Happy New Year 2024
◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2023-12-30T12:55:37.286Z
Constructor's Note
Every New Year I post a puzzle wishing solvers well in the upcoming twelve months. For 2024, my wish for you is contained at 20, 36, and 52 Across. Thank you Crosshare community!
Jeff Linder
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Across
- 1ATies
- 6ANon-human welfare org.
- 10AType of V8
- 14AA landline phone is a modern one
- 15ARecover
- 16AFirst Russian tsar
- 17ADoolittle of "My Fair Lady" or Schuyler of "Hamilton"
- 18AFoot type
- 19ADonate
- 20AWish, Part 1
- 23AA whole one hangs below the line
- 24AStock sci-fi character
- 25ABalto, e.g.
- 28A___ of Man
- 29AInsurance/risk mitigation giant whose name is the Gaelic word for "one"
- 30AKings of ____ (rock band)
- 32AYearns
- 36AWish, Part 2
- 40ABroadway composer Jule ___ ("Funny Girl," "Gypsy")
- 41AAspiring chef in Ratatouille
- 42AKareem, once
- 43ACardinal and carmine, e.g.
- 45ASheep entrails, some times (and always, for the sheep)
- 48ACounsel
- 51AFarewell ___
- 52AWish, Part 3
- 58AMascara target
- 59Ae-book standard
- 60ADined partner
- 61AFirst word of "The Raven"
- 62AThe demolished prison had a ___-by date
- 63AEndo- equivalent
- 64AGeneral ___ Chicken
- 65ALife form since the Devonian (the "Age of Fishes")
- 66ADisney dog
Down
- 1DActress DeMatteo ("The Sopranos")
- 2DDepend
- 3DCaught in ___
- 4DGenius
- 5DAlarmed
- 6DBe a clutch performer?
- 7DRing
- 8DBed in a posada
- 9DCompilations
- 10DCutting-edge
- 11D"Buenos Aires" singer
- 12DExpert
- 13DStationary
- 21D"____ Mio"
- 22D"The ____ Archipelago" (Solzhenitsyn)
- 25DPizza joint in "Do The Right Thing"
- 26DSpoils
- 27DBegrudge
- 28DSui generis
- 31DAce value, some times
- 33DActor Ian who played Bilbo Baggins and King Lear
- 34DCros-sword?
- 35DStitched
- 37DAdds nutritive value, perhaps
- 38DJokey plural of "moose," or President Reagan's not-at-all-jokey Attorney General, Ed _____.
- 39DTextile since 1938
- 44DSadden
- 46DBig name in drums and German composers
- 47DDuke _____, major role in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
- 48DIt might contain an arc
- 49DSchool heads
- 50DExplorer da Gama
- 53D0 letters
- 54D___ log
- 55DAware of
- 56DHasbro brand
- 57DAussie 'allo