Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: California wine region near Sonoma => NAPA
5 Across: Not quite => ALMOST
11 Across: Zamboni surface => ICE
14 Across: Nowhere to be seen, for short => AWOL
15 Across: Simple shelter => LEANTO
16 Across: Prom rental => TUX
17 Across: *Performer who may wear harem pants => BELLYDANCER
19 Across: Lob's path => ARC
20 Across: Star Wars heroine => LEIA
21 Across: Taylor Swift's __ Song => OUR
22 Across: If not => ELSE
23 Across: Tree frog sound => CHIRP
25 Across: *People in a love-hate relationship => FRENEMIES
27 Across: Transmission choice for driving uphill => LOWGEAR
29 Across: Stockpile => AMASS
30 Across: Chips __!: cookie brand => AHOY
31 Across: Creme Egg candymaker => CADBURY
35 Across: Hearty holiday drink => NOG
36 Across: *Body-lifting exercises => CHINUPS
37 Across: Spigot => TAP
40 Across: Ambushed => WAYLAID
41 Across: Corn Belt tower => SILO
42 Across: Storybook brutes => OGRES
45 Across: Tracks down => LOCATES
47 Across: *Veers from the straight and narrow => BREAKSBAD
51 Across: Pet rabbit's home => HUTCH
52 Across: Wallop => SOCK
53 Across: Feel crummy => AIL
54 Across: Carpenter's clamp => VISE
55 Across: Source of milk for pecorino cheese => EWE
56 Across: Dieting advice, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do => CUTTHECARBS
60 Across: Time zone word: Abbr. => STD
61 Across: Dined at a bistro, say => ATEOUT
62 Across: Nerd => GEEK
63 Across: That lady => SHE
64 Across: Tinkers (with) => MESSES
65 Across: Avant-garde => EDGY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Capture => NAB
2 Down: Knock the socks off => AWE
3 Down: Tadpole => POLLIWOG
4 Down: Hay fever, e.g. => ALLERGY
5 Down: Marriage Story actor Alan => ALDA
6 Down: Actress Thompson => LEA
7 Down: Regal home => MANOR
8 Down: Promptly => ONCUE
9 Down: Rudder's locale => STERN
10 Down: Only Canadian MLB city => TOR
11 Down: Firenze locale => ITALIA
12 Down: Swear words => CURSES
13 Down: More than necessary => EXCESS
18 Down: Cry of pain => YIPE
22 Down: Television award => EMMY
23 Down: Tartan-sharing kin => CLAN
24 Down: Santa's jolly syllables => HOHO
25 Down: Physically delicate => FRAIL
26 Down: Disneyland hat pair => EARS
28 Down: Sore => ACHY
32 Down: Genetic material => DNA
33 Down: Construct => BUILD
34 Down: Bun, e.g. => UPDO
36 Down: Wine barrel => CASK
37 Down: Giggled self-consciously => TITTERED
38 Down: Smart __: know-it-all => ALEC
39 Down: Swanky => POSH
40 Down: Like disappointing coffee => WEAK
41 Down: McMuffin meat option => SAUSAGE
42 Down: Think too much (about) => OBSESS
43 Down: Old-__ forest => GROWTH
44 Down: Ebb => RECEDE
46 Down: Rather smart => CHIC
48 Down: Cook in some olive oil, say => SAUTE
49 Down: Tugs at a fishing line => BITES
50 Down: Choir section => ALTOS
54 Down: November honorees => VETS
56 Down: Pic taker => CAM
57 Down: Shade on a color wheel => HUE
58 Down: Plead => BEG
59 Down: Big __ Country => SKY

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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