Daily Themed Crossword October 9 2023 Answers

ACROSS

• Venomous Nile snake
  ASP
• First three letters of the alphabet
  ABC
• Play hard to ___
  GET
• ___ in the back (betray)
  STAB
• Nickelodeon’s bilingual Explorer who’s friends with a talking monkey
  DORA
• Poem of tribute
  ODE
• ___ you heard the news?
  HAVE
• Body mind and ___
  SOUL
• Like the numbers 17 19 and 21
  ODD
• New York Yankees or New York Mets e.g.
  TEAM
• Prepare for a test
  STUDY
• Cry bitterly
  SOB
• Jerry’s gray-furred nemesis in the cartoons
  TOM
• 1998 song by Puff Daddy that sampled the song Going the Distance from the Rocky soundtrack
  VICTORY
• Quentin Tarantino’s ___ Fiction
  PULP
• Marriage-sealing vow: 2 wds.
  IDO
• Who ___ he think he is?!
  DOES
• Shrimp eggs
  ROE
• Ryder Cup sport
  GOLF
• My ___ Addiction 2019 song by Billie Eilish that sampled quotes from an episode of The Office
  STRANGE
• O. Henry’s The Last ___
  LEAF
• Shrill bark?
  YAP
• Country that’s home to Havana
  CUBA
• Newspapers collectively?
  PRESS
• ___ Can I Say 2003 song by Jay-Z that sampled a monologue from Gladiator: 2 wds.
  WHATMORE
• Bun in the ___ (pregnancy-related phrase)
  OVEN
• ___ do you do?
  HOW
• Blinking pair
  EYES
• Captain in a Jules Verne book
  NEMO
• Tree that sounds like you?
  YEW
• Cul-de-___ (dead end)
  SAC
• ___-tickler (funny joke)
  RIB

DOWN

• Cigarette residue tapped into a tray
  ASH
• Doctor’s Need this right now!
  STAT
• ___ the way (make progress)
  PAVE
• Classifieds or commercials for short
  ADS
• Disapproving sound from a crowd
  BOO
• Pizza part that very few like
  CRUST
• ___ Grief 2016 song by Bastille that sampled audio from Weird Science
  GOOD
• Nelson ___ with three stars on the Walk of Fame
  EDDY
• Actor ___ Danson of Cheers
  TED
• Beauty and the ___ 2017 Emma Watson film
  BEAST
• Palo ___ California
  ALTO
• What an emoji might depict
  MOOD
• Baseball official behind the catcher for short
  UMP
• Male sibling slangily
  BRO
• Bookie’s cut for short (rhymes with fig)
  VIG
• Someone to look up to
  IDOL
• Actor ___ Sprouse of Riverdale
  COLE
• I’d love to!
  YES
• Ornamental vase
  URN
• Yule ___ (dessert)
  LOG
• Sound of the letter before Q
  PEE
• Dig that’s fit for a pig
  STY
• Irrefutable statement
  FACT
• Perform Eminem’s Lose Yourself say
  RAP
• Chef’s protective garment
  APRON
• Be very mad (word hidden in perfume)
  FUME
• Killing ___ 2020 song by Halsey that samples audio from Jennifer’s Body
  BOYS
• Side squared for a square
  AREA
• Did you ___ wonder…?
  EVER
• Game before the final for short
  SEMI
• Snooty sort
  SNOB
• ___ did the chicken cross the road?
  WHY
• Garden tool to break up dirt clods
  HOE
• Such a cute puppy!
  AWW
• Exit full screen key
  ESC