ÁACROSS&DOWNBJ*.(¼ ²1.4XHUMP.PRAY.SLOB.INIT.EAVE.WILLSTESS.PRIATELIESEQS.LIEV.HEAVENCUTLET..LAT.EPSHIEOFACTIITY....VENT.HOV.EATMEBONG.CAW.GASHOGICU.IVDRIPS.ENOBASINS.OBS.GUSTBLANC.CPA.AUNT....DELIERYDRIERRID.POV..OEUVRESNOTTY.RIGS.ESPVENIIDIICI.TRIOPROVO.VTEN.ISNT.TRON.YETI.PECS----.----.----.----.----.---------.-------------.----.------------..---.---------------....----.---.---------.---.---------.-------.---------.---.---------.---.----....---------------.---..------------.----.-------------.---------.----.----.----.----.----Double Dose - Saturday, December 2, 2023By August Miller. Edited by Adrian Johnson.© 2023, Andrews McMeel Universal___ day (midweek hurdle)Like the latest gadgetry, informallyEmphatically clearAmerican youth pageantHealth pros who might help you regain muscle strength after an injurySeek divine guidancePumpkin seedHardly commonplaceHebrew for "spring"Affirmative supportDisorderly housemateTraditional Southern brewsElena's best friend, in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan NovelsStuff it!Censorship notice?"What ever happened to a boyfriend / The kind of guy who makes love 'cause he's ___" (Liz Phair lyric)Icicle hangoutMatters of passing interest?IDs first issued in 1936Supermodel HollidayThey unfold outside the public eyeCuisine with tom yum soupPlays with input levels, in sound engineering lingo"Isle of Dogs" voice actor SchreiberIt's not right!Angel's milieuVeal servingProtractedBack muscle, familiarlyProfessional golf tour founded in 2021Season installments, for shortIt's abuzzOne hanging around a polling place circa November 1999?Line for a water-skierApproval with roots in drag cultureBlow off steamCarpool lane lettersMessage spelled out on a cake in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"It's all-inclusive2001 Pixar film with the line "There's more to life than scaring"Entertainment award quartet, in jargon popularized by the show "30 Rock"Baker's implementButter lettuceSound like a crowPharmacy chain known for its lengthy receiptsFuel-inefficient vehicleIt might tell you to exitER ward that sounds like something you might hear in a game of hide-and-seekHospital hookups ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme2010 Christopher Nolan sci-fi filmLetter-shaped girder"Discreet Music" musician BrianNatural drainage areasPolitically unaffiliated (Abbr.)Labor leaders?This blows!___ Nanak, founder of SikhismWhite, at a wineryMany an H&R Block employeePopular empire-building video game franchise, informallyWord that can rhyme with "Kant" or "cant"Fruity summer bevsEmployee with a stack of pizzas in the passenger seat, perhapsWNBA star JewellHindu spiritual teacherPuts in new soil, as a seedlingFree (of)Commit to a wedding, sayLike krypton and xenonUniversity building namesake, oftenPerspective, for shortWorks together?ConceitedSave "Planet Earth," say?Highway haulersBris or bat mitzvahRapper turned TV star who often tweets "cold facts""Ability" tested by Zener cardsBoast from Julius CaesarIt can climb walls without hands or feetHAIM or boygenius, e.g.Thank you for waitingUtah city whose name is also an Italian word meaning "I try"Engine in a Dodge Viper"___ that unhealthy?"Suffix with "Mega" or "Jumbo"Hairy Himalayan cryptidChest dip targets, for short