Daily Themed Crossword Clues and Answers January 1, 2024

ACROSS

• Break a ___! (Good luck!)
  LEG
• Translucent October birthstone
  OPAL
• Another way to say Papa
  DAD
• Boat-propelling stick
  OAR
• Seal-hunting whale that’s black-and-white
  ORCA
• Marco ___ pool game
  POLO
• Intense anger
  IRE
• ___ Voyage 1994 song by Coolio that reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
  FANTASTIC
• Cold cabbage side dish
  SLAW
• Basic ___ (necessities)
  NEEDS
• Something to cross off on a to-do list
  TASK
• Store in a secret spot (aptly rhymes with cache)
  STASH
• Beautiful flower from a thorny plant
  ROSE
• Mockingbird snack?
  BEE
• 2013 song by Pharrell Williams that is on the soundtrack of Despicable Me 2 and was Billboard’s number-one single in 2014
  HAPPY
• Jan 1st event that we hope will be described by the words at 15a 29a 48a 3d and 41d for you: 2 wds.
  NEWYEAR
• Woolly gal in a meadow
  EWE
• Hawaiian island with Honolulu and Pearl Harbor
  OAHU
• Catch up over some coffee say
  MEET
• Place for some green?
  TILL
• Chicken ___ King: 2 wds.
  ALA
• Reduce ___ Recycle
  REUSE
• What a ___ World 1967 song by Louis Armstrong that was featured in the film Good Morning Vietnam
  WONDERFUL
• When repeated a dance of Cuban origin
  CHA
• Pirate’s Yes captain!
  AYE
• Doe’s dad
  STAG
• Boxing match enders: Abbr.
  KOS
• Have a lightbulb moment?
  GET
• Actor ___ Rogen of Pam & Tommy
  SETH
• You ain’t seen nothin’ ___!
  YET

DOWN

• ___ Lane Superman’s love
  LOIS
• James ___ Jones who voiced Mufasa and Darth Vader
  EARL
• ___ Balls of Fire 1957 song by Jerry Lee Lewis that was featured in the film Top Gun
  GREAT
• Reaction to a punch in the gut
  OOF
• Plays practical jokes on April Fool’s Day say
  PRANKS
• Facial spots at puberty
  ACNE
• Better ___ than never!
  LATE
• Com preceder in a web address
  DOT
• ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves popular folk tale
  ALI
• What’s up ___? (Bugs Bunny’s catchphrase)
  DOC
• Quiet Hey you! Come over here…
  PSST
• Annoying TV time interrupters for short
  ADS
• Bend or distort
  WARP
• Tofu source
  SOY
• President on the five dollar bill fondly
  ABE
• Poseidon’s realm
  SEA
• And I Love ___ (Beatles song)
  HER
• Brian ___ who produced for the Talking Heads
  ENO
• Skirt’s border line
  HEM
• Wonderstruck state
  AWE
• Q preceder phonetically
  PEE
• What a foodie loves to do
  EAT
• Prefix with pool to mean a spinning mass of water
  WHIRL
• Christmas season
  YULE
• Teeny amount
  TAD
• Get ___ 2013 song by Daft Punk that peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
  LUCKY
• Opposite of more
  LESS
• Laugh-In comic ___ Johnson
  ARTE
• Reebok product
  SHOE
• ___ of Eden John Steinbeck novel
  EAST
• Dog’s joyous tail movement
  WAG
• Hey! in Seville
  OYE
• Fish snare
  NET
• Butter or lard e.g.
  FAT
• That’s gross!
  UGH