Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 17, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Oktoberfest toast => PROST
6 Across: Atlas Shrugged hero John => GALT
10 Across: Split => PART
14 Across: Object => DEMUR
15 Across: Store with Småland play areas => IKEA
16 Across: Wind in the reeds => OBOE
17 Across: Patty Hearst alias => TANIA
18 Across: Whammy => JINX
19 Across: Self-named 2000s sitcom set in Texas => REBA
20 Across: Excel on the mound => PITCHANOHITTER
23 Across: Blow away => STUN
24 Across: Steam => IRE
25 Across: Increase the mobility of, as a checker => PROMOTETOKING
31 Across: Reclusive sort => LONER
32 Across: Pin expert? => WRESTLER
35 Across: Cheerio morsel => OAT
36 Across: Court responses => PLEAS
38 Across: Bravo! => OLE
39 Across: Not as well insulated => DRAFTIER
42 Across: Weasel cousin => SABLE
44 Across: Do a plumbing job => PLUGUPTHELEAK
47 Across: Boxer's remark? => ARF
48 Across: Dull-sounding beast => BOAR
49 Across: Recommend, with for, and a hint to the start of 20-, 25- and 44-Across => PUTINAGOODWORD
56 Across: Malevolent => EVIL
57 Across: Equine control => REIN
58 Across: The Grapes of Wrath migrants => OKIES
60 Across: Fool on the ice => DEKE
61 Across: Canasta play => MELD
62 Across: Surge protector? => LEVEE
63 Across: Verb in much written dialogue => SAID
64 Across: The __ the limit => SKYS
65 Across: Bowling unit => FRAME

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: L.A. is on it in summer => PDT
2 Down: Do a farm job => REAP
3 Down: High-end hotel chain => OMNI
4 Down: I'm okay with it => SUITSME
5 Down: Caterpillar, say => TRACTOR
6 Down: Demi Moore military movie => GIJANE
7 Down: Related => AKIN
8 Down: TV host with more than 300 vehicles => LENO
9 Down: Unpopular raises => TAXHIKES
10 Down: Sign => PORTENT
11 Down: What an accessory may do => ABET
12 Down: Judicial garb => ROBE
13 Down: Go like the dickens => TEAR
21 Down: Castaway's shelter => HUT
22 Down: Eye part => IRIS
25 Down: Walk tediously => PLOD
26 Down: Sign of crowd approval => ROAR
27 Down: Ready to draw => ONTAP
28 Down: Nobody => TWERP
29 Down: __ pro nobis => ORA
30 Down: Golden __ => GLOBE
33 Down: Boo'd Up Grammy winner __ Mai => ELLA
34 Down: Strongly suggest, with of => REEK
36 Down: Animal husbandry facilities => PIGFARMS
37 Down: Moldova currency => LEU
40 Down: Thrashed (about) => FLAILED
41 Down: __ loose: free => TURN
42 Down: Navy nuclear sub class => SEAWOLF
43 Down: Today weatherman => ALROKER
45 Down: Some gov't issues => TBONDS
46 Down: Mason's carrier => HOD
49 Down: Crosswalk users, briefly => PEDS
50 Down: Iris layer => UVEA
51 Down: __ bar: Polynesian-themed spot => TIKI
52 Down: Many a techie => GEEK
53 Down: Like many a mechanic's rag => OILY
54 Down: 1972 Derby winner __ Ridge => RIVA
55 Down: Think => DEEM
59 Down: Call in poker => SEE

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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