Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Spanish tennis great Nadal, familiarly => RAFA
5 Across: Upgrade, as machinery => REFIT
10 Across: Uncertain => IFFY
14 Across: Cabbage buy => HEAD
15 Across: Glazer of The Afterparty => ILANA
16 Across: Skating commentator Lipinski => TARA
17 Across: Analogy words => ISTO
18 Across: Bridal path flower piece => PETAL
19 Across: Stash, as gear => STOW
20 Across: Japanese drama => NOH
21 Across: Cookbook contents => RECIPES
23 Across: Author Rand => AYN
24 Across: Genre for composer Terence Blanchard => OPERA
26 Across: Informal You're oversharing => TMI
27 Across: Caramel candies => ROLOS
29 Across: Like some dangerous isotopes => RADIOACTIVE
32 Across: Curry of the NBA => SETH
34 Across: Bike part => BRAKE
35 Across: Quintet for most starfish => ARMS
38 Across: Prefix for a lifesaving Pen => EPI
39 Across: Not so big => SMALLER
41 Across: Knock => RAP
42 Across: Try to hit => AIMAT
44 Across: Tell it like it isn't => LIE
45 Across: Speed skater Ohno => APOLO
47 Across: Act parts => SCENES
49 Across: Past the point of caring => OVERIT
50 Across: Michelle of Crazy Rich Asians => YEOH
52 Across: Neighborhood => AREA
53 Across: *Secretive email option => BLINDCARBONCOPY
60 Across: Uncommon => RARE
61 Across: Assertion => CLAIM
62 Across: Cookie used as a 12-Down topping => OREO
63 Across: Admit frankly => AVOW
64 Across: Omit in speech => ELIDE
65 Across: Spreadsheet unit => CELL
66 Across: Soaks up the sun => TANS
67 Across: Calf-roping event => RODEO
68 Across: Diet that's high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues => KETO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Safari herbivore => RHINO
2 Down: Fabulous writer? => AESOP
3 Down: *Figure often depicted with a scythe and an hourglass => FATHERTIME
4 Down: Hubbub => ADO
5 Down: Ready for picking => RIPE
6 Down: __ college => ELECTORAL
7 Down: *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumously honored with a James Beard Award => FATIMAALI
8 Down: Up the creek => INAPICKLE
9 Down: Story => TALE
10 Down: Part of FWIW => ITS
11 Down: *Serious software problem => FATALERROR
12 Down: Dessert from 16 Handles, familiarly => FROYO
13 Down: Signs of boredom => YAWNS
21 Down: Wicked! => RAD
22 Down: __ Lanka => SRI
25 Down: Sidelines cheer => RAH
28 Down: Fertility lab cells => OVA
30 Down: Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer => IBM
31 Down: Workout top => TEE
32 Down: Bodies of water => SEAS
33 Down: __ fail => EPIC
36 Down: Timbuktu's land => MALI
37 Down: Predicament => SPOT
39 Down: Fine horse => STEED
40 Down: Black bird => RAVEN
43 Down: What's the latest? => ANYNEWS
46 Down: NBC symbol => PEACOCK
48 Down: Abby Wambach's sport => SOCCER
49 Down: Juliet's cry => OROMEO
51 Down: Winnie-the-Pooh greeting => HALLO
52 Down: Tolerate => ABIDE
53 Down: Sassy kid => BRAT
54 Down: Chocolate __ cake => LAVA
55 Down: Waffle maker => IRON
56 Down: Kills bugs dead! spray => RAID
57 Down: Hockey Hall of Famer Willie => OREE
58 Down: Hit, as with snowballs => PELT
59 Down: Seize the day initialism => YOLO

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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