Crossword Answers For: Saturday, February 26, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Be temporarily => ACTAS
6 Across: Pulitzer-winning journalist for her Clinton-Lewinsky columns => DOWD
10 Across: Part of an ear => COB
13 Across: Heckle => TAUNT
14 Across: 2018 documentary about Alex Honnold's conquest of El Capitan => FREESOLO
16 Across: Like a classic Reuben => ONRYE
17 Across: Are you serious!? => WAITWHAT
18 Across: Key of Chopin's Ballade No. 1 => GMINOR
19 Across: Mariner's worry => REEFS
20 Across: Minute quality => TININESS
23 Across: Pastoral sounds => BAAS
24 Across: Return address for guilty sorts? => SCENEOFTHECRIME
28 Across: Written in the stars => MEANTTOBE
29 Across: 6-Down info => ETAS
33 Across: My Fair Lady composer => LOEWE
34 Across: Law school newbie => ONEL
35 Across: Postgame celebrations => FISTPUMPS
37 Across: Elusive result => FAIRYTALEENDING
44 Across: Enervate => TIRE
45 Across: Well-thought-of => ESTEEMED
46 Across: John of Scotch fame => DEWAR
48 Across: Showrunner Shonda => RHIMES
49 Across: Colorful quartz variety => AMETHYST
53 Across: Victim of Hermes => ARGUS
54 Across: Trepidatious query starter => DAREIASK
55 Across: [Shrug] => DUNNO
56 Across: Mellow, in some cases => AGE
57 Across: What one often wears out? => COAT
58 Across: City near Düsseldorf => ESSEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: __ Fireball: hot candy => ATOMIC
2 Down: Boxer, for instance => CANINE
3 Down: Call it a night => TURNIN
4 Down: Fishing line? => ANYONE
5 Down: Sound choice => STEREO
6 Down: Tex. airport that's bigger than Manhattan => DFW
7 Down: 1/24 of un giorno => ORA
8 Down: One of China's Northern Dynasties => WEI
9 Down: Take away => DETRACT
10 Down: Unity => COHESION
11 Down: Frozen snowman who sings In Summer => OLAF
12 Down: Some spammers => BOTS
15 Down: Certify => SWEARTO
18 Down: Sporty rides => GTS
21 Down: Calif. home of works by Matisse and Warhol => SFMOMA
22 Down: Skyline feature => STEEPLE
23 Down: Prefix with diction => BENE
25 Down: Mooring cable openings => HAWSES
26 Down: U.K. honor => MBE
27 Down: Sushi bar fare => EEL
29 Down: False start? => EFF
30 Down: __ Maria => TIA
31 Down: So to speak => ASITWERE
32 Down: Mark with bands => STRIATE
33 Down: Ukulele forebear => LUTE
36 Down: Like a costly victory => PYRRHIC
38 Down: Schwab rival => ETRADE
39 Down: '60s-chic jackets => NEHRUS
40 Down: Stoops => DEIGNS
41 Down: Protected, in a way => IMMUNE
42 Down: Taken trilogy surname => NEESON
43 Down: Dept. store stock => GDS
46 Down: Post-WWI art movement => DADA
47 Down: Kindle read => EMAG
50 Down: Former hoopster __ Ming => YAO
51 Down: Org. funded by FICA => SSA
52 Down: Box office buy: Abbr. => TKT

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This crossword has 29 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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