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The Crossword Clues, Hints & Answers for January 8, 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

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This archive page covers the The Crossword from Monday, January 8, 2024. The daily crossword is the classic: a 15×15 grid on weekdays and a larger Sunday puzzle, with difficulty rising from a gentle Monday to a fiendish Saturday. Hints come first and the solution stays hidden until you ask for it.

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

across

1. "Old man": PAPA
5. "Yikes!": EGAD
9. Childproof bottle contents, for short: MEDS
13. Purchase at a cannabis dispensary: EDIBLE
19. "Sounds 'bout right to me": IRECKONSO
21. False ___: IDOL
22. Fine parchment: VELLUM
23. It might be pressed before work: POWERSUIT
24. It might be pressed before work: SNOOZEALARM
26. Post concerned with etiquette: EMILY
27. "Capeesh?": HEARME
28. Up-and-down, as a relationship: ROCKY
29. Internet harvesting tool: DATASCRAPER
34. "On Photography" author Susan: SONTAG
36. 1918-2004 Fenway Park phenomenon, familiarly: THECURSE
38. Nothing-doing?: INIDLE
42. They're home to spinners: SPIDERWEBS
46. They're home to spinners: PRAGENCIES
50. Luxury fashion label: ARMANI
51. 1990s workout fad: TAEBO
52. "The Racer's Edge" sloganeer: STP
53. Says, informally: GOES
54. Bay Area gallery, for short: SFMOMA
59. Late winter/early spring, weather-wise: MUDSEASON
63. "___ and the Night Visitors" (opera): AMAHL
65. Fragrant bloomers: LILACS
67. Animal that becomes a plant if spelled backward: DEER
68. Bandleader's urging … or an alternative title for this puzzle: ONCEMOREWITHFEELING
74. New ___: AGER
75. Guides: STEERS
76. Athleisure portmanteau: SKORT
78. Certain beach top: SWIMSHIRT
83. Snooty: UPPISH
85. Many a Yemeni: ARAB
86. Piece de resistance?: OHM
87. Tourney round: SEMIS
89. Some goofs: ERRATA
91. One sailing through long passages: SEACAPTAIN
95. One sailing through long passages: AVIDREADER
99. Ready and waiting: ONCALL
100. Gadgets for truckers: CBRADIOS
102. Porterhouse alternatives: TBONES
106. Inspiration for many a lottery pick: LUCKYNUMBER
111. Shame, e.g.: ABASE
114. The yoke's on them: OXTEAM
116. Chuck ___, TV director/producer who's known as the "King of Sitcoms": LORRE
117. Target of many a viral marketing campaign: GENERATIONZ
119. Target of many a viral marketing campaign: FLUSTRAIN
123. Lead role in 1978's "La Cage aux Folles": RENATO
124. Kind of terrier: SKYE
125. Exclamation after a rescue: WERESAVED
126. Warm coat: ANORAK
127. Dash: TEAR
128. Measurable impact, so to speak: DENT
129. Bad news for an investor: LOSS

down

1. Spoke (up): PIPED
2. Petrichor, n.: The pleasant ___ of rainfall on dry soil: AROMA
3. Bird also known as a lapwing: PEWIT
4. 150-mile-per-hour train: ACELA
5. Dawn figure, in myth: EOS
6. Bovid named for the sound it makes: GNU
7. "___ was saying ...": ASI
8. Part of an ellipsis: DOT
9. Skinflints: MISERS
10. Novelist Ferber: EDNA
11. Subject of a subway announcement: DOORS
12. Remedy for a blink-and-you-missed-it moment: SLOMO
13. First lady?: EVE
14. Start of a classic request for advice: DEARANN
15. Bad reasoning: ILLOGIC
16. Rap's ___ Chyna: BLAC
17. Hang in the shadows: LURK
18. TV award: EMMY
20. Actress Ritter of "Jessica Jones": KRYSTEN
25. Serene, informally: ZEN
27. For the lady: HERS
30. Country singer Stapleton: CHRIS
31. Remote button abbr.: REW
32. Hotshot: ACE
33. Place for a porter: PUB
35. Clip-on, for one: TIE
37. Superfund grp.: EPA
39. Bit of slander: DISS
40. Titan who gave birth on Delos: LETO
41. Disney subsidiary: ESPN
42. Story that isn't a quick read: SAGA
43. BOGO, e.g.: PROMO
44. Words after a verbal gaffe: IMEAN
45. Accessory for a rideshare vehicle: DASHCAM
47. ___ cycle: REM
48. "Aladdin" sidekick: ABU
49. Amazing woman, slangily: GODDESS
51. "Agricola" author: TACITUS
55. Petal pusher?: FLORIST
56. Peace, in Russian: MIR
57. Stadium cheer: OLE
58. Big mouths: MAWS
60. "Told you so!": SEE
61. Ursine : bears :: anguilliform : ___: EELS
62. Dakota tribe: ARIKARA
64. Staying power: LEGS
66. Part of a process: STEP
69. "I've seen better": MEH
70. Cool, back in the day: HEP
71. "Good" day: Abbr.: FRI
72. Santa-tracking org.: NORAD
73. Really annoy, with "on": GRATE
77. Lift type: TBAR
78. Just ... all right: SOSO
79. Info in a party invitation: WHEN
80. Apple variety: IMAC
81. Stephen of "Michael Collins": REA
82. "Eww! Enough!": TMI
84. Bittern, e.g.: HERON
88. Bimonthly business magazine: INC
90. Election night news: RESULTS
92. Plant that may be mistaken for a dandelion: CATSEAR
93. Landlocked province: ALBERTA
94. Grp. once led by Arafat: PLO
95. Kind of lily: ARUM
96. Hoover, for one, in brief: VAC
97. "No idea," in a text: IDK
98. Like Ikea furniture assembly, for short: DIY
101. Sports jacket: BLAZER
103. "As if!": NOT
104. Live and breathe: EXIST
105. Feed: STOKE
107. Storybook ending?: MORAL
108. "Nice job!": BRAVO
109. People of western New York: ERIES
110. Sunders: RENDS
111. Tourist mecca in southern Asia: AGRA
112. "Never ___ Kissed" (1999 Drew Barrymore film): BEEN
113. Part of A.D.: ANNO
115. Singer with the album "Watermark": ENYA
118. Hunky-dory: AOK
119. Email chain abbr.: FWD
120. Min Jin ___, author of the 2017 best seller "Pachinko": LEE
121. You can dispense with this: URN
122. Complete collection: SET

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How the week is built

Monday and Tuesday: straightforward definitions and familiar answers. These are the best days to learn.
Wednesday: a step up, often with a playful theme.
Thursday: the trick day, with rebus squares (several letters in one square) and answers that turn corners or skip squares.
Friday and Saturday: themeless and tough, with sly clues and long open sections.
Sunday: a bigger 21×21 grid with a theme, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.

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Learn the common fill. Short vowel-heavy words such as ERA, OREO, ALOE and ETNA appear constantly because they help constructors connect sections.
Read clue signals. "?" means wordplay, "Abbr." means an abbreviation, "e.g." means an example of a category, and a foreign word in the clue hints at a foreign answer.
Find the theme. The longest answers usually share a gimmick; the title (on Sundays) or a "revealer" clue explains it.
Erase without fear. When crossings don't work, the wrong letter is usually in the answer you were most confident about.
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