Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 9, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Conspiring circle => CABAL
6 Across: Singer/actress Thorne => BELLA
11 Across: Briefs brand => BVD
14 Across: Kitchen magnet? => AROMA
15 Across: Snacker's stack => OREOS
16 Across: Tool that only works in water => OAR
17 Across: Tough => DIRESTRAITS
19 Across: Iberian cheer => OLE
20 Across: Second printing => REISSUE
21 Across: Kerfuffle => RUCKUS
23 Across: Key above ~ => ESC
24 Across: Osso __ => BUCO
27 Across: Party of the first part in the Bible? => MOSES
28 Across: Hot => THEPLACETOBE
31 Across: Becoming Madame __: Anchee Min novel set in China => MAO
32 Across: Well, well, well! => OHO
33 Across: Homer's well-meaning neighbor => NED
34 Across: Sore => TOUCHYSUBJECT
39 Across: Sweets => BAE
40 Across: Street sign abbr. => AVE
41 Across: Massive lexicon: Abbr. => OED
42 Across: Weak => ACHILLESHEEL
47 Across: Simple semiconductor => DIODE
48 Across: Space heater? => STAR
49 Across: Three-time World Series of Poker champion Ungar => STU
52 Across: Hyperformal Blame me => ITWASI
54 Across: Haberdashery clips => TIEBARS
57 Across: New Rules singer __ Lipa => DUA
58 Across: Product used on four of this puzzle's clues => SPOTREMOVER
61 Across: Goof => ERR
62 Across: Big name in the cosmetics aisle => ESTEE
63 Across: Data visualization discovery, perhaps => TREND
64 Across: So? => AND
65 Across: Copy that => NOTED
66 Across: Ish => SORTA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Inner circle => CADRE
2 Down: First sign of spring? => ARIES
3 Down: __ acid => BORIC
4 Down: Hawkeye State college town => AMES
5 Down: Miss => LASS
6 Down: Withstood hardship => BOREUP
7 Down: Stretch often named for a music genre => ERA
8 Down: Wreath of plumeria blossoms => LEI
9 Down: Tolkien trilogy, briefly => LOTR
10 Down: Take on => ASSUME
11 Down: Audible precursor => BOOKSONCD
12 Down: Pot-building poker wager => VALUEBET
13 Down: Decent, so to speak => DRESSED
18 Down: __ top => TUBE
22 Down: Easy-to-store bed => COT
25 Down: Like the winner in a number-guessing contest => CLOSEST
26 Down: Island that hosts the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing => OAHU
28 Down: Sigma follower => TAU
29 Down: Ad __ => HOC
30 Down: Male swan => COB
31 Down: Leader of a slapstick trio => MOEHOWARD
34 Down: Saying little => TACITURN
35 Down: Unblinking sci-fi villain => HAL
36 Down: First name in couture => YVES
37 Down: Java => JOE
38 Down: Swimmer that hunts using electrolocation => EEL
39 Down: I wouldn't do that => BADIDEA
43 Down: Ore. neighbor => IDA
44 Down: Tone down => LESSEN
45 Down: __ is the coward's revenge for being intimidated: Shaw => HATRED
46 Down: Great Lake near the Pro Football Hall of Fame => ERIE
49 Down: Screen __ => SAVER
50 Down: Reznor of Nine Inch Nails => TRENT
51 Down: Vitamin intake std. => USRDA
53 Down: __ facto => IPSO
55 Down: CPR pros => EMTS
56 Down: NYC division => BORO
59 Down: Mel who hit 511 career home runs => OTT
60 Down: Capital of Thailand? => TEE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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