Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 18, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: SpaceX CEO Musk => ELON
5 Across: "The ___ Short" (2015 crime movie starring Brad Pitt, who turns 60 today) => BIG
8 Across: Amusement park hassles => LINES
10 Across: Parking area nearest the stadium, maybe => LOTA
11 Across: Holmes or Ledecky => KATIE
12 Across: German for "gray" => GRAU
13 Across: 2011 sports drama starring Brad Pitt => MONEYBALL
15 Across: "The ___ Professor" => NUTTY
16 Across: Subject => TOPIC
19 Across: 1999 classic starring Brad Pitt => FIGHTCLUB
23 Across: Magician's opening syllables => ABRA
24 Across: Supermarket section => AISLE
26 Across: "___ Joe Black" (1998 mystery starring Brad Pitt) => MEET
27 Across: Word with time or energy => SAVER
28 Across: Spielberg creatures => ETS
29 Across: Frees (of) => RIDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Animal with antlers => ELK
2 Down: Thespian Neeson => LIAM
3 Down: "I'm ___ you!" ("You don't fool me!") => ONTO
4 Down: German for "no" => NEIN
5 Down: Fictitious journalist of film => BORAT
6 Down: One of the settings in "Eat Pray Love" => ITALY
7 Down: France, long ago => GAUL
9 Down: "You know that movie?" => SEENIT
10 Down: Equal-rights letters => LGBT
14 Down: Plants with spiky leaves => YUCCAS
16 Down: "Seven Years in ___" (1997 drama starring Brad Pitt) => TIBET
17 Down: Shrek and the like => OGRES
18 Down: ___ Farm (clothing line) => PHAT
19 Down: 1975 David Bowie song => FAME
20 Down: Half a Jim Carrey comedy title => LIAR
21 Down: American => USVI
22 Down: Reacted to being cut => BLED
25 Down: Settings for many TV dramas => ERS

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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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