Crossword Answers For: Friday, July 22, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Luxurious => PLUSH
6 Across: Bubble tea insert => STRAW
11 Across: Sweet sandwich, for short => PBJ
14 Across: A Marx brother => HARPO
15 Across: Small crown => TIARA
16 Across: Grammy winner Corinne Bailey __ => RAE
17 Across: Medical pro who avoids the rear of the ship? => DRAFTDODGER
19 Across: Approximate fig. => EST
20 Across: Actor Mineo => SAL
21 Across: Yarns => TALES
22 Across: Key near Alt => CTRL
23 Across: Farmers market buy => KALE
24 Across: Rum cocktail => MAITAI
26 Across: Medical pro who holds a pal's hand in a tattoo parlor? => DRINKINGBUDDY
31 Across: Actress Zellweger => RENEE
32 Across: Eucalyptus eater => KOALA
33 Across: Plant juice => SAP
36 Across: Peak => APEX
37 Across: The Good Book => BIBLE
38 Across: Top-ranked => AONE
39 Across: Sorrow => WOE
40 Across: What a pity => SOSAD
41 Across: Aerial photography craft => DRONE
42 Across: Medical pro who engineers hairpin turns? => DRESSDESIGNER
45 Across: ABCs => BASICS
47 Across: Plus => ALSO
48 Across: Big trade show => EXPO
49 Across: Noncommittal => VAGUE
51 Across: Investigative journalist __ B. Wells => IDA
54 Across: Long of Empire => NIA
55 Across: Medical pro who is a sick chess player? => DRILLMASTER
58 Across: Washington's Sea-__ Airport => TAC
59 Across: Cross my heart! => NOLIE
60 Across: Title holder => SPINE
61 Across: Estadio cheer => OLE
62 Across: Lies for, maybe => ABETS
63 Across: Snap course => EASYA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Many profs => PHDS
2 Down: The Secrets We Kept novelist Prescott => LARA
3 Down: River to the Caspian => URAL
4 Down: Sunblock letters => SPF
5 Down: Quick, provocative opinion => HOTTAKE
6 Down: Unexpected smack? => STOLENKISS
7 Down: Laundry brand => TIDE
8 Down: Old T-shirts, maybe => RAGS
9 Down: __ we good? => ARE
10 Down: Simple card game => WAR
11 Down: In the not-too-distant future => PRETTYSOON
12 Down: Iraq port city => BASRA
13 Down: Actor who plays the Emperor in 2020's Mulan => JETLI
18 Down: The Persistence of Memory painter => DALI
22 Down: Spain's El __ => CID
23 Down: Where creativity clicks construction toy => KNEX
24 Down: Slip-on shoe => MULE
25 Down: Programming pioneer Lovelace => ADA
26 Down: Sketch => DRAW
27 Down: Forfeited auto => REPO
28 Down: Please give me some alone time => INEEDSPACE
29 Down: Sour => GOBAD
30 Down: Birds of prey that were once endangered => BALDEAGLES
34 Down: Basketball Hall of Famer Donovan => ANNE
35 Down: Social equal => PEER
37 Down: Bigwig => BOSS
38 Down: Best Picture winner set in Iran => ARGO
40 Down: Jiff => SEC
41 Down: Pathology study => DISEASE
43 Down: __ Grande => RIO
44 Down: Run-down area => SLUM
45 Down: Box lunch? => BENTO
46 Down: The first A in CAT scan => AXIAL
49 Down: Dreadful => VILE
50 Down: Came to rest => ALIT
51 Down: Terse affirmation => ITIS
52 Down: Turn down => DENY
53 Down: Painter's calculation => AREA
55 Down: Genetic info carrier => DNA
56 Down: Director Reiner => ROB
57 Down: Mani-pedi place => SPA

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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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