
| Three straight strikes, in bowling | TURKEY |
| Notice | SEE |
| Arduous activity | TOIL |
| Light-colored brew | LAGER |
| Boots out | OUSTS |
| Some germs | BACTERIA |
| Banjo cousins | UKES |
| Overdo it in cross-examination | BADGERTHEWITNESS |
| Number-picking game | KENO |
| Rocky’s first film foe | APOLLO |
| Humerus neighbor | ULNA |
| Pacific state, slangily | CALI |
| Summer hrs. in DC | EDT |
| Traditionally rainy times | APRILS |
| Texter’s signoff | TTYL |
| Biblical paradise | EDEN |
Down
| Workshop tools | SAWS |
| Clump together | CLOT |
| Big hair | AFRO |
| Angola neighbor | NAMIBIA |
| Steers clear of | AVOIDS |
| Logical thinking | SENSE |
| Short news piece | ITEM |
| Stubborn beast | ASS |
| Oscar winner as Loretta Lynn | SPACEK |
| Bread spread | MAYO |
| Thor’s dad | ODIN |
| Makes haste | RUNS |
| Feast on | EAT |
| Wintry white, in brand names | SNO |
| Rum cocktail | MAITAI |
| __ move (motile) | ABLETO |
| Especially valuable | GOLDEN |
| Navigator’s references | CHARTS |
| Lingering mark | SCAR |
| Green Bay’s st. | WISC |
| Assails | BESETS |
| Total amount | SUM |
| Kick off | BEGIN |
| Stylish | CHIC |
| Breakfast side dish | HASH |
| Distracted greeting | OHHI |
| Rarity at tearjerkers | DRYEYES |
| Rotisserie rod | SPIT |
| Hgt. | ALT |
| Sine __ non | QUA |
| Put away, as groceries | UNBAG |
| Rand of fiction | AYN |
| Short parody | SKIT |
| Held onto | KEPT |
| Dictionary look-up | WORD |
| Eminent ornithologist/artist | AUDUBON |
| French father | PERE |
| Unruly kid | BRAT |
| IRS form data | SSNS |
| High-tech replica | CLONE |
| Lego inventor, by birth | DANE |
| As you wish, in radio lingo | WILCO |
| Peanuts exclamation | RATS |
| “You can do it!” | ITSEASY |
| Congregation affirmation | AMEN |
| News story intro | LEDE |
| Hamster’s home | CAGE |
| Cowpoke’s pal | PARD |
| Actor Epps or Sharif | OMAR |
| On guard | WARY |
| Bring together | UNITE |
| More precious | DEARER |
| Shade of white | IVORY |
| Starter for sight | HIND |
| Took care of | DID |
| Cab alternative | UBER |
| Pottery flaw | NICK |
| URL punctuation | DOTS |
| Tiny, informally | LIL |
| Fannie __ (mortgage agency) | MAE |
| “Do it thusly” | LIKESO |
| OPEC member | UAE |
| “Zip it!” | SILENCE |
| Gospel writer | STLUKE |
| Shuddered | QUAKED |
| Needing immediate attention | URGENT |
| Texas ballplayers | ASTROS |
| Into the sunset | WEST |
| Gregarious | SOCIAL |
| Oven glove | MITT |
| Lion-colored | TAWNY |
| Aroma | ODOR |
| Citrus hybrid | UGLI |
| Unload for cash | SELL |
| Sing loudly | BELT |
| Peruse | READ |
| Land amidst water | ISLE |
| D __ “down” | ASIN |
| Sound at sheep shearings | BAA |
| Phone download | APP |
| Humble home | HUT |
