Family Time – Dec 31, 2023, Clues and Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “… and that finishes my prayer” | AMEN |
| “Bye-bye,” in Italy | CIAO |
| “Cogito, ___ sum” | ERGO |
| “Great” African creature | APE |
| “I’ve got it!” | EUREKA |
| “Is that ___ dirty shoe or mine?” | YOUR |
| “No” vote | NAY |
| “Those people” | THEM |
| “Wait, there’s more …” | ALSO |
| “What ___ can I say?” | ELSE |
| 1-Across, but more formal | MADAM |
| A drummer needs it | RHYTHM |
| Address for a lady | MAAM |
| African desert | SAHARA |
| Amateur? Not anymore | PRO |
| Before, in poems | ERE |
| Birthday topic | AGE |
| Brewed beverage | TEA |
| Bring down the fullback | TACKLE |
| By means of | VIA |
| Cab’s device | METER |
| Coffee has a nice one | AROMA |
| Column crosser | ROW |
| Combine forces | UNITE |
| Common download | APP |
| Constitution in Washington, D.C., briefly | AVE |
| Directional aid before GPS | MAP |
| Drop an easy pop fly, for example | ERR |
| Edit | EMEND |
| Finished, as a movie | OVER |
| Forest animal’s lair | DEN |
| Furniture wood | TEAK |
| Gate fastener | LATCH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Get juice off the floor | MOP |
| Get through hard work | EARN |
| Had licorice | ATE |
| Have to pay someone back | OWE |
| Having a pulse | ALIVE |
| House cat, for example | PET |
| Inactive | IDLE |
| It’s no liability | ASSET |
| Lifesaver, to the one saved | HERO |
| Mailed out | SENT |
| Male creature on a farm | RAM |
| Manta creature | RAY |
| Many times, in poems | OFT |
| Mix batter | STIR |
| Moses told him, “Let my people go” | PHARAOH |
| Musical timekeeper | METRONOME |
| Person with headphones and a console | GAMER |
| Punishment that costs you | FINE |
| Put into code | ENCRYPT |
| Quarterback’s 3-Down | ARM |
| Questioning word | HOW |
| Regret | RUE |
| Sailors sail it | SEA |
| Sharp flavor | TANG |
| Singing range | ALTO |
| South or North country | KOREA |
| Super-prudish person | PRIG |
| Thing past your backdoor | YARD |
| Type of node | LYMPH |
| Vending machine or ATM, at times | DISPENSER |
| When flowers start blooming | MAY |
| Wicked “graven” thing | IMAGE |
| Wonder | AWE |