Crossword Answers For: Monday, February 28, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Taiwanese bubble tea => BOBA
5 Across: Yawn-inducing => BANAL
10 Across: Dull pain => ACHE
14 Across: Racetrack shape => OVAL
15 Across: Fruit whose oil is used in cooking => OLIVE
16 Across: Onetime Ralston cereal now owned by General Mills => CHEX
17 Across: Wine lover's prefix => OENO
18 Across: Nine-piece combo => NONET
19 Across: U. of Maryland athlete => TERP
20 Across: Like civilizations that antedate written records => PREHISTORIC
23 Across: Pigeon sound => COO
24 Across: SNL alum Gasteyer => ANA
25 Across: Armored vehicle => TANK
27 Across: Tres menos uno => DOS
30 Across: Pop singer's list of recordings, e.g. => DISCOGRAPHY
36 Across: Traditional piano key wood => EBONY
38 Across: Root for a luau => TARO
39 Across: Pâté de __ gras => FOIE
40 Across: Covert ops outfit => CAMO
41 Across: Chopsticks __ fork? => ORA
42 Across: Fey with nine Emmys => TINA
43 Across: Part of BSA: Abbr. => AMER
44 Across: Ponder (over) => MULL
45 Across: Hunger signs that hurt => PANGS
46 Across: Sourced locally, as a menu => FARMTOTABLE
49 Across: Vietnamese New Year => TET
50 Across: Articulated => SAID
51 Across: Tiny colonist => ANT
53 Across: Reggae relative => SKA
55 Across: Subtle element in a success story ... and what's revealed by each set of circles => SECRETSAUCE
62 Across: Unseating plan? => COUP
64 Across: Avoid, as duty => SHIRK
65 Across: Broadway event => SHOW
66 Across: Adept => ABLE
67 Across: One of the senses => TASTE
68 Across: Joint above the ankle => KNEE
69 Across: Greek B => BETA
70 Across: Oof! => YIKES
71 Across: Abel and Cain, to Adam and Eve => SONS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Cutesy nose-poke word => BOOP
2 Down: Mind-matter link => OVER
3 Down: Scourge => BANE
4 Down: Hawaiian greeting => ALOHA
5 Down: Dwarf planting => BONSAI
6 Down: Very much => ALOT
7 Down: Barcelona boy => NINO
8 Down: Declare => AVER
9 Down: Time to stop obsessing on this => LETITGO
10 Down: Play a part (in) => ACT
11 Down: Official inspection spot => CHECKPOINT
12 Down: One who comes to the rescue => HERO
13 Down: Montreal MLBer before 2005 => EXPO
21 Down: 500 race, familiarly => INDY
22 Down: Automobile => CAR
26 Down: Tripartite commerce pact acronym => NAFTA
27 Down: Pre-bedtime coffee, often => DECAF
28 Down: President with degrees from Columbia and Harvard => OBAMA
29 Down: Diver's rotation => SOMERSAULT
31 Down: Dark beer => STOUT
32 Down: Diane's Cheers co-server => CARLA
33 Down: Colgate rival => ORALB
34 Down: Depend (on) => HINGE
35 Down: Brewery need => YEAST
37 Down: __ Rae, Sally Field role => NORMA
44 Down: Aw shucks quality => MODESTY
45 Down: Writers' tools => PENS
47 Down: Apt it's anagram => TIS
48 Down: Hanukkah pancakes => LATKES
52 Down: Duties => TASKS
53 Down: Wound cover => SCAB
54 Down: Asian beef city => KOBE
56 Down: Indian spiced tea => CHAI
57 Down: Take a chance on => RISK
58 Down: Art Deco artist => ERTE
59 Down: Hmm ... doubt it => UHNO
60 Down: Ethan or Joel of film => COEN
61 Down: Fleecy females => EWES
63 Down: Podded plant => PEA

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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