Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Spanish light bite => TAPA
5 Across: Alternatives to sandwiches => WRAPS
10 Across: Shape of a racetrack => OVAL
11 Across: Matisse the artiste => HENRI
12 Across: Bruno who's playing twelve concerts in Las Vegas beginning January 25th => MARS
13 Across: Kind of animal Cork is, on Wild Kratts => OTTER
14 Across: Beloved Today weatherman who will return to work this Friday after a two-month absence due to health reasons => ALROKER
16 Across: ___ Hot to Handle (reality series) => TOO
17 Across: Election Day sticker words => IVOTED
21 Across: Good way to show up to work => ONTIME
23 Across: Wong with the Netflix special Don Wong => ALI
24 Across: Our sunshine is coming back Friday ___ (Savannah Guthrie's on-air comment about 14-Across's return) => MORNING
26 Across: Home country of video game legend Shigeru Miyamoto => JAPAN
29 Across: Mystal who writes for The Nation => ELIE
30 Across: Compadre => AMIGO
31 Across: ___ of Anarchy => SONS
32 Across: Buddies, to Brits => MATES
33 Across: Run at a casual pace => TROT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Ingredient in a caprese salad => TOMATO
2 Down: 82-year-old Frankie who played a concert in Houston in October => AVALON
3 Down: Talking bird => PARROT
4 Down: One other thing... => ALSO
5 Down: ___ Did This (Sopranos episode) => WHOEVER
6 Down: Nostalgia-evoking => RETRO
7 Down: ___-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (adventure sequel being released February 17th) => ANT
8 Down: Not post- => PRE
9 Down: ___ Mix-A-Lot => SIR
15 Down: Garments whose sash is called an obi => KIMONOS
18 Down: ___-made (custom) => TAILOR
19 Down: Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name => ELNINO
20 Down: Reader's ___ (101-year-old magazine) => DIGEST
22 Down: NAACP ___ Awards (they'll broadcast on Feb. 25th) => IMAGE
25 Down: Empty ___ => NEST
26 Down: Space ___: A New Legacy (2021 sports comedy starring LeBron James) => JAM
27 Down: Reddit Q&A => AMA
28 Down: ___ boss (casino employee) => PIT

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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