Daily Themed Puzzle Clues and Answers January 9, 2024,

ACROSS

• See ya!
  BYE
• Brit’s restroom informally
  LOO
• No longer an amateur for short
  PRO
• Dull or uninteresting person say
  BORE
• Floppy parts for a dog often
  EARS
• Hurrah!
  YAY
• Fictional sport in the Harry Potter series which is played on flying broomsticks
  QUIDDITCH
• Seeded bread choice at a bakery maybe
  RYE
• Las Vegas’ counterpart in Nevada
  RENO
• Steam-filled room
  SAUNA
• Free throw path?
  ARC
• Microwave feature that tells you when the food is ready
  TIMER
• ___-Mart Stores Inc. (former name)
  WAL
• Kate ___ British supermodel
  MOSS
• Bathroom floor piece
  TILE
• Microbrewery serving
  ALE
• ___ Sematary (Stephen King novel)
  PET
• Salsa or ranch e.g.
  DIP
• Wild bachelors?
  STAGS
• Keep ___ (stay silent)
  MUM
• Fictional sport in Star Wars that is a contest of speed between small one-man spacecraft
  PODRACING
• Gobbled up
  ATE
• ___-Dick (Herman Melville novel)
  MOBY
• Partner of who when where and why
  WHAT
• PC monitor type: Abbr.
  LCD
• Bread with chicken tikka perhaps
  NAAN
• Squid ___ titular fictionalized sport in the final episode of a popular Emmy-winning South Korean Netflix series
  GAME
• Freudian concept of self
  EGO
• Palindromic Parisian fashion magazine
  ELLE
• Old possessive?
  THY
• Container for recyclable items
  BIN
• Winter slider
  SLED

DOWN

• Fourth of July cookout for short
  BBQ
• It’s ___ lucky day! (what a salesman may tell you?)
  YOUR
• Scary-sounding Great Lake
  ERIE
• Hawaiian floral garland that may have hibiscuses
  LEI
• Breakfast grains that may be rolled
  OATS
• Another name for a killer whale
  ORCA
• Close-quarters fictional sport played in Battlestar Galactica with teams like Picon Panthers and Tauron Bulls
  PYRAMID
• ___ of hope (an optimist clings on to this)
  RAY
• Listen up in Spanish
  OYE
• Woman’s name that’s an anagram of Dane
  EDNA
• Open and ___ case (easily solved)
  SHUT
• Campus quarters for short
  DORM
• ___-picking (fault finding)
  NIT
• Criminal catcher informally
  COP
• Peyton Manning’s younger brother
  ELI
• Gym set unit for short
  REP
• Winged stinger with a paper nest
  WASP
• Voice below soprano
  ALTO
• Starring role in a movie
  LEAD
• Penultimate round in a tournament for short
  SEMI
• Leave speechless
  STUN
• Shred as some parmesan
  GRATE
• Relaxed on a sofa
  SAT
• Film studio with a big cat as its mascot: Abbr.
  MGM
• Red carpet regular for short
  CELEB
• Small bills
  ONES
• Tap ___ fictional sport featured on The Simpsons that was invented by Homer
  BALL
• New Haven Ivy League school with over 60 Nobel laureates
  YALE
• Number on a scale for short
  WGT
• Told ya!
  HAH
• ___ Schumer who acted in Trainwreck
  AMY
• Special effects in Marvel Cinematic Universe films: Abbr.
  CGI
• Mafia boss
  DON
• Actor Beatty of Shooter
  NED