Crossword Answers For: Friday, July 1, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Symbol in the center of Cameroon's flag => STAR
5 Across: Sentence server => INMATE
11 Across: Retro-hip beers, for short => PBRS
15 Across: Quaint sigh => AHME
16 Across: Mad About You co-star => REISER
17 Across: Baseball analyst Hershiser => OREL
18 Across: Nana who deciphers coded messages? => GRAMCRACKER
20 Across: Finger food, in Zaragoza => TAPA
21 Across: Colleague of Amy and Elena => SONIA
22 Across: Novelist Jaffe => RONA
23 Across: Showbiz grand slam => EGOT
24 Across: Skirmish between rival hives? => BATTLEOFSTINGS
28 Across: Used a rocker => SAT
29 Across: Black Sea resort => YALTA
30 Across: Functions => USES
34 Across: ESPNU topic => NCAA
37 Across: Boot camp barker => SARGE
40 Across: Serious business, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle => NOLAUGHINGMATTER
44 Across: The Masked Dancer panelist Paula => ABDUL
45 Across: Serious locks => MANE
46 Across: Name in a Salinger title => ESME
47 Across: The planets, e.g. => OCTAD
50 Across: Masked caller => UMP
52 Across: Horses now tame enough to ride? => CREATURESOFBIT
58 Across: Smack => SLAP
59 Across: Evian et Perrier => EAUX
60 Across: Like some Windows errors => FATAL
62 Across: Best Picture Oscar winner directed by Siân Heder => CODA
63 Across: Speck of dust atop the Matterhorn? => ALPPARTICLE
66 Across: Big name in skin care => AVON
67 Across: Coffee cup insulator => SLEEVE
68 Across: Consequently => THEN
69 Across: Snafu => MESS
70 Across: Shadow canvas => EYELID
71 Across: Org. scheme => SYST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Gives a little => SAGS
2 Down: Pulsate strongly => THROB
3 Down: Maker of the first refrigerator with a dry-erase door => AMANA
4 Down: Mail payment => REMIT
5 Down: Like some vbs. => IRR
6 Down: PBS benefactor => NEA
7 Down: Smaller than small => MICRO
8 Down: Request from => ASKOF
9 Down: Smaller than small => TEENSY
10 Down: Collected goofs => ERRATA
11 Down: Sovereign => POTENTATE
12 Down: Self-promoters => BRAGGARTS
13 Down: Bank actions, briefly => REPOS
14 Down: Crate piece => SLAT
19 Down: Pets who may squeeze into shoeboxes => CATS
25 Down: Lana of Smallville => LANG
26 Down: Mark for good => ETCH
27 Down: Casablanca role => ILSA
30 Down: Telemundo article => UNA
31 Down: Blubber => SOB
32 Down: Cadillacs manufactured for 50 years => ELDORADOS
33 Down: They often hang around kitchens => SAUCEPANS
35 Down: Point => AIM
36 Down: Santa __ winds => ANA
38 Down: Bit of finery => GEM
39 Down: Palindrome in stanzas => ERE
41 Down: Sephora rival => ULTA
42 Down: Veld grazers => GNUS
43 Down: __ pad => MEMO
48 Down: Relaxed => ATEASE
49 Down: Pickup truck with four rear wheels => DUALLY
51 Down: Hah, right! => PFFT
52 Down: Mulled wine spice => CLOVE
53 Down: Karachi currency => RUPEE
54 Down: Run out => EXPEL
55 Down: Heckles => BAITS
56 Down: Like wool, for many => ITCHY
57 Down: Lore => TALES
58 Down: Grifter's game => SCAM
61 Down: Temporarily provided => LENT
64 Down: Prefix for the birds? => AVI
65 Down: Rare color? => RED

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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