Family Time – Jan 1, 2024, Puzzle Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Most Wanted” agcy | FBI |
| “The stockings ___ hung …” | WERE |
| “The ___ of the Rings” | LORD |
| “Under the ___” (“The Little Mermaid”) | SEA |
| “___ port in a storm” | ANY |
| A few, but not most | SOME |
| A primary color | BLUE |
| A top seed may earn one | BYE |
| Again from square one | ANEW |
| Any money-making worker | EARNER |
| As many as (2 words) | UPTO |
| Aww-inspiring? | CUTE |
| Ballerina’s balancing point | TOE |
| Belonging to us | OURS |
| Beverage cooler | ICE |
| Boxing great who beat Foreman | ALI |
| Braid or plait | TRESS |
| Brow-wiping utterance of relief | PHEW |
| Buzzing insect | BEE |
| Car, house or bank account, for example | ASSET |
| Cavalry weapon | SWORD |
| Center of a wheel or airline | HUB |
| Colorful carp in a pond | KOI |
| Comb it | HAIR |
| Discretion | PRUDENCE |
| Donned, as a suede jacket | WORE |
| Dude’s friend? | BRO |
| Falsehoods | LIES |
| Foolproof | SUREFIRE |
| Give off, as gases | EMIT |
| Held for a time | HAD |
| House flipper’s goal | RESALE |
| Lay out, as a sleeping bag | UNROLL |
| Letters on bicycle tires | PSI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like really old fruit | BAD |
| Masterful musical work | OPUS |
| Midnight plus 720 minutes | NOON |
| Mouth-puckering taste | SOUR |
| Number used in the “Pledge of Allegiance” | ONE |
| One of the Great Lakes | ERIE |
| Paid athlete, briefly | PRO |
| Place for a snowy race (2 words) | SKIRUN |
| Possess | OWN |
| Price tag number | COST |
| Raisin ___ (cereal) | BRAN |
| Run in easy strides | LOPE |
| Shrub with large white or yellow flowers | GARDENIA |
| Shut with great force | SLAM |
| Sign-holders demanding a raise | STRIKERS |
| Some cards in the deck | ACES |
| Something some pierce | EAR |
| Something to clean up before Mom gets home | MESS |
| Swift | FAST |
| Take a long break | REST |
| Taste or touch, for example | SENSE |
| The m of E=mc2 | MASS |
| They can be graphic or fine | ARTS |
| Tip of a crescent moon | CUSP |
| Veggie sphere | PEA |
| What rocks do in water | SINK |
| Wheel track on a dirt road | RUT |
| Winged Australians that can’t fly | EMUS |
| Withdraws (with “out”) | OPTS |
| Wood source | TREE |
| Worker for Santa | ELF |
| Yak it up | GAB |
| You can 48-Down on it | BED |
| YouTube interruptions | ADS |