Crossword Answers For: Friday, March 4, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 41-Across, Cloud Shepherd Dadaist => JEAN
5 Across: RR depot => STA
8 Across: Elbow grease => EFFORT
14 Across: Hoosier => INDIANAN
16 Across: Storied restaurant => ALICES
17 Across: *Throw for a loop => FLABBERT
18 Across: *Traditional jack-o'-lantern sources in the British Isles => RUTABA
19 Across: Worthlessness metaphor => FIG
20 Across: __ Weapon => LETHAL
22 Across: 1921 robot play => RUR
23 Across: Surfers' find => SITE
25 Across: Warring son of Zeus and Hera => ARES
26 Across: __ Scarlett => MISS
27 Across: Only Canadian MLB city => TOR
28 Across: Half-Betazoid sci-fi counselor => TROI
29 Across: Draw to a close => WANE
30 Across: Four quarters => ONE
32 Across: Spanish inns => POSADAS
34 Across: Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and sci-fi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues => KNOCKOUTGAS
36 Across: Illegal Risky Business business => BROTHEL
37 Across: NRC forerunner => AEC
38 Across: Avatar of Vishnu => RAMA
39 Across: Blanket __ => FORT
41 Across: See 1-Across => ARP
44 Across: Copacetic => JAKE
45 Across: Nickname of NBA great Oscar Robertson => BIGO
46 Across: Branch headquarters? => TREE
47 Across: Actress Gardner => AVA
48 Across: Songlike => ARIOSE
50 Across: Homer's bartender => MOE
52 Across: *Adele and Cher, e.g. => METARS
55 Across: *Buffet variety => SMORBORD
57 Across: Flora and fauna of different regions => BIOTAS
58 Across: Liqueur made with coffee beans => TIAMARIA
59 Across: Actress Dash => STACEY
60 Across: Sun. delivery => SER
61 Across: Hat-tipper's address => MAAM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Wink => JIFF
2 Down: Beat the draft? => ENLIST
3 Down: Moonlight Sonata opening movement, e.g. => ADAGIO
4 Down: Penpoint => NIB
5 Down: Dagger of yore => SNEE
6 Down: Fish-and-chips sauce => TARTAR
7 Down: Studiers of human ancestry => ANTHROPOLOGISTS
8 Down: Viscounts' superiors => EARLS
9 Down: Winter bug => FLU
10 Down: Be the right size => FIT
11 Down: Panpipe relatives => OCARINAS
12 Down: Picture puzzles => REBUSES
13 Down: Winter Palace figures => TSARS
15 Down: Cutting the mustard => ABLE
21 Down: Vital quintet in English literature => AEIOU
24 Down: *Gourmet => TRONOME
26 Down: *World's second-largest island country => MADACAR
28 Down: Georgia __ => TECH
29 Down: Carry on => WAGE
31 Down: __ bad idea => NOTA
33 Down: Runs or walks, e.g. => STAT
34 Down: Volcano in the Sunda Strait => KRAKATOA
35 Down: Russian milk drink => KEFIR
36 Down: Go out into the storm, say => BRAVEIT
40 Down: Dorm pal => ROOMIE
42 Down: Ride-hitching fish => REMORA
43 Down: Everycity, USA => PEORIA
44 Down: Door parts => JAMBS
45 Down: Very low => BASSY
46 Down: __ paper => TERM
49 Down: Skyrocket => SOAR
51 Down: Red-wrapped cheese => EDAM
53 Down: LAX tower service => ATC
54 Down: Issa of Awkward Black Girl => RAE
56 Down: Emeril catchword => BAM

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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