Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 1, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Same here => SOAMI
6 Across: Chesapeake Bay crustacean => CRAB
10 Across: Lavish party => FETE
14 Across: Stand-up performer => COMIC
15 Across: Top-quality => AONE
16 Across: Iraq's eastern neighbor => IRAN
17 Across: Muscat native => OMANI
18 Across: Grazing grounds => RANGELAND
20 Across: *Clickable device with a light sensor => OPTICALMOUSE
22 Across: __ Beta Kappa => PHI
23 Across: Chemical in oven cleaners => LYE
24 Across: How unfortunate => ITSSAD
28 Across: Comprende? => SEE
29 Across: Lavish party => GALA
31 Across: Wheels down stat, for short => ETA
32 Across: Confined, with up => PENT
35 Across: *One who's easily frightened => SCAREDYCAT
38 Across: Merit badge earner => SCOUT
40 Across: Tolkien monster => ORC
41 Across: Bizarre => OUTRE
42 Across: *Simple riding toy => HOBBYHORSE
45 Across: Clearance rack caveat => ASIS
46 Across: Craft brewer's brew => ALE
47 Across: Snail-paced => POKY
48 Across: R&B's Boyz II __ => MEN
50 Across: Bruce of the Die Hard films => WILLIS
52 Across: Auction offer => BID
53 Across: Director's shout => CUT
56 Across: Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have => ANIMALRIGHTS
60 Across: Citrus drink => ORANGEADE
63 Across: Big name in water filters => BRITA
64 Across: Bookish sort => NERD
65 Across: GPS suggestions => RTES
66 Across: Prying tool => LEVER
67 Across: To a ... poems => ODES
68 Across: Cravings => YENS
69 Across: Decorative jugs => EWERS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Ice cream serving => SCOOP
2 Down: Get-up-and-go => OOMPH
3 Down: Violin master who taught Stradivari => AMATI
4 Down: __ Cooper: small car made by BMW => MINI
5 Down: Spiky winter hanger => ICICLE
6 Down: Kid-lit writer/illustrator Eric => CARLE
7 Down: Knock about => ROAM
8 Down: __ Domini => ANNO
9 Down: Enchant => BEGUILE
10 Down: Contents of a backup drive => FILES
11 Down: Chapter in history => ERA
12 Down: Light brown color => TAN
13 Down: See 51-Down => END
19 Down: Chihuahua or Sonora, por ejemplo => ESTADO
21 Down: The __ have it: Motion carries => AYES
25 Down: Religious splinter groups => SECTS
26 Down: Video game pioneer => ATARI
27 Down: Goes out with => DATES
28 Down: Bang, as one's toe => STUB
29 Down: Actor Shandling => GARRY
30 Down: Curved sections => ARCS
32 Down: Oh, nonsense! => PSHAW
33 Down: Bacteria that may trigger a food recall => ECOLI
34 Down: Prestigious prize with six categories => NOBEL
36 Down: Downton Abbey's Mrs. Patmore, for one => COOK
37 Down: Chinese currency => YUAN
39 Down: Skill measured in wpm => TYPING
43 Down: Stockings => HOSIERY
44 Down: Mideast leader => EMIR
49 Down: Safe to consume => EDIBLE
51 Down: With 13-Down, clothing retailer that began as a mail-order yachting supply company => LANDS
52 Down: God __ America => BLESS
53 Down: Onion kin => CHIVE
54 Down: Say out loud => UTTER
55 Down: Bygone Russian rulers => TSARS
57 Down: Life partner => MATE
58 Down: Yemen coastal city => ADEN
59 Down: Increased in size => GREW
60 Down: Peace activist Yoko => ONO
61 Down: Crimson => RED
62 Down: __ you sure? => ARE

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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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