WSJ Crossword December 13 2023 Answers

The complete list of answers to the WSJ Crossword published on December 13 2023.

78
Total Clues
37
Total Across
41
Total Down

Clues Across (37 total)

(1)
Genius
(5)
Reduce gradually
(9)
Defeats decisively
(14)
Boxcar rider
(15)
With 24-Across, Emmy winner for acting, writing and directing
(16)
Bother
(17)
Imitated
(18)
1963 hit for Johnny Cash
(20)
Cabo San Lucas setting
(22)
In apple-pie order
(23)
Take in
(24)
See 15-Across
(26)
Polite way to decline an invitation
(28)
1978 hit for the Trammps
(32)
Afore
(33)
Buttigieg in Biden’s cabinet
(34)
Weed
(38)
Ghostly noise
(40)
Lowly laborers
(43)
Southwest arts mecca
(44)
Leading
(46)
Barclays Center team
(48)
Enjoy Aspen
(49)
1980 hit for David Bowie
(53)
Tropical harvest
(56)
Land measure
(57)
Witness box words
(58)
Salary ceilings
(60)
Just touched
(64)
Tributes to unrequited love, and a possible description for 18-, 28- and 49-Across
(67)
Wrong
(68)
One being instructed
(69)
In ___ (as found)
(70)
Sorcerer
(71)
Rose, say
(72)
Each
(73)
Hindrances to teamwork

Clues Down (41 total)

(1)
Sound of impact
(2)
One of the theological virtues
(3)
Alpine goat
(4)
Celestial belt
(5)
Takeoffs
(6)
2001 film in which LeVar Burton played Martin Luther King Jr.
(7)
Wild talk
(8)
Pistons’ place
(9)
Going against
(10)
Battle of Britain grp.
(11)
Mohawk Valley Community College location
(12)
Business bigwig
(13)
Artery opener
(19)
Smell
(21)
Hoof sound
(25)
Price for a hand
(27)
It gets worn out
(28)
Prerelease sample
(29)
Get the wrinkles out
(30)
Flier’s choice
(31)
Flowerless foliage
(35)
“If called by a panther, don’t anther” writer
(36)
Routine bit
(37)
In current condition
(39)
Hurricane-monitoring agcy.
(41)
Greek cheese
(42)
Fills the larder
(45)
Pumped up
(47)
Indian dress
(50)
Lukas of “Witness”
(51)
Spanish wife
(52)
Seed on a bun
(53)
Silent film star ZaSu
(54)
Score after deuce
(55)
Iberian city for which a wine is named
(59)
Scissors sound
(61)
Party freebies
(62)
“In which case...”
(63)
Colors
(65)
Bus. bigwig
(66)
Pontiac muscle car

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