Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Praised => LAUDED
7 Across: Stalagmite creator => DRIP
11 Across: Spam holder => CAN
14 Across: Periodic Pacific current => ELNINO
15 Across: American Eagle Outfitters lingerie brand => AERIE
17 Across: Whiz => ACE
18 Across: Healthy starter => GARDENGREENS
20 Across: Zodiac animal with horns => RAM
21 Across: Thurman of The War With Grandpa => UMA
22 Across: Actress Goldie => HAWN
23 Across: Vocation => TRADE
25 Across: Baked side => POTATOWITHCHIVES
30 Across: Floor model => DEMO
31 Across: Genuflect => KNEEL
32 Across: Pool or polo => GAME
33 Across: Red-wrapped cheeses => EDAMS
35 Across: Julia of The Addams Family => RAUL
37 Across: Area represented by Sen. Gillibrand => NYS
38 Across: Meaty entrée => TBONESTEAK
42 Across: Prez on a fiver => ABE
45 Across: Whole lot => SCAD
46 Across: Muscle twitch => SPASM
49 Across: Tank top kin, briefly => CAMI
51 Across: Crème de la crème => ALIST
54 Across: Writer Bombeck => ERMA
55 Across: Filled dessert => CHOCOLATEECLAIRS
59 Across: Taxi mechanic => LATKA
60 Across: __ mortals => MERE
61 Across: Place for a snake bite piercing => LIP
62 Across: What __, chopped liver? => AMI
63 Across: Sequence of dishes such as 18-, 25-, 38-, and 55-Across, in more ways than one => HOMEMADEMEAL
68 Across: Actor McKellen => IAN
69 Across: Leading in a tight game => UPONE
70 Across: Barcelona's nación => ESPANA
71 Across: Flavor enhancer, for short => MSG
72 Across: Buttonlike earring => STUD
73 Across: Squeaky ball, e.g. => DOGTOY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Slight advantage => LEGUP
2 Down: Apple pie order => ALAMODE
3 Down: Starless? => UNRATED
4 Down: You __ your best => DID
5 Down: Chicago-to-Toronto dir. => ENE
6 Down: Honolulu-born jet pilot who became a pop singer => DONHO
7 Down: Galápagos Islands researcher => DARWIN
8 Down: Confirms, as a password => REENTERS
9 Down: Isl. with four provinces => IRE
10 Down: See 36-Down => PIN
11 Down: Traveling band => CARAVAN
12 Down: Private school => ACADEMY
13 Down: Foes that seem impossible to beat => NEMESES
16 Down: Bk. read at Purim => ESTH
19 Down: Rubberneck => GAWK
24 Down: Tractor-trailer => RIG
26 Down: Amo, amas, __ => AMAT
27 Down: Crypts => TOMBS
28 Down: But it's a dry __ => HEAT
29 Down: Hints => CLUES
34 Down: Home of many L.A. Times readers => SOCAL
36 Down: With 10-Down, politician's flag, often => LAPEL
39 Down: The Lion King lion => NALA
40 Down: Word processor feature => EDITMENU
41 Down: Melissa Benoist's role on Supergirl => KARA
42 Down: Accolades => ACCLAIM
43 Down: Islands northeast of Cuba => BAHAMAS
44 Down: Chewing the scenery => EMOTING
47 Down: Welcome warmly => SMILEAT
48 Down: Rivera who holds the MLB record for career saves => MARIANO
50 Down: Blech! => ICK
52 Down: Apparently was => SEEMED
53 Down: Mega- squared => TERA
56 Down: Hanauma Bay's island => OAHU
57 Down: Gave up => CEDED
58 Down: Fan out => SPLAY
64 Down: Photo __ => OPS
65 Down: Clever remark => MOT
66 Down: Paul Anka's __ Beso => ESO
67 Down: High hybrid stat => MPG

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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