Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Boarding area => GATE
5 Across: Sugar substitute => STEVIA
11 Across: Liberal group? => ARTS
15 Across: Strait-laced => PRIM
16 Across: How stir-fry is often served => ONRICE
17 Across: Vichyssoise need => LEEK
18 Across: *Operating room assistants => SCRUBNURSES
20 Across: Hathaway of Ocean's 8 => ANNE
21 Across: __ as directed => USE
22 Across: Dig in! => EAT
23 Across: __ Pueblo, New Mexico => TAOS
25 Across: Aardvark snack => ANT
26 Across: Dog in RCA Victor ads => NIPPER
28 Across: *Employ flowery language => WAXPOETIC
30 Across: Native peoples of the Arctic => INUIT
31 Across: React to yeast => RISE
32 Across: Lightning burst => FLASH
33 Across: Number in a 10-day forecast, for short => TEMP
34 Across: Connecticut WNBA team => SUN
35 Across: Argo org. => CIA
36 Across: *Indulgent request made by Mae West in I'm No Angel => PEELMEAGRAPE
41 Across: Utter => SAY
42 Across: Route => WAY
43 Across: Hissy fit => SNIT
46 Across: Come to pass => OCCUR
49 Across: For you and me => OURS
51 Across: Brief tussle => SETTO
52 Across: *Cast celebration => WRAPPARTY
54 Across: Early '90s pres., familiarly => BUSHSR
55 Across: Hasty escape => LAM
56 Across: Education acronym => STEM
57 Across: Plot device? => HOE
58 Across: Grammy category since 1989 => RAP
59 Across: Black-__ Susan => EYED
61 Across: *Retail event with deep discounts => BLOWOUTSALE
64 Across: To Venus and Back singer Amos => TORI
65 Across: Categorize => ASSORT
66 Across: Walk heavily => PLOD
67 Across: Hidden obstacle => SNAG
68 Across: Jackson Hole backdrop => TETONS
69 Across: Sax type => ALTO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Garmin device => GPSUNIT
2 Down: Inverse trig function => ARCSINE
3 Down: Cyclist's accessory => TIREPUMP
4 Down: Ostrich kin => EMU
5 Down: Underwater detector => SONAR
6 Down: Bolt holder => TNUT
7 Down: Throw wide of the cutoff man, say => ERR
8 Down: Panoramic views => VISTAS
9 Down: Mountaineering tool => ICEAXE
10 Down: Greek fabulist => AESOP
11 Down: Taking after => ALA
12 Down: First name of Italian sopranos Tebaldi and Scotto => RENATA
13 Down: Wimbledon sport => TENNIS
14 Down: Quick drawing => SKETCH
19 Down: Vegetable that may stain a cutting board => BEET
24 Down: Bulgaria's capital => SOFIA
27 Down: Joins the conversation => PIPESUP
28 Down: Viognier or Vouvray => WINE
29 Down: Ticks by => ELAPSES
31 Down: Mojito liquor => RUM
34 Down: Shifty => SLY
35 Down: Shed tears => CRY
37 Down: O.K. Corral brothers => EARPS
38 Down: Askew => AWRY
39 Down: Neon or freon => GAS
40 Down: Captivate => ENTHRALL
44 Down: This is all more than I can handle => ITSALOT
45 Down: Ruin, as plans => TORPEDO
46 Down: Nocturnal nestlings => OWLETS
47 Down: Medium for most refrigerator art => CRAYON
48 Down: Shape outlined in Instagram's logo => CAMERA
49 Down: Vague threat => ORELSE
50 Down: Absolute => UTMOST
51 Down: Haggis ingredient => SUET
53 Down: Baseball stat => ATBAT
54 Down: Matches => BOUTS
57 Down: Rhinoceros feature => HORN
60 Down: Use a spade => DIG
62 Down: Court => WOO
63 Down: Place to enjoy the kinds of pampering found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues => SPA

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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