Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Maxims => SAWS
5 Across: Indian dignitaries => RAJAHS
11 Across: Pizzeria order => PIE
14 Across: Make bootees, say => KNIT
15 Across: Childish response => ARETOO
16 Across: Lenient => LAX
17 Across: *We'll never understand => ITSAMYSTERY
19 Across: Sports rep => AGT
20 Across: Familia members => TIAS
21 Across: __ Palmas: Canary Islands port => LAS
22 Across: Ranch unit => ACRE
23 Across: Not just a few => EVERY
25 Across: *Color named for a fruit => LIMEGREEN
27 Across: Public face => PERSONA
29 Across: Not yet firm => UNSET
30 Across: D'backs, in box scores => ARI
31 Across: Residue in a charcoal grill => ASH
33 Across: Pt. of many long weekends => FRI
34 Across: *Large bovine of American folklore => BABETHEBLUEOX
40 Across: Slithery swimmer => EEL
41 Across: Loaf that may contain caraway seeds => RYE
42 Across: Rival => FOE
44 Across: Like a designated driver => SOBER
47 Across: Weepy => TEARFUL
50 Across: *Political satirist who wrote Holidays in Hell => PJOROURKE
54 Across: Phooey! => NERTS
55 Across: Umbrella spokes => RIBS
56 Across: __ chi: martial art => TAI
57 Across: Ten, for openers => DECA
58 Across: Recede => EBB
59 Across: Louisa May Alcott classic whose main characters are hidden in the answers to the starred clues => LITTLEWOMEN
63 Across: Wonderment => AWE
64 Across: Lipton drink => ICETEA
65 Across: High coif => UPDO
66 Across: Teller of corny jokes, stereotypically => DAD
67 Across: Not strict with => EASYON
68 Across: Discreet summons => PSST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Compete in the Super G, e.g. => SKI
2 Down: Colony critter => ANT
3 Down: Climbing vine with purple flowers => WISTERIA
4 Down: Connecting flights => STAIRS
5 Down: Tampa Bay baseballers => RAYS
6 Down: Horace's __ Poetica => ARS
7 Down: Fist of Legend action star => JETLI
8 Down: Starting squad => ATEAM
9 Down: Neigh-sayer => HORSE
10 Down: __ latte: dairy-free order => SOY
11 Down: Director's call => PLACES
12 Down: So true! => IAGREE
13 Down: Magnitude => EXTENT
18 Down: Cinco de __ => MAYO
22 Down: Golfer Palmer, informally => ARNIE
23 Down: Org. with a Climate Change section on its website => EPA
24 Down: Sink or swim => VERB
25 Down: Mascara target => LASH
26 Down: Hindu spiritual adviser => GURU
28 Down: The older of baseball's two leagues: Abbr. => NATL
32 Down: Possessive pronoun => HER
33 Down: Vamoose => FLEE
35 Down: Pub round => BEERS
36 Down: Architect Saarinen => EERO
37 Down: Data unit => BYTE
38 Down: Freeway exits => OFFRAMPS
39 Down: Cross off => XOUT
43 Down: Overhead trains => ELS
44 Down: Cream cheese, e.g. => SPREAD
45 Down: Algonquian language => OJIBWA
46 Down: Rose and fell on the waves => BOBBED
48 Down: Over again => ANEW
49 Down: Get back => RECOUP
51 Down: City near Syracuse => UTICA
52 Down: Hotel postings => RATES
53 Down: Poker pot => KITTY
57 Down: Leader with an .edu address => DEAN
59 Down: Fabrication => LIE
60 Down: Name of 13 popes => LEO
61 Down: Masthead VIPs => EDS
62 Down: __ too shabby! => NOT

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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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