Daily Themed Crossword January 7, 2024, Solutions

ACROSS

• Broody rock genre with angsty lyrics (word hidden in demo)
  EMO
• Bonfire residue
  ASH
• Science class setting for short
  LAB
• Truth or ___ (popular game)
  DARE
• Where there’s a will there’s a ___
  WAY
• Honest US President’s nickname
  ABE
• The E in CEO for short
  EXEC
• What ___ can I do for you?
  ELSE
• AOL competitor: Abbr.
  MSN
• Stranger ___ (If Stranger Things was about weird things that happened after the sun sets?)
  NIGHTS
• Salon sound effect
  SNIP
• Alley-___ (basketball play)
  OOP
• Himalayan long-haired ox
  YAK
• Woof! in a comic book
  ARF
• Longtime NBC skit series: Abbr.
  SNL
• Goodness gracious! old-style
  EGAD
• Lord of the ___ (If Lord of the Flies was about a competent clerk?)
  FILES
• Pagoda Fruit artist Jean ___
  ARP
• Actress Merkel of old movies (anagram of anu)
  UNA
• Band’s trip around the globe say
  TOUR
• ___ pal (rhyming female bestie)
  GAL
• Brother or sister for short
  SIB
• ___ and outs (details)
  INS
• Arrest as a thief
  NAB
• Game of ___ (If Game of Thrones was played to win a hive of dangerous stinging insects?)
  HORNETS
• First ask on many application forms
  NAME
• Dr. who co-founded Death Row Records
  DRE
• Tend to pressing matters?
  IRON
• Give temporarily as a book
  LEND
• Dudes and guys e.g.
  MEN
• The Green ___ (If The Green Mile was about a citrus fruit?)
  LIME
• Cinco de ___ (Mexican holiday)
  MAYO
• Debtor’s letters
  IOU
• Chapel bench
  PEW
• Shut forcefully as a door
  SLAM

DOWN

• Garden with the forbidden fruit
  EDEN
• Ankle-length dress
  MAXI
• Salem’s state for short
  OREG
• Cobbler’s sharp hole-punching tool
  AWL
• Smart-mouthed and full of attitude say
  SASSY
• Serengeti scavenger with a distinctive laugh
  HYENA
• Bedside light source
  LAMP
• Sit-up muscles for short
  ABS
• London’s Big ___
  BEN
• Bounce back sound effect in a cave
  ECHO
• NBA Tonight channel: Abbr.
  ESPN
• Mix and flip as a salad
  TOSS
• President Eisenhower’s nickname
  IKE
• Back to a sailor
  AFT
• ___ de Janeiro city where bossa nova originated
  RIO
• ___ shot (vaccine for a seasonal illness)
  FLU
• Jet ___ (traveler’s concern)
  LAG
• Gloomy ___ (perpetually sad person)
  GUS
• What maid has but made doesn’t?: 2 wds.
  ANI
• Breaking ___ (If Breaking Bad was about a viral dance move?)
  DAB
• Ellie Kemper’s receptionist character in The Office
  ERIN
• Competed for political office
  RAN
• Architect’s blueprint
  PLAN
• ___ Diamond who sang Sweet Caroline
  NEIL
• Comic ___ (newspaper section)
  STRIP
• The Silence of the ___ (If The Silence of the Lambs was about someone obsessed with soothing creams?)
  BALMS
• TV-to-laptop connecting cable: Abbr.
  HDMI
• Often-dunked cookie
  OREO
• Contact lens brand
  RENU
• ___ Like It Hot 1959 Marilyn Monroe movie
  SOME
• McDonald’s combo offering
  MEAL
• Irish singer of Only Time
  ENYA
• Not yet unboxed
  NEW
• ___ Perignon (Moet & Chandon champagne)
  DOM