Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Paul of guitar fame => LES
4 Across: Old manuscript artisan => SCRIBE
10 Across: Doesn't sit on => USES
14 Across: Shuttlecock's path => ARC
15 Across: BabyGap buy => ONESIE
16 Across: Order => RANK
17 Across: Religious figure known as the Queen of Heaven => VIRGINMARY
19 Across: Fashion journalist García => NINA
20 Across: Trick => SCAM
21 Across: Small matter => ATOM
23 Across: Gorp morsel => NUT
24 Across: Novelist known as the Queen of Crime => AGATHACHRISTIE
29 Across: Battery size => AAA
30 Across: River to the English Channel => SEINE
31 Across: Military division known as the Queen of Battle => INFANTRY
36 Across: Frontera condiment => SALSA
39 Across: New Mexico art community => TAOS
40 Across: Gushes => SPEWS
43 Across: Mosque prayer leader => IMAM
44 Across: Quick messages => TEXTS
46 Across: Field of study known as the Queen of the Sciences => THEOLOGY
48 Across: Smiles => GRINS
51 Across: Tax-deferred nest egg, briefly => IRA
52 Across: Singer known as the Queen of Jazz => ELLAFITZGERALD
58 Across: Murmur => COO
59 Across: Pacific Islands staple => TARO
60 Across: Spiffy => NEAT
62 Across: The L of YOLO => LIVE
64 Across: City known as the Queen of the West => CINCINNATI
68 Across: Neighborhood => AREA
69 Across: Dream up => IDEATE
70 Across: Charge => FEE
71 Across: Skills evaluation => TEST
72 Across: Built a tree house? => NESTED
73 Across: Fabric store meas. => YDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: WCs => LAVS
2 Down: Gospel singer Campbell => ERICA
3 Down: Skinny sort => SCRAG
4 Down: __ hear => SOI
5 Down: Fareed Zakaria GPS network => CNN
6 Down: Sleep acronym => REM
7 Down: Oscar of 2021's Dune => ISAAC
8 Down: Some overnight deliveries? => BIRTHS
9 Down: Fictional donkey => EEYORE
10 Down: Samovar => URN
11 Down: Patron of sailors => SAINTELMO
12 Down: Blasé feeling => ENNUI
13 Down: Stingray kin => SKATE
18 Down: Early show since 1975, briefly => GMA
22 Down: Nintendo Switch avatars => MIIS
25 Down: Do something to hide? => TAN
26 Down: Metaphor for roles => HATS
27 Down: Org. with driver safety courses => AARP
28 Down: SpongeBob's pet Gary, for one => SNAIL
31 Down: Hairy Addams cousin => ITT
32 Down: Sorry, lassie => NAE
33 Down: Plants with purple bell-shaped flowers => FOXGLOVES
34 Down: Latin stars => ASTRA
35 Down: Though => YET
37 Down: Droop => SAG
38 Down: Jeopardy! champion Schneider => AMY
41 Down: Early Democrat's adversary => WHIG
42 Down: Bone-dry => SERE
45 Down: Sort (through) => SIFT
47 Down: Stick in the water? => OAR
49 Down: B complex vitamin => NIACIN
50 Down: Long step => STRIDE
52 Down: Big fanfare => ECLAT
53 Down: France's longest river => LOIRE
54 Down: Districts => ZONES
55 Down: Journalist Curry => ANN
56 Down: Like salad greens => LEAFY
57 Down: So last year => DATED
61 Down: Gets even? => TIES
63 Down: Sup => EAT
65 Down: Roomba rider, in some viral videos => CAT
66 Down: Brooklyn suffix => ITE
67 Down: Nancy Drew's beau Nickerson => NED

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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