Code Letter Crossword Clues and Answers December 29, 2023
Crossword: by Winston Emmons
Across
| Five-series TV franchise | CSI |
| Allotted space | AREA |
| Lincoln in-law | TODD |
| Something filled with bills | ATM |
| __ toast (soup partner) | MELBA |
| Copy center supply | TONER |
| Floor plan, e.g. | MAP |
| *Without delay | IMMEDIATELY |
| Hash-brown brand | OREIDA |
| Spectators | AUDIENCE |
| *City near Disney World | KISSIMMEE |
| Tie at anchor | MOOR |
| Mediterranean hot spot | ETNA |
| Arabian Nights name | ALI |
| Learned person | SAGE |
| Show to be an abettor | IMPLICATE |
| Encouraging word | OLE |
| *Least bright | DIMMEST |
| Monthly or quarterly | MAG |
| Happening after most others | LATEONSET |
| As far as | UPTO |
| Core muscle group | ABS |
| Sorority letters | ETAS |
| Really long time | AGES |
| *Needing pruning | UNTRIMMED |
| Parental role | NURTURER |
| Centers | NUCLEI |
| *Faint lights | GLIMMERINGS |
| Cloud computing giant | IBM |
| Yosemite landmark, for short | ELCAP |
| Animal tale | FABLE |
| Final name in “A Christmas Carol” | TIM |
| Spielberg’s saved soldier | RYAN |
| Pringles rival | LAYS |
| “Saison” including Juillet | ETE |
Down
| Commando garb | CAMO |
| Sharply clear | STARK |
| Designer from Canton | IMPEI |
| Surrounded by | AMIDST |
| Stay put | REMAIN |
| Street often near Pine | ELM |
| Nautical adverb | ABEAM |
| Serving as a symbol | TOTEMIC |
| Informal bridge bid | ONENO |
| GM’s former battery brand | DELCO |
| Major appliance | DRYER |
| Both, in music | ADUE |
| Mai __ | TAI |
| High principles | IDEALS |
| “Got it” | ISEE |
| Hurts badly | MAIMS |
| Luminous | LIT |
| Nearest star | SOL |
| Copying | ALA |
| Come into | GET |
| Title like Sra. | MME |
| First pope | PETER |
| Band booster | AMP |
| Dermal decoration | TAT |
| Self-regard | EGO |
| DMV datum | DOB |
| Cover, in a way | INSURE |
| Coiner of “Kodak” | EASTMAN |
| D-Day landers | USMC |
| Feeling pins and needles | TINGLY |
| Keeps happy | AMUSES |
| Fire up | ANGER |
| Small ravine | GULLY |
| Novelist Jong | ERICA |
| Soft ball brand | NERF |
| Ordeal | TRIAL |
| Favored few | ELITE |
| Payment option | DEBIT |
| Plate leaner | UMP |
| Hidden theme of the five starred clues’ answers | IMME |
| ESPN media partner | NBA |