Crossword Puzzle Answer for January 2023

By Jon Dunbar

ACROSS
1 Dongbok _, Gwangju’s water source
4 US version of KDCA
7 Openings
11 One of Korea’s top hospitals
13 On ___ Majesty’s Secret Service
14 Aroma
15 Tick-borne disease
16 Dwight Eisenhower
17 Exclamation of alarm (2 words)
18 Common sight in Korea’s countryside (2 words)
21 Traditional Korean costume
24 Exclamation of disgust
25 Exclamation by a bullfighter
26 Boobytrap
28 Last inning in baseball
32 Goes with life or requisition
34 Catch
36 Western alliance
37 Capital city
39 Sheep’s sound
41 Will Shortz’s company
42 ___ Moines, Iowa
44 Guksu or ramyeon
46 Give away instead of throw away
49 Kkanpung seafood dish
50 Cheerleaders’ exclamation
51 Chairman Tae-won
55 “The doctor ___” (2 words)
56 Reddit interview event
57 Holiday on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar
58 Neighborhood, in Korea
59 Web portal
60 Online type of RPG
 
DOWN
1 Old broadband service
2 “A rose by ___ other name”
3 Silent
4 Korea’s popular food at sporting events
5 Feint, in hockey
6 French version of pancake
7 Gwangju News writer Ellie
8 Common neurodevelopmental disorder
9 Early Hyundai vehicle
10 “No seats left”
12 Ingredient in hanyak
19 K-pop group from Produce 101
20 Barley bristle
21 Korean pubs
22 ___ vera
23 Infamous Roman emperor
27 Dollop
29 Flash memory type
30 WWW signoff
31 Table d’___
33 Gwangju’s stadium
35 Korean side dishes
38 One of Korea’s most popular surnames
40 Old WWW provider
43 Shoo!
45 Economic bloc Korea joined in 1996
46 Burkina ___
47 Bridle strap
48 Popular winter street food
49 Sex Pistols’ Vicious
52 Common gimbap ingredient
53 CJ ___
54 Ah-in or Jae-seok
 

Photo by Ross Sneddon on Unsplash