NetWord Crossword Clues and Answers January 20, 2024
Author: by Ben Zimmer
Across
| Render ineffectual | DECLAW |
| What mousse may have | RAWEGGS |
| Start of many happy returns | IMHOME |
| Chinese character | CAPITALC |
| Treats poorly | SPITES |
| “Just this, please . . .” | ONEFAVOR |
| Manx, for instance | CELTS |
| Scored, in sports | MADE |
| “__ thou and peace may meet”: Shelley | ERE |
| Latin under the $1 pyramid | ORDO |
| Capsule review? | CRIT |
| Miembra de la familia | TIA |
| Wall St. profitability measure | ROI |
| Sheepish expression | GRIN |
| Advisor to Truman through Obama | GRAHAM |
| AFI’s #3 funniest film | DRSTRANGELOVE |
| Result of $5 1.5-quart ice creams | SHRINKFLATION |
| Where house rules are followed | GAMESOFCHANCE |
| Kept from littering | SPAYED |
| Nellie Bly contemporary | RIIS |
| Club __ | CAR |
| Abe Lincoln’s dad | TOM |
| Crushes routinely | OWNS |
| Go fast | TEAR |
| Calligrapher’s concern | NIB |
| Mandela in 2013 | ELBA |
| Life in a locale | BIOTA |
| Validation inquiry | ISITMEOR |
| See 6 Down | CRAVEN |
| Evinced trust | CONFIDED |
| Inbox label | UNREAD |
| 32-Grammy singer (so far) | KNOWLES |
| War cry | TOARMS |
Down
| Amity antonym | DISCORD |
| Some heads of state | EMPERORS |
| Rapper who wrote for 30 Rock | CHILDISHGAMBINO |
| Drawing activity | LOTTO |
| It’s between Minneapolis and Kansas City on I-35 | AMES |
| With 50 Across, moviedom’s “Sultan of Shock” | WES |
| Blitzed | RANAT |
| Sent up | APED |
| Chaucer tale teller | WIFE |
| What our H was derived from | ETA |
| Did a swift scan | GAVETHEONCEOVER |
| Name meaning “splendor” | GLORIA |
| What a headline might do | SCREAM |
| Offering assistance | COMINGFORWARD |
| Improved your view, perhaps | CRANED |
| Places for curlers | RINKS |
| Pledge target | GRIME |
| Gentle slope [kin to an icy expanse] | GLACIS |
| Where many regular contributions go | ROTHS |
| “The go to shoe for court sports” | AVIA |
| Blu-ray holder | TRAY |
| Impish | ELFIN |
| Big Dance participant | NCAATEAM |
| Minor missions | ERRANDS |
| Present-day presence | STNICK |
| Anything harmful | POISON |
| High winds | OBOES |
| Prom night sight | TIARA |
| He’s a citrus reversal | EMIL |
| Article opener | LEDE |
| Czechia’s second city | BRNO |
| Text introducing an emotional outreach | TFW |
| Shortening | CUT |
