Daily Themed Crossword January 5, 2024, Clues and Answers

ACROSS

• Eminem’s genre
  RAP
• Much ___ About Nothing 1901 opera based on the Shakespeare play
  ADO
• Do a seamstress’ work
  SEW
• Clickable computer screen image
  ICON
• Tea holder
  CUP
• Chinese principle
  TAO
• ___ mortals (insignificant)
  MERE
• Tip of a boot
  TOE
• Noah’s vessel
  ARK
• Number of fingers in a victory sign or what is common in 19a 28a 37a 47a 5d and 46d
  TWO
• ___ trouble phrase meaning twice the problems
  DOUBLE
• Ransom specification?
  SUM
• ___ bitsy spider…
  ITSY
• ___ Just Not That Into You (2009 film)
  HES
• Odd ___ people in a relationship who are very different from each other
  COUPLE
• Get on the nerves of
  IRK
• Lifesaver who’s often in spandex
  HERO
• Elite Navy fighter
  SEAL
• ___ of pants or scissors
  PAIR
• College application stat: Abbr.
  GPA
• Through on a traveler’s itinerary
  VIA
• Twiddling one’s thumbs
  IDLE
• Country with Turin and Naples
  ITALY
• ___ code computer code with ones and zeroes
  BINARY
• Audi competitor: Abbr.
  BMW
• Phrase that seals the deal at the altar: 2 wds.
  IDO
• Actress Stone from Zombieland
  EMMA
• Rash symptom
  ITCH
• Opposite of paleo
  NEO
• Practice before a boxing bout
  SPAR
• Accepted social standard
  NORM
• Actor Levy of Schitt’s Creek
  DAN
• Vodka serving
  SHOT
• Big Apple baseball team: Abbr.
  NYM

DOWN

• Edge of a basketball hoop say
  RIM
• Unreturnable tennis serve
  ACE
• Cruise ship stop
  PORT
• Perform on Broadway say
  ACT
• Dynamic ___ people who work well together
  DUO
• Newspaper opinion piece say: Hyph.
  OPED
• Pierces as with a knife
  STABS
• Like the bird that gets the worm
  EARLY
• Stopped sleeping with up
  WOKE
• Fox or CNN offering
  NEWS
• That hurt!
  OUCH
• Hinge lubricant
  OIL
• Sport ___ (modern vehicles for short)
  UTES
• ___ Howard one of the Three Stooges
  MOE
• Joint above the knee
  HIP
• Noteworthy period
  ERA
• Jet ___ (watercraft for a tourist perhaps)
  SKI
• Powerful impulse
  URGE
• Champagne-opening sound
  POP
• Penny Dreadful actress Green
  EVA
• Suffer from the flu say
  AIL
• Install as a carpet
  LAY
• Fjord’s kin
  RIA
• Ultimate goal
  AIM
• Ballroom wear such as a gown
  DRESS
• White cell-carrying body fluid
  LYMPH
• ___ sisters siblings who usually share a birthday
  TWIN
• Put together as a book
  BIND
• Innovator’s inkling
  IDEA
• Lunchtime often
  NOON
• Eldest Simpson child
  BART
• Chinese political figure
  MAO
• Freight weight unit
  TON
• Emulate a hungry baby
  CRY
• Let me think about that… sound
  HMM