Crossword Answers For: Friday, February 25, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Go on or come off => OCCUR
6 Across: Had a bite => ATE
9 Across: Checks => BILLS
14 Across: Prize money => PURSE
15 Across: Jorja of the CSI franchise => FOX
16 Across: Something bid => ADIEU
17 Across: Agenda entries => ITEMS
18 Across: Brief plan for the future? => IRA
19 Across: Artful evasion => DODGE
20 Across: Aroma of a freshly grilled steak? => NEWCHARSMELL
23 Across: Hosp. areas => ERS
24 Across: Sweet little sandwich => OREO
25 Across: Employs a hard sell => PUSHES
29 Across: Nemesis, say => FOE
30 Across: Third of a game? => TIC
31 Across: These __ the times ... : Paine => ARE
32 Across: Horror film writer's mantra? => PUTASHOCKINIT
36 Across: Paralyze with surprise => STUN
38 Across: Beige cousin => TAN
39 Across: García Lorca wrote them to Whitman and Dalí => ODES
40 Across: What Stanford University catchers' gear protects? => CARDINALSHINS
45 Across: Stein filler => ALE
46 Across: Choice word => NOR
47 Across: Native suffix => ITE
48 Across: Laundry room supply => BLEACH
50 Across: Some Drs. => PHDS
52 Across: Small Indian state => GOA
55 Across: Always dust before you vacuum and others? => CHOREBELIEFS
58 Across: Papier-__ => MACHE
61 Across: 2008 Visa event, briefly => IPO
62 Across: Be bratty => ACTUP
63 Across: Worshiper of the rain god Tlaloc => AZTEC
64 Across: PIN point => ATM
65 Across: Mock => TEASE
66 Across: Find out => GOASK
67 Across: Loft => LOB
68 Across: Fruity-smelling compound => ESTER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Express views => OPINE
2 Down: More like a puppy => CUTER
3 Down: Teams => CREWS
4 Down: Mil. branch => USMC
5 Down: Result of a botched line => RESHOOT
6 Down: Lit => AFIRE
7 Down: Tailor's dummy, e.g. => TORSO
8 Down: Skills barometer => EXAM
9 Down: Gambler's concern => BADLUCK
10 Down: Stars watched by many => IDOLS
11 Down: Shadow target => LID
12 Down: Part of a journey => LEG
13 Down: WNBA star Bird => SUE
21 Down: Land measure => AREA
22 Down: Sweeping => EPIC
26 Down: Jazz __: dance technique => HANDS
27 Down: Pennsylvania city on I-90 => ERIE
28 Down: Establishes => SETS
29 Down: Back => FUND
30 Down: A whole bunch => TONS
32 Down: Tomato product => PUREE
33 Down: Night light => STAR
34 Down: Shakespearean prince => HAL
35 Down: Actress Skye => IONE
36 Down: Healing sign => SCAB
37 Down: Unlikely => TALL
41 Down: Under control => INCHECK
42 Down: NYC neighborhood above Houston Street => NOHO
43 Down: Obscure => HIDE
44 Down: I should probably get going => ITSLATE
49 Down: Soreness => ACHES
50 Down: __-Bismol => PEPTO
51 Down: Cold War concern ... and what created 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across? => HBOMB
52 Down: Insinuate => GETAT
53 Down: Valuable => OFUSE
54 Down: According to => ASPER
56 Down: Iranian bread => RIAL
57 Down: Street fair treats => ICES
58 Down: E-__ => MAG
59 Down: Nitrogenous dye => AZO
60 Down: Commuter org. in the Loop => CTA

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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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