Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cleaning cloths => RAGS
5 Across: Branch of govt. => DEPT
9 Across: Suffers after a CrossFit workout, say => ACHES
14 Across: Just gimme __! => ASEC
15 Across: Really, really enjoy a joke => ROAR
16 Across: Enjoy a joke => LAUGH
17 Across: Was completely crushed by the competition => METONESWATERLOO
20 Across: Orzo and ziti => PASTAS
21 Across: Grand total => SUM
22 Across: History => PAST
23 Across: Part of a server's income => TIPS
24 Across: __ soup: sushi bar bowlful => MISO
26 Across: Good one => HAHA
28 Across: La La Land Oscar winner Stone => EMMA
31 Across: Chocolaty drink => COCOA
35 Across: Before, in classic palindromes => ERE
36 Across: Continent with most of the world's people => ASIA
37 Across: Adios! => SOLONG
38 Across: Org. with bomb-sniffing dogs => ATF
39 Across: Actress who played Joan Watson on Elementary => LUCYLIU
41 Across: __ de Janeiro => RIO
42 Across: Blob => DOLLOP
44 Across: Asteroid formation => BELT
45 Across: Put on => DON
46 Across: Gonna join us? => YOUIN
47 Across: __ the deal => SEAL
48 Across: Fair ride => PONY
49 Across: Number-picking bar game => KENO
51 Across: __ open book: Ask me anything => IMAN
53 Across: A single time => ONCE
56 Across: Maa ma => EWE
58 Across: Just okay => NOTBAD
61 Across: Is hopelessly confused => DOESNTHAVEACLUE
64 Across: Spine-tingling => EERIE
65 Across: Yard sale caveat => ASIS
66 Across: Queen of Mount Olympus => HERA
67 Across: Roofing stone => SLATE
68 Across: Golf pegs => TEES
69 Across: Chinese currency => YUAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Wheelchair access => RAMP
2 Down: Between ports on a cruise => ASEA
3 Down: Catches a seasonal malady => GETSTHEFLU
4 Down: Nova __ => SCOTIA
5 Down: Gets into character for Comic-Con, say => DRESSESUP
6 Down: Lip balm brand with egg-shaped containers => EOS
7 Down: Bear feet => PAWS
8 Down: Damage that may be psychological => TRAUMA
9 Down: Smithwick's beer => ALE
10 Down: Commuting arrangement => CARPOOL
11 Down: Hip-moving Hawaiian dance => HULA
12 Down: Alter __: secret identities for superheroes => EGOS
13 Down: Completely worn out => SHOT
18 Down: Quick snooze => NAP
19 Down: I could do without this knowledge, way less formally => TMI
25 Down: Merit badge earner => SCOUT
26 Down: Stimulating => HEADY
27 Down: Threepio's companion => ARTOO
29 Down: Open __ night => MIC
30 Down: I'll think about it => MAYBE
32 Down: Stuffed with ham and cheese => CORDONBLEU
33 Down: French __ soup => ONION
34 Down: Anguish => AGONY
36 Down: Flying solo => ALONE
37 Down: Inanity => SILLINESS
40 Down: __ & Perrins steak sauce => LEA
43 Down: Gives something a thumbs-up => LIKESIT
47 Down: Big deal => SOWHAT
48 Down: Uneven, as fog => PATCHY
50 Down: Badminton court divider => NET
52 Down: Extinct emu-like bird => MOA
53 Down: Poetic tributes => ODES
54 Down: Yule tune => NOEL
55 Down: Superbad actor Michael => CERA
57 Down: Simplicity => EASE
59 Down: Mystical glow => AURA
60 Down: Campus official => DEAN
62 Down: Alumna bio word => NEE
63 Down: Compete (for) => VIE

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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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