Daily Themed Crossword December 30, 2023, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• (4/5) Part of a New Year’s Countdown…or a duo’s number
  TWO
• Limb attached to one’s shoulder
  ARM
• Matures like wine
  AGES
• Ready ___ go!
  SET
• Mamma ___!
  MIA
• Champagne bottle stopper
  CORK
• Lap-loving family member
  PET
• *37a was a type of ___ (nomadic) bird that traveled long distances and was used to send messages.
  MIGRATORY
• Nevada copper town
  ELY
• ___-mo (replay speed)
  SLO
• ___ Howard who starred in Happy Days
  RON
• Lily pad leapers
  FROGS
• Luxurious water vessel
  YACHT
• Perfume by singer Grande
  ARI
• *37a ___ (delivered) its eggs one at a time.
  LAID
• Be a ___ (very funny)
  HOOT
• *Newly hatched 37a ___ (nourished) on crop milk.
  FED
• Planet to a poet
  ORB
• *Extinct passenger bird…and a clue to solve 15a 30a 35a 47a and 42d
  PIGEON
• Disney deer
  BAMBI
• Karachi’s nation for short
  PAK
• Actress Michele of Scream Queens and Glee
  LEA
• ___ Frank who wrote The Diary of a Young Girl
  ANNE
• *Studies suggest that 37a resembled the mourning ___ (peace-loving bird).
  DOVE
• ___-Carlton (hotel chain)
  RITZ
• Like all prime numbers except 1a
  ODD
• Sketch
  DRAW
• Houston Rockets legend ___ Ming
  YAO
• Number on a scale for short
  WGT
• X in ancient Rome
  TEN
• Big ___ 2012 series
  ANG
• Nintendo’s Super ___: Abbr.
  NES

DOWN

• Recipe measure for short
  TSP
• Teensy bit
  WEE
• Playful aquatic mammal
  OTTER
• ___ audible? (Can you hear me?): 2 wds.
  AMI
• Fix illegally as a boxing match
  RIG
• Red planet named after the Roman God of War
  MARS
• George Clooney or Ben Affleck e.g.
  ACTOR
• Sticky stuff
  GOO
• Make a mistake or mess up say
  ERR
• Blue or starry expanse
  SKY
• Feathered mimic artist? (anagram of many)
  MYNA
• Furry ’80s TV alien whose real name was Gordon Shumway
  ALF
• Early chess player Sam
  LOYD
• Clumsy sort (word hidden in loaf)
  OAF
• Hurdle for college seniors: Abbr.
  GRE
• ___ the Science Kid PBS children’s show
  SID
• ___-Town (nickname for Illinois’ most populous city)
  CHI
• Plump pig
  HOG
• Pedicure focus
  TOE
• High tennis shot
  LOB
• Palindromic altar in the sky
  ARA
• ThinkPad creator: Abbr.
  IBM
• Dark yellow November birthstone
  TOPAZ
• Baked pastry dish
  PIE
• Mum’s mum in London
  NAN
• It ___ my mind! (Wow!)
  BLEW
• *The last ___ (famous) 37a was a female named Martha.
  KNOWN
• Youngest Stark daughter in Game of Thrones
  ARYA
• One of 12 on a cube
  EDGE
• Now-banned pesticide: Abbr.
  DDT
• Miner’s find
  ORE
• Delivery vehicle
  VAN
• Casino Royale author Fleming
  IAN
• Dress up with out
  TOG
• Rehab withdrawal woes: Abbr.
  DTS