Crossword Answers For: Thursday, September 8, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: *Mean message => HATEMAIL
9 Across: Administer an oath to => SWEARIN
16 Across: 2018 SAG Life Achievement Award honoree => ALANALDA
17 Across: Above it all, in a way => TALLEST
18 Across: Featured dishes => SPECIALS
19 Across: Grassy expanse => PRAIRIE
20 Across: Impassive => DRYEYED
22 Across: Skewed view => BIAS
23 Across: Walk leisurely => AMBLE
27 Across: *Occasion for hiring a babysitter => DATENIGHT
29 Across: Beers served with lime => CORONAS
32 Across: Grubhub link => MENU
33 Across: Persia, today => IRAN
34 Across: Hidden Figures org. => NASA
36 Across: Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy => BASIE
41 Across: *So Much to Say Grammy winners => DAVEMATTHEWSBAND
45 Across: Nocturnal sound => SNORE
46 Across: 50+ group => AARP
47 Across: Microsoft search engine => BING
48 Across: Spring => LEAP
51 Across: Pungent cleanser => AMMONIA
53 Across: *Fits together neatly => DOVETAILS
58 Across: Put into words => UTTER
59 Across: Disney's __ and the Detectives => EMIL
60 Across: Hailed => GREETED
63 Across: Philadelphia school whose teams are the Explorers => LASALLE
65 Across: Lucrative venture => GOLDMINE
70 Across: Harness racer => TROTTER
71 Across: Minor issue? => AGELIMIT
72 Across: Stops => ARRESTS
73 Across: Mushy message, and the end of a sequence that progresses through the answers to the starred clues => LOVENOTE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Consumes => HAS
2 Down: Swiss mountain => ALP
3 Down: __ kwon do => TAE
4 Down: Env. insert => ENC
5 Down: __ name => MAIDEN
6 Down: Banned fruit spray => ALAR
7 Down: Without much thought => IDLY
8 Down: Performed light surgery on? => LASED
9 Down: Fla. recreation spot => STPETE
10 Down: Norton in The Shawshank Redemption, for one => WARDEN
11 Down: Portuguese feminine pronoun => ELA
12 Down: Excuse => ALIBI
13 Down: Outfit again => RERIG
14 Down: Whitlock Jr. of The Wire and Veep => ISIAH
15 Down: Arms treaty subj. => NTEST
21 Down: Big name in pianos => YAMAHA
23 Down: Corrosive compounds => ACIDS
24 Down: Colonel called the second most dangerous man in London by Sherlock Holmes => MORAN
25 Down: Way to go! => BRAVO
26 Down: Introvert => LONER
28 Down: Worn-down pencils => NUBS
30 Down: Santa __ winds => ANA
31 Down: Posed (for) => SAT
35 Down: Swingline insert => STAPLE
37 Down: Cloister leader => ABBOT
38 Down: Canonized one => SAINT
39 Down: Concave navel => INNIE
40 Down: Painter Degas => EDGAR
42 Down: Cheesy sandwich => MELT
43 Down: Pitching stat => ERA
44 Down: Typing stat => WPM
49 Down: Young bird of prey => EAGLET
50 Down: Broadcasters => AIRERS
52 Down: Confuse => MUDDLE
53 Down: Atlanta-based airline => DELTA
54 Down: Astrologer Sydney => OMARR
55 Down: Cap brim => VISOR
56 Down: Thrill to pieces => ELATE
57 Down: The Goldbergs actor George => SEGAL
61 Down: Like deli orders => TOGO
62 Down: Hgt. => ELEV
64 Down: Capt.'s underlings => LTS
66 Down: Max. opposite => MIN
67 Down: I think, in texts => IMO
68 Down: Minor quibble => NIT
69 Down: Bastille Day time => ETE

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 47 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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