Crossword Answers For: Monday, January 24, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Baghdad is its capital => IRAQ
5 Across: Really slow parties => DRAGS
10 Across: Bloke => CHAP
14 Across: Hindu spiritual adviser => GURU
15 Across: Latin for gold => AURUM
16 Across: British nobleman below a marquess => EARL
17 Across: Rifle range rounds => AMMO
18 Across: Failure to exercise appropriate care => NEGLIGENCE
20 Across: Nicholas II was the last one => TSAROFRUSSIA
22 Across: Nod up and down => AGREE
25 Across: Enjoy the slopes => SKI
26 Across: Nav. rank => ENS
27 Across: Bath bathroom => LOO
28 Across: To make a __ story short ... => LONG
32 Across: Jessica with two Oscars and three Emmys => LANGE
34 Across: Hopping western rodents => KANGAROORATS
38 Across: Jai __ => ALAI
39 Across: Formal Door's open => ENTER
40 Across: Green Hornet's sidekick => KATO
44 Across: Meteor => SHOOTINGSTAR
47 Across: Glide on a rink => SKATE
50 Across: Soon, in Shakespeare => ANON
51 Across: Well output => OIL
52 Across: Tic-__-toe => TAC
53 Across: __ Lingus => AER
56 Across: Submit a résumé (for), as a job => APPLY
58 Across: Tasks in music, painting, etc. => ARTSPROJECTS
63 Across: Like hastily made plans => LASTSECOND
64 Across: Berra or a bear => YOGI
68 Across: Dip __ in: test the water => ATOE
69 Across: Meeting leader => CHAIR
70 Across: Enjoy, as gum => CHEW
71 Across: Well-mannered man => GENT
72 Across: Works at, as a bar => TENDS
73 Across: __ sapiens => HOMO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Supermarket initials => IGA
2 Down: Mojito liquor => RUM
3 Down: Chair's elbow rest => ARM
4 Down: Repeat exactly => QUOTE
5 Down: Scully on The X-Files => DANA
6 Down: Regretful sort => RUER
7 Down: 2012 Affleck film that won Best Picture => ARGO
8 Down: Large bodies of water => GULFS
9 Down: Smug grin => SMIRK
10 Down: Chicken cacciatore quintet => CEES
11 Down: Dear Evan __: 2015 musical => HANSEN
12 Down: Curving, like the sun crossing the sky => ARCING
13 Down: Polite request starter => PLEASE
19 Down: What a plea deal concedes => GUILT
21 Down: Ward of House => SELA
22 Down: __-Seltzer => ALKA
23 Down: Objective => GOAL
24 Down: Barrett of gossip => RONA
29 Down: Creme-filled cookie => OREO
30 Down: It's forbidden => NONO
31 Down: Have to, in slang => GOTTA
33 Down: Questions => ASKS
35 Down: Main point => GIST
36 Down: Horse rider's strap => REIN
37 Down: Florence's river => ARNO
41 Down: Where division leaders sit, vis-à-vis the standings => ATOP
42 Down: What a dog wags => TAIL
43 Down: Paris airport => ORLY
45 Down: Jalopies => HEAPS
46 Down: Tiny biting insect => GNAT
47 Down: WWII prison camp => STALAG
48 Down: Self-defense technique => KARATE
49 Down: Responds to, as a tip => ACTSON
54 Down: Build => ERECT
55 Down: Tamiflu producer => ROCHE
57 Down: Fooled you! => PSYCH
59 Down: Editor's keep it => STET
60 Down: Folk singer Baez => JOAN
61 Down: Oklahoma city => ENID
62 Down: Some USN officers => CDRS
65 Down: I get it now! => OHO
66 Down: Diamond, for one => GEM
67 Down: __ Jima => IWO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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