Crossword Answers For: Monday, January 3, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 14-Across, creepy Christmas presence => ELFON
6 Across: Swing and a ___! (baseball announcer's phrase) => MISS
10 Across: Take care of => SEETO
11 Across: ___ in a blue moon (rarely) => ONCE
12 Across: Ralph Lauren shirts => POLOS
13 Across: Russian ruler of old => TSAR
14 Across: See 1-Across => THESHELF
16 Across: Societal divisions in India => CASTES
17 Across: Spiritual retreat => ASHRAM
21 Across: With 31-Across, knockoff of 1-Across featuring a famous rapper smoking a blunt; he recently tweeted that he has no connection to the product and will be taking legal action against those making it and whoever is selling it => SNOOPONA
24 Across: ___ Don't Preach (Madonna hit) => PAPA
25 Across: Dr. who wrote Hop on Pop => SEUSS
28 Across: ___ out a victory (barely won) => EKED
29 Across: ___ crow flies (way of measuring distance) => ASTHE
30 Across: Loch ___ Monster => NESS
31 Across: See 21-Across => STOOP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Eerie ability, for short => ESP
2 Down: Only three-letter sign of the Zodiac => LEO
3 Down: Material for a pool table => FELT
4 Down: However, in texting shorthand => OTOH
5 Down: Protective covering on the front part of an airplane => NOSECAP
6 Down: They fly around porch lights => MOTHS
7 Down: Smaller map next to another map => INSET
8 Down: Bathroom floor item => SCALE
9 Down: Medieval laborers => SERFS
15 Down: Appetizers before a chicken tikka masala, maybe => SAMOSAS
17 Down: Colorado skiing town => ASPEN
18 Down: Copperhead or cobra, e.g. => SNAKE
19 Down: High ___ (John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign song) => HOPES
20 Down: Waze suggestions => ROADS
22 Down: Home for a hawk or a heron => NEST
23 Down: Prefix with correct or biography => AUTO
26 Down: Dexter channel, in listings => SHO
27 Down: Month before Oct. => SEP

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 35 clues are solved in the section above.
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