Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 5, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pataky of the Fast & Furious films => ELSA
5 Across: Pronoun on a coffee mug, maybe => HERS
9 Across: What Unites Us writer Rather => DAN
12 Across: Profit (from) => LEARN
14 Across: Musical narrated by Che => EVITA
16 Across: Wedding vow => IDO
17 Across: With 65-Across, seat of California's Orange County => SANTA
18 Across: Illuminated => LITUP
19 Across: Beats by __ => DRE
20 Across: *Aircraft with dual turboprops => ENGINEPLANE
22 Across: Stylist's option => GEL
23 Across: Rom-__ => COM
24 Across: Dark Phoenix superheroes => XMEN
26 Across: AFB truant => AWOL
29 Across: Manual readers => USERS
34 Across: Babysitter's handful => BRAT
36 Across: Get to the point? => TAPER
38 Across: *Gutsy wager on Jeopardy! => TRUEDAILY
40 Across: See ya! => BYE
41 Across: Eroded => ATEINTO
43 Across: Salsa, e.g. => DIP
44 Across: *Wildflower also known as wild carrot => ANNESLACE
46 Across: Curling piece => STONE
48 Across: Class struggle? => TEST
49 Across: Butt heads => CLASH
51 Across: Groundbreaking tools => HOES
52 Across: Repast => MEAL
54 Across: Wow => AWE
56 Across: Montero singer Lil __ X => NAS
57 Across: *Tennyson poetry series set in Camelot => IDYLLSOFTHE
65 Across: See 17-Across => ANA
66 Across: Farm song refrain => EIEIO
67 Across: Jetson who attends Little Dipper School => ELROY
68 Across: Loki actor Hiddleston => TOM
69 Across: ¿Cómo está __? => USTED
70 Across: French flower => SEINE
71 Across: Mined find => ORE
72 Across: With 73-Across, space-saving furniture, and what the answers to the starred clues each do => HIDE
73 Across: See 72-Across => ABED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Anything __? => ELSE
2 Down: Pastrami spec => LEAN
3 Down: Squealed => SANG
4 Down: Encyclopedia entry => ARTICLE
5 Down: Toolbar button with a question mark => HELP
6 Down: Diabolical => EVIL
7 Down: EGOT winner Moreno => RITA
8 Down: Wow => STUN
9 Down: Australian wind => DIDGERIDOO
10 Down: Fight-or-flight hormone => ADRENALINE
11 Down: Oasis guitarist Gallagher => NOEL
13 Down: Technology prefix => NANO
15 Down: High point => APEX
21 Down: CGI bird in Liberty Mutual ads => EMU
25 Down: CFO's degree => MBA
26 Down: Ready to swing => ATBAT
27 Down: Gothic estate in Gotham City => WAYNEMANOR
28 Down: Words that provide access => OPENSESAME
30 Down: Great deal => STEAL
31 Down: CNN correspondent Hill => ERICA
32 Down: Ancient characters => RUNES
33 Down: All ready => SET
35 Down: Sorts => TYPES
37 Down: Dorm figs. => RAS
39 Down: __ Equis beer => DOS
42 Down: CrazySexyCool singers => TLC
45 Down: Unreliable stat from the fashionably late => ETA
47 Down: John Donne poem featuring an insect => THEFLEA
50 Down: Owns => HAS
53 Down: In __ of => LIEU
55 Down: Burdens => WOES
56 Down: Org. with an alphabet => NATO
58 Down: Menu item => DISH
59 Down: Creature in Tibetan myth => YETI
60 Down: Wasn't truthful => LIED
61 Down: Mined find => LODE
62 Down: Windy City paper, with the => TRIB
63 Down: Polish => HONE
64 Down: Sized up => EYED

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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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