Crossword Answers For: Saturday, January 15, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Handy tension reliever => STRESSBALL
11 Across: Kick back => REST
15 Across: Aww! => WHATACUTIE
16 Across: Fair => EXPO
17 Across: Places for posers => ARTCLASSES
18 Across: Banh mi spread => MAYO
19 Across: Nonsense => ROT
20 Across: Fabric types => KNITS
21 Across: Racer with a crew => YACHT
22 Across: Pasture mom => MARE
24 Across: Exchange membership => SEAT
25 Across: Trumpet => EXTOL
26 Across: Guiding lights? => STARS
28 Across: Leaves on the sly => SKIPS
30 Across: Pub order => ALE
31 Across: Architectural deets => SPECS
33 Across: Omission indications => ELLIPSES
35 Across: In => CHIC
37 Across: Instrument akin to an oud => LUTE
38 Across: Bucolic => PASTORAL
42 Across: From then on => SINCE
45 Across: Tony-winning playwright Ensler => EVE
46 Across: Prepare to show some muscle => OILUP
48 Across: Pets => SNITS
50 Across: From around here => LOCAL
52 Across: One way to start => ANEW
54 Across: Reason to go green? => ENVY
55 Across: Desktop assortment => ICONS
56 Across: Software to debug => BETAS
58 Across: Very long time => EON
59 Across: Pretty please? => CANI
60 Across: Let others talk => PASSTHEMIC
62 Across: Inserts, say => ADDS
63 Across: Event necessitated by a move, perhaps => ESTATESALE
64 Across: Bridge site => NOSE
65 Across: Why the tears? => WHATSSOSAD

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Moving multitudes => SWARMS
2 Down: Speakers often clear them => THROATS
3 Down: Dilapidated digs => RATTRAP
4 Down: Space-saving abbr. => ETC
5 Down: La Jolla scientific research institute namesake => SALK
6 Down: Medical procedures => SCANS
7 Down: Keeps occupied => BUSIES
8 Down: On the line => ATSTAKE
9 Down: MRI technician's request => LIESTILL
10 Down: __ Djinns: Franck symphonic poem => LES
11 Down: Century 21 rival => REMAX
12 Down: Ambitious track wagers => EXACTAS
13 Down: See-through device => SPYHOLE
14 Down: Piccolo sounds => TOOTLES
21 Down: Confident response after being doubted => YESITIS
23 Down: Straight up => ERECT
27 Down: Underwater groups => SCHOOLS
29 Down: __-size => PLUS
32 Down: HomePod Mini voice => SIRI
34 Down: Diagonally cut pasta => PENNE
36 Down: Vine fruit that can be dried and used as a container => CALABASH
38 Down: Smoothie King Center NBAer => PELICAN
39 Down: California state fruit => AVOCADO
40 Down: Duel personalities => SECONDS
41 Down: Some sleep on it => LUNESTA
43 Down: Mall features => CINEMAS
44 Down: Ta-da! => ETVOILA
47 Down: Watched a boxer, say => PETSAT
49 Down: Matched, as movie sound and action => SYNCED
51 Down: Star __: five-spice ingredient => ANISE
53 Down: Juice amounts? => WATTS
57 Down: Word before A Lady or A Woman, in two old Top 10 songs => SHES
60 Down: Bench for a flock => PEW
61 Down: Spanish pronoun => ESO

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 35 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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