Crossword Answers For: Friday, June 24, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Taper or fade => COIF
5 Across: Many => ALOT
9 Across: Charcuterie board selection => EDAM
13 Across: Invocation syllables => ABRA
14 Across: Tropical evergreen => CACAO
16 Across: Chanel scent => COCO
17 Across: Something heard around Chicago, literally? => WEACCENTST
19 Across: Like AOL software, originally => ONCD
20 Across: EDM instrument => SYNTH
21 Across: Bug => GETTO
23 Across: Digital thermometer? => TOE
24 Across: Acorn producer => OAK
26 Across: Hurdle before spring break, literally? => TEEXAMRM
28 Across: Baby __ => ASPIRIN
32 Across: Inflexible => RIGID
33 Across: One of 28 Monopoly cards => DEED
34 Across: Dermatologist's concern => WART
37 Across: Overalls material => DENIM
39 Across: Brooding sort => HEN
40 Across: Passport or Pilot, e.g., literally? => SISUVZE
42 Across: Scooby-__ => DOO
43 Across: Locked account? => DIARY
45 Across: Snowballs or paintballs => AMMO
46 Across: Yeah, try again => UMNO
47 Across: Regional plant life => FLORA
49 Across: Cup holder site => ARMREST
51 Across: Frog that carries fertilized eggs on its back, literally? => WITOADFE
54 Across: NYC member of The Squad in Congress => AOC
55 Across: Frozen over => ICY
56 Across: 48-Down song with the line But when I call, you never seem to be home => HELLO
58 Across: Shake __ => SHACK
62 Across: Snatches => NABS
64 Across: Reason to buy a sports car, for some, literally? => LICRISISFE
66 Across: Grasp => GROK
67 Across: Sign into law => ENACT
68 Across: Gas lighting? => NEON
69 Across: Hot => SEXY
70 Across: Transcript stats => GPAS
71 Across: Lip => SASS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Crow's cacophony => CAWS
2 Down: Heed => OBEY
3 Down: Setting of the graphic novel Persepolis => IRAN
4 Down: Bit of info => FACTOID
5 Down: The A of LGBTQIA+, for short => ACE
6 Down: Scott who turns into Ant-Man => LANG
7 Down: Valence electrons, often => OCTET
8 Down: Have a trying experience? => TASTE
9 Down: Green prefix => ECO
10 Down: I'm not even here => DONTMINDME
11 Down: Squeezeboxes => ACCORDIONS
12 Down: Internet hookup => MODEM
15 Down: Mammal that uses kelp as a blanket => OTTER
18 Down: Crust => CHAR
22 Down: Rust => OXIDE
25 Down: Fuzzy fruit => KIWI
27 Down: Grow old => AGE
28 Down: Adult __ => ADHD
29 Down: Suit yourself! => SEEIFICARE
30 Down: Shark cage? => PENALTYBOX
31 Down: Ingenuity org. => NASA
35 Down: Coquito liquor => RUM
36 Down: Rating for Euphoria, briefly => TVMA
38 Down: No longer relevant => MOOT
40 Down: Cab alternative => SYRAH
41 Down: First name in the Harlem Renaissance => ZORA
44 Down: Piglet pal => ROO
46 Down: Tide pool sights => URCHINS
48 Down: 56-Across singer => ADELE
50 Down: Zen garden growth => MOSS
51 Down: Boneless appetizer => WINGS
52 Down: Hurl => FLING
53 Down: Yosemite peak free-climbed by Emily Harrington, familiarly => ELCAP
57 Down: Black-and-white predator => ORCA
59 Down: Well offshore => ASEA
60 Down: Corp. bean counters => CFOS
61 Down: Steak House dressing brand => KENS
63 Down: Chicago WNBA team => SKY
65 Down: __ my pleasure! => ITS

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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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