Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With regard to => ASFOR
6 Across: One might be en route to the ER => EMT
9 Across: Burn the midnight oil, perhaps => CRAM
13 Across: Leachman tied for the most (eight) Emmy wins as a performer => CLORIS
15 Across: Immediately => NOW
16 Across: Screenwriter Ephron => NORA
17 Across: Greet with a honk => TOOTAT
18 Across: Gave the okay to => GREENLIT
20 Across: Where a ring may be left => BATHTUB
22 Across: Beauty => GEM
23 Across: Mangia! => EAT
24 Across: Like Vivaldi's Spring => INE
25 Across: Like cartoons => ANIMATED
28 Across: Fröbe who played Goldfinger => GERT
30 Across: Martial arts rank => DAN
31 Across: Show with skits => REVUE
35 Across: Theater director? => USHER
38 Across: Brunch standard => MIMOSA
39 Across: Noted Italian campanile that hints at each group of circled letters in this puzzle => THELEANINGTOWER
43 Across: Gregarious => SOCIAL
44 Across: Miller's salesman => LOMAN
45 Across: Name in book publishing since 1915 => KNOPF
46 Across: Silk Stockings co-star Charisse => CYD
47 Across: Yields to gravity => SAGS
51 Across: Fur coat quality => SOFTNESS
55 Across: Water tester => TOE
56 Across: Number of stars on Ghana's flag => ONE
59 Across: Vein contents => ORE
60 Across: Singer Ed with albums titled +, x and ÷ => SHEERAN
62 Across: Like a tutor's lesson, often => REMEDIAL
65 Across: Wedding acquisitions => INLAWS
66 Across: Dot-__ => COMS
67 Across: Punk rock offshoot => EMO
68 Across: Respect => ADMIRE
69 Across: Lose one's cool => SNAP
70 Across: Retired boomer => SST
71 Across: Some HDTVs => SONYS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Feign toughness => ACTBIG
2 Down: She took a day off with Ferris => SLOANE
3 Down: Page number, often => FOOTER
4 Down: Sports med. branch => ORTH
5 Down: Ranchero's rope => RIATA
6 Down: An official lang. of Malta => ENG
7 Down: Actor Freeman => MORGAN
8 Down: One in a storm, maybe => TWEET
9 Down: MSNBC rival => CNN
10 Down: Solo, for Ford => ROLE
11 Down: Solo, for Fleming => ARIA
12 Down: The Resident star Czuchry => MATT
14 Down: Flabbergast => STUN
19 Down: Many a retired professor => EMERITA
21 Down: Last of two Pennsylvania-born presidents => BIDEN
26 Down: Subject of a painting by Andy and a song by Elton => MARILYN
27 Down: Exorcism targets => DEMONS
29 Down: Dutch exports => TULIPS
32 Down: Promise => VOW
33 Down: Employ => USE
34 Down: Canal setting => EAR
36 Down: Ceviche or sashimi => SEAFOOD
37 Down: Villain #13 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains => HAL
38 Down: Thelma & Louise studio => MGM
39 Down: Sound of reproach => TSK
40 Down: Sweetie => HON
41 Down: Friendly opening? => ECO
42 Down: Connection points => NODES
46 Down: Third-stringers => CTEAMS
48 Down: Subway in an Ellington classic => ATRAIN
49 Down: Miss the mark => GOAWRY
50 Down: Feels => SENSES
52 Down: Fast-food favorite => FRIES
53 Down: Branch of Islam => SHIA
54 Down: Thrills => SENDS
56 Down: Tolkien monsters => ORCS
57 Down: Element #10 => NEON
58 Down: Madame Bovary => EMMA
61 Down: Ticklish Muppet => ELMO
63 Down: Clairvoyant's claim => ESP
64 Down: Filming site => LOT

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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