Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Young amiga => CHICA
6 Across: Austen heroine played by Anya Taylor-Joy => EMMA
10 Across: Turner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame => TINA
14 Across: Spanish That's enough! => NOMAS
15 Across: Competed (for) => VIED
16 Across: Willing to talk => OPEN
17 Across: Brolly carriers => BRITS
18 Across: Done venting! => ENDOFRANT
20 Across: *Rehearsed reply => CANNEDRESPONSE
22 Across: Mom actor Corddry => NATE
23 Across: Dim sum beverage => TEA
24 Across: Sporty option => TTOP
26 Across: Debonair => SUAVE
30 Across: Target of some mining => DATA
34 Across: Omega, to an electrician => OHM
35 Across: *Spoke indirectly => MINCEDWORDS
37 Across: Unlikely esports champions => NOOBS
39 Across: Lithium-__ battery => ION
40 Across: The Jetsons dog => ASTRO
41 Across: *Knowledge based on empirical evidence => GROUNDTRUTH
44 Across: Good times => FUN
45 Across: Two-time Wimbledon winner Murray => ANDY
46 Across: Soprano Fleming => RENEE
47 Across: Less than some => NONE
48 Across: Island ring => LEI
50 Across: Believe diva => CHER
52 Across: Something to chew on, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues => FOODFORTHOUGHT
59 Across: Go figure! => FANCYTHAT
60 Across: Black-and-white dunkers => OREOS
61 Across: Black-and-white swimmer => ORCA
62 Across: Veep award => EMMY
63 Across: Cosmic comeuppance => KARMA
64 Across: Spa treatment => PEEL
65 Across: Sincere => REAL
66 Across: Sneakier => SLYER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: American Greed channel => CNBC
2 Down: Wedding ring? => HORA
3 Down: Do not push me right now => IMINNOMOOD
4 Down: Revitalizing snooze => CATNAP
5 Down: Interview talking point => ASSET
6 Down: Best. Day. __! => EVER
7 Down: Dibs! => MINE
8 Down: Rx orders => MEDS
9 Down: Enlarged one's family, in a way => ADOPTED
10 Down: Storms that may be chased => TORNADOS
11 Down: Some hazy brews, for short => IPAS
12 Down: State bird that sometimes nests on lava fields => NENE
13 Down: Tiny toiler => ANT
19 Down: Adversary => FOE
21 Down: The Daily Show correspondent Lydic => DESI
24 Down: Fiji neighbor => TONGA
25 Down: Side issue? => THORN
27 Down: Come together => UNITE
28 Down: Oak of the future => ACORN
29 Down: Locale => VENUE
31 Down: Museum curator's concern => ARTFORGERY
32 Down: Successful sprint to the end zone, briefly => TDRUN
33 Down: Together => ASONE
35 Down: Bing company => MSN
36 Down: Sound that may wake sleeping parents => WAH
38 Down: Patronize neighborhood shops, say => BUYLOCAL
42 Down: Vagabond => DRIFTER
43 Down: Georgia __ => TECH
47 Down: Like some biological networks => NEURAL
49 Down: Dreyer's partner in ice cream => EDY
51 Down: Catchy parts of pop songs => HOOKS
52 Down: Uber charge => FARE
53 Down: Fool me __ ... => ONCE
54 Down: Woeful cry => OHME
55 Down: Hindu epic hero => RAMA
56 Down: Short Chat again soon => TTYL
57 Down: Second novel in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead series => HOME
58 Down: Winter Palace monarch => TSAR
59 Down: Snappy dresser => FOP

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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