Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sign of shock => GASP
5 Across: __ shop => MALT
9 Across: Pottery and printmaking => ARTS
13 Across: World Golf Hall of Famer Lorena => OCHOA
15 Across: Jelly that may be added to boba tea => ALOE
16 Across: Device with threads => LOOM
17 Across: Skirt => SHIRK
18 Across: Dark days or long days => SOLSTICES
20 Across: Woman whose immortalized cell line was used in developing the polio vaccine => HENRIETTALACKS
22 Across: I feel seen => ITME
23 Across: RuPaul's Drag Race Live! regular O'Hara => ASIA
24 Across: Taxing time? => MIDAPRIL
28 Across: __ bar => TAPAS
31 Across: Big finish => BANG
32 Across: Go for the win, in Clue => ACCUSE
34 Across: __ Luna: Allende novel => EVA
35 Across: Accutane target => ACNE
36 Across: Inseparable => THICK
37 Across: Tough going => SLOG
38 Across: Awkward Black Girl creator => RAE
39 Across: Insolent => CHEEKY
40 Across: French dip? => PLIE
41 Across: Traditional Islamic garment => BURQA
43 Across: Navajo taco base => FRYBREAD
45 Across: Trick => DUPE
47 Across: __ noodle => POOL
48 Across: That's what you're bragging about? You do you ... => WEIRDFLEXBUTOK
54 Across: Say what? => COMEAGAIN
55 Across: Japanese mushroom => ENOKI
56 Across: Smudge => BLOT
57 Across: Emily Oster's subj. => ECON
58 Across: Court apparel => SKORT
59 Across: Bonus rooms => DENS
60 Across: Disallow => DENY
61 Across: Shutter part => SLAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Goodness me => GOSH
2 Down: Heating pad target => ACHE
3 Down: One guarded on a soccer pitch => SHIN
4 Down: Fabled food that's bear-ly eaten? => PORRIDGE
5 Down: Competition series that features Mystery Box and Pressure Test challenges => MASTERCHEF
6 Down: So much => ALOT
7 Down: Mozart in the Jungle star Kirke => LOLA
8 Down: Electric company? => TESLA
9 Down: Keys on a piano => ALICIA
10 Down: She put the Miss in misdemeanor when she stole the beans from Lima singers => ROCKAPELLA
11 Down: Low digits => TOES
12 Down: Texting inits. => SMS
14 Down: Breed from Honshu => AKITA
19 Down: Work with one's buds? => TASTE
21 Down: Mantis of Guardians of the Galaxy, for one => EMPATH
24 Down: Gambling mecca near Hong Kong => MACAU
25 Down: Dark aspect of one's persona => INNERDEMON
26 Down: More aloof => ICIER
27 Down: Change of fortune? => LUCKYPENNY
29 Down: Skirt => AVOID
30 Down: Mint family herb => SAGE
31 Down: Fence-sitter's deterrent => BARB
33 Down: Stadium suite => SKYBOX
37 Down: Goes underground => SPELUNKS
39 Down: Three-time Best Director of the 1930s => CAPRA
42 Down: Mollifies => QUIETS
44 Down: Court apparel => ROBES
46 Down: Having clear boundaries => EDGED
48 Down: Soyinka who was the first Literature Nobelist from sub-Saharan Africa => WOLE
49 Down: Head space? => FACE
50 Down: Sword-wielding animal on Sri Lanka's flag => LION
51 Down: A crow's twig, e.g. => TOOL
52 Down: Cajun staple => OKRA
53 Down: Catwoman player => KITT
54 Down: Oil in some pet treats, for short => CBD

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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