Crossword Answers For: Monday, July 25, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Lifetime pals, briefly => BFFS
5 Across: Periodontist's concern => GUMS
9 Across: Brand of facial tissue => PUFFS
14 Across: Sign on for more service => REUP
15 Across: Indiana neighbor => OHIO
16 Across: Facing the pitcher => ATBAT
17 Across: Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Samberg => ANDY
18 Across: Decomposes => ROTS
19 Across: Milk seller => DAIRY
20 Across: Hale and hearty => INGOODHEALTH
23 Across: Taken care of => SEENTO
24 Across: Play-__: kids' clay => DOH
25 Across: That girl => SHE
28 Across: Pixie => ELF
29 Across: Native of Pre-Columbian Peru => INCA
32 Across: Reacted to a surprise, perhaps => GASPED
34 Across: Muscles worked by crunches => ABS
36 Across: Any time now! => IMWAITING
38 Across: __ and for all => ONCE
40 Across: African country on the Gulf of Guinea => GABON
41 Across: If all __ fails ... => ELSE
42 Across: Gathering spot for thirsty animals => WATERHOLE
44 Across: NCO below sgt. => CPL
45 Across: You're not alone in that => IDOTOO
46 Across: Hockey Hall of Famer Phil, familiarly => ESPO
48 Across: Pair => TWO
51 Across: Gift for music => EAR
52 Across: Hunted for fossils, say => DUG
54 Across: Mixed nuts nut => CASHEW
56 Across: What have we here? and 20-, 36-, and 42-Across => WELLWELLWELL
59 Across: Strictly forbidden => TABOO
62 Across: Very small bit => IOTA
63 Across: Great Plains natives => OTOE
64 Across: Distant and cool => ALOOF
65 Across: Lacking color => DRAB
66 Across: Sit for a spell => REST
67 Across: Employees => STAFF
68 Across: Long, wriggly swimmers => EELS
69 Across: Satisfies the munchies => EATS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Slow-cook in a closed pot => BRAISE
2 Down: Bulb with an aniselike flavor => FENNEL
3 Down: Exaggeration allowance in estimates => FUDGEFACTOR
4 Down: Watch secretly => SPYON
5 Down: If You Could Read My Mind singer Lightfoot => GORDON
6 Down: This looks bad! => UHOH
7 Down: Teeny plant pest => MITE
8 Down: Such a pity => SOSAD
9 Down: Noodle dish topped with crushed peanuts => PADTHAI
10 Down: Six-sided state => UTAH
11 Down: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity org. => FBI
12 Down: Distant => FAR
13 Down: Pen with a trough => STY
21 Down: __ Spunkmeyer: cookie brand => OTIS
22 Down: Boston airport => LOGAN
25 Down: Share juicy gossip => SPILLTHETEA
26 Down: Farm cluckers => HENS
27 Down: Microsoft's web browser => EDGE
30 Down: Breezy goodbye => CIAO
31 Down: Stroll along => AMBLE
33 Down: Escalator part => STEP
35 Down: Borscht base => BEET
37 Down: Nagging troubles => WOES
38 Down: Cut covered by a Snoopy bandage, e.g. => OWIE
39 Down: Zilch => NADA
40 Down: Grave-robbing demon => GHOUL
43 Down: Departed into the sunset, say => RODEOFF
44 Down: West Virginia natural resource => COAL
47 Down: Tech training sites => PCLABS
49 Down: The other team clobbered us => WELOST
50 Down: Big-eyed nestlings => OWLETS
53 Down: Coast => GLIDE
55 Down: Used cusswords => SWORE
56 Down: Husky's Hello => WOOF
57 Down: Had on => WORE
58 Down: And some other people abbr. => ETAL
59 Down: Prof. helpers => TAS
60 Down: __-country music => ALT
61 Down: Constricting snake => BOA

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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