Crossword Answers For: Sunday, August 14, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sticky situation => BIND
5 Across: Feeling no pain => NUMB
9 Across: Hard exterior => CRUST
14 Across: Rock projection => LEDGE
19 Across: Field of study => AREA
20 Across: On a cruise => ASEA
21 Across: Adele chart-topper that won three Grammys => HELLO
22 Across: __ skeleton => AXIAL
23 Across: York, Jersey, Mexico, etc.? => SOWHATELSEISNEW
26 Across: TV, radio, newspapers, etc. => MEDIA
27 Across: Minnesota twins? => ENS
28 Across: Like modern farmhouse decor => RUSTIC
29 Across: Small chess piece => PAWN
30 Across: Breaking Bad star Cranston => BRYAN
31 Across: More slippery => ICIER
33 Across: Legless reptile => SNAKE
35 Across: Muse of poetry => ERATO
37 Across: Swiped, in a way => SCANNED
39 Across: Doctrinal breakaways => SECTS
42 Across: __ a virtue, if you have it not: Hamlet => ASSUME
45 Across: Vermicelli, e.g. => PASTA
46 Across: R? => ISTHATRIGHT
50 Across: Dallas NBAer => MAV
51 Across: Midrange voice => ALTO
52 Across: Greek letter that seems like it should be last => ZETA
53 Across: Unaccompanied => SOLO
54 Across: Beethoven honoree => ELISE
56 Across: Neckwear pins => TIETACKS
60 Across: Fasten, as buttons => DOUP
62 Across: NCAA pt. => ASSN
63 Across: Get dizzy with delight => SWOON
65 Across: Sierra __, Africa => LEONE
67 Across: Firmly decided => DEADSET
69 Across: Amazing! => OOH
70 Across: None, few, many, most, __? => WILLTHATBEALL
74 Across: Juilliard subj. => MUS
75 Across: Type of court concerned with wills => PROBATE
77 Across: Like a cold-weather jacket => LINED
78 Across: Western show => OATER
80 Across: Logician's hence => ERGO
81 Across: Soccer period => HALF
84 Across: Generosity => LARGESSE
86 Across: Barrels of laughs => RIOTS
88 Across: 1973 Toni Morrison novel => SULA
90 Across: Aptly named cooler brand => YETI
91 Across: Nick at __ => NITE
95 Across: Smithwick's beer => ALE
96 Across: Ralph Emerson? => WHERESWALDO
100 Across: Like corned beef => CURED
101 Across: Orderly method => SYSTEM
103 Across: Art studio stand => EASEL
104 Across: Impulse-conducting cells => NEURONS
106 Across: Lock of hair => TRESS
108 Across: Soul singer Baker => ANITA
111 Across: __ you clever! => ARENT
112 Across: Informal name for Google Talk => GCHAT
114 Across: Old Dodge subcompact => OMNI
117 Across: Hopeless cases => GONERS
119 Across: Hang loosely => SAG
121 Across: Naproxen brand => ALEVE
122 Across: Mice guys finish last? => WOULDNTITBENICE
125 Across: Stuff to sell => WARES
126 Across: Respected figure => ELDER
127 Across: Seesaw sitter of classic tongue twisters => ESAU
128 Across: Not engaged => IDLE
129 Across: Lowered oneself? => KNELT
130 Across: Like the sound of bagpipes => REEDY
131 Across: Mix together => MELD
132 Across: Scallion kin => LEEK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Private home? => BASE
2 Down: Humorously twisted => IRONICAL
3 Down: Anchor venue => NEWSCAST
4 Down: Lah-di-__! => DAH
5 Down: The great outdoors => NATURE
6 Down: Puts to work => USES
7 Down: Softens => MELTS
8 Down: Washbowl => BASIN
9 Down: City with two MLB teams => CHI
10 Down: Has high regard for => RESPECTS
11 Down: Forearm bone => ULNA
12 Down: Whole bunch => SLEW
13 Down: Chinatown screenwriter Robert => TOWNE
14 Down: Scold harshly => LAMBASTE
15 Down: Applies, as pressure => EXERTS
16 Down: Sesa Street? => DIDYOUMISSME
17 Down: Greek earth goddess => GAIA
18 Down: Lively spirit => ELAN
24 Down: Ice Capades setting => ARENA
25 Down: Cybercurrency => ECASH
32 Down: All things considered => INTOTO
34 Down: Hawaii's Mauna __ => KEA
36 Down: Cheer-full message => RAH
37 Down: Health resort => SPA
38 Down: Food regimen => DIET
40 Down: Stepped heavily => TROD
41 Down: Missile housing => SILO
43 Down: 37-Down staffer => MASSEUR
44 Down: Goings-on => EVENTS
47 Down: Play for time => STALL
48 Down: Be silent, in music => TACET
49 Down: Mild Dutch cheese => GOUDA
52 Down: Apex => ZENITH
55 Down: A.E. Housman's A Shropshire __ => LAD
57 Down: Sioux City state => IOWA
58 Down: Former German Chancellor Helmut => KOHL
59 Down: Algae-eating aquarium critter => SNAIL
61 Down: House speaker Nancy => PELOSI
63 Down: In a regretful manner => SORRILY
64 Down: Guess __? => WHOGOESTHERE
66 Down: Italian peak also known as Mongibello => ETNA
68 Down: Such a pity! => ALAS
69 Down: Some musical works by Kaija Saariaho => OPERAS
71 Down: Rental document => LEASE
72 Down: Emerald, for one => BERYL
73 Down: Nosed (out) => EDGED
76 Down: CAPTCHA prey => BOT
79 Down: Academic status => TENURE
82 Down: Entice => LURE
83 Down: Pet collar target => FLEA
85 Down: British school attended by many prime ministers => ETON
87 Down: Most saccharine => SWEETEST
89 Down: Attacked => ASSAILED
92 Down: Raymond Burr crime series => IRONSIDE
93 Down: Sci-fi monster's appendage => TENTACLE
94 Down: Mag managers => EDS
97 Down: __ Pinafore => HMS
98 Down: Former Chinese Premier __ Jiabao => WEN
99 Down: Adjust, as car wheels => ALIGN
100 Down: Hex => CURSE
102 Down: Visit faraway places => TRAVEL
105 Down: Tiny headphone => EARBUD
107 Down: Seed scatterer => SOWER
109 Down: Sacred emblem => TOTEM
110 Down: Fennellike herb => ANISE
112 Down: Goggle => GAWK
113 Down: Extended family => CLAN
115 Down: Burrowing insectivore => MOLE
116 Down: Needing extra sunscreen? => NUDE
118 Down: Etc. kin => ETAL
120 Down: __ Squad: Best Buy tech support => GEEK
123 Down: Like unbuttered toast => DRY
124 Down: Zero, in soccer => NIL

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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