ó×ACROSS&DOWNªKú ë9G01.4FCRAB.MISTY..OCTAERO.OMAHA.IPADSLAW.NOVEL.PENSTOBESAFE.EBONY....NERF.BLOSSOM..SYNC.ALAN.DUE.WHATHAVEWEDONECARNE.BAA.CROOKALIGNMENTCHART.BLM.CATT.RIGS..OPPRESS.BANS....ABASH.GETAHEADAPOP.USAGE.ORCASEIS.POLAR.WINDURL..SWANS.SEES----.-----..-------.-----.--------.-----.------------.-----....----.-------..----.----.---.-------------------.---.-------------------.---.----.----..-------.----....-----.------------.-----.--------.-----.-------..-----.----Themeless 54 - Sunday, December 24, 2023By Rebecca Goldstein & Rafael Musa. Edited by Anna Gundlach.© 2023, Andrews McMeel UniversalGrumpFeatured playersMove closer to HQ___ American Heritage Month (April celebration)"Las Culturistas" co-hostLike a lake on a cold morningButterfly that migrates annually"Adios!"Commit to memory?"What ___ actual %@$&?"Where Sonia Sotomayor got her legal trainingSpooky season mo.Creates opportunities, metaphorically"Stop please"NFL scoresDynamic leader?City across the river from Council BluffsDevice often used with an Apple PencilOpportunities to take stock?Side on top of some chicken sandwichesNew and imaginativeQuills, e.g.As a precaution"I love crosswords" and "I love cats," e.g.Wood used to make some piano keysFine dining settingDinoSquad Raptor-Slash Dart Blaster brandCherry ___ front (Japanese forecast of sakura trees for yearly hanami gatherings)Flock talkSubmissiveGet on the same pageOne-pot seafood feast often served on table covered with newspaper"Cabaret" actor Cumming___-gardeOwed"Oh no, is this mess all our fault??"Background in tech?Is in cahootsDivine performancesMeat, at a taqueria___ San Lucas, Baja California Sur"How ewe doin'?"Con artistMeme format with "chaotic evil" and "lawful good" categorizationsMusical blendsCrashes and burnsMovement fighting against systemic racism, for shortSuffragist Carrie Chapman ___18-wheelers"You cannot ___ the people who are not afraid anymore" - Cesar ChavezPerforms like Ice SpiceProhibitionsGot startedMortifyObtain an advantageMost-produced apple cultivar in the U.S. as of 2018Lake hidden in "however I end up cluing this lake, solvers will have seen the angle several times"Salicylic acid targetSome parentsEachSparky the Sun Devil's sch.Consumption, as of energyBoar's mateWhale that sleeps with one eye openUm + dois + três___ vortex (weather phenomenon that might lead people to launch boiling water in the air to see it immediately freeze)Sirocco or piccolowww.puzzlesociety.com, for exampleBirds that symbolize graceLooks both ways?