Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Thwack => SLAP
5 Across: Informed (of) => AWARE
10 Across: Compensation => WAGE
14 Across: Tuck out of view => HIDE
15 Across: Wrinkled => LINED
16 Across: Many a univ. donor => ALUM
17 Across: 365 days => YEAR
18 Across: Rub ingredient => SPICE
19 Across: HBO political satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus => VEEP
20 Across: Impractical way to get dressed? => SHOESONFIRST
23 Across: Barack and Michelle's eldest daughter => MALIA
26 Across: Family room => DEN
27 Across: Impatient => ANTSY
28 Across: Lives => EXISTS
30 Across: Cookie fruit => FIG
31 Across: Planning meeting for the costume department? => CLOTHESCALL
35 Across: Stop filming! => CUT
38 Across: Broody sorts? => HENS
39 Across: Sir or sri => TITLE
40 Across: More than dislike => HATE
41 Across: Donkey => ASS
42 Across: Disappointing sign on a store selling warm-weather garments? => OUTOFSHORTS
44 Across: GPS display => MAP
45 Across: Small village => HAMLET
46 Across: Food cart snacks in South Asia => CHAAT
49 Across: Texting letters => SMS
52 Across: Swerves => VEERS
53 Across: Really pulls off a jacket? => ROCKSTHECOAT
56 Across: Initial poker bet => ANTE
57 Across: Japanese noodle dish => RAMEN
58 Across: Carried debt => OWED
62 Across: Appear to be => SEEM
63 Across: You __ kidding! => ARENT
64 Across: Grow tiresome => WEAR
65 Across: Jekyll's counterpart => HYDE
66 Across: Basil-based sauce => PESTO
67 Across: Yields, as a profit => NETS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bashful => SHY
2 Down: Blip on a polygraph, maybe => LIE
3 Down: Hugo-nominated novelist Palmer => ADA
4 Down: Continues => PERSISTS
5 Down: One more thing ... => ALSO
6 Down: Totally beat => WIPED
7 Down: Ouzo flavoring => ANISE
8 Down: Scouting mission, briefly => RECON
9 Down: Garden with forbidden fruit => EDEN
10 Down: Fluttering in the wind => WAVING
11 Down: Warning signal => ALERT
12 Down: Ballpark figure => GUESS
13 Down: Like cans in a recycling bin, hopefully => EMPTY
21 Down: Doth own => HATH
22 Down: Fall flat => FAIL
23 Down: Anime genre featuring giant robots => MECHA
24 Down: Wheel-connecting rods => AXLES
25 Down: NFL team whose mascot is named Roary => LIONS
29 Down: Punchline lead-in => SETUP
30 Down: __ and blood => FLESH
32 Down: Pull up a chair => SIT
33 Down: Corp. computer exec => CTO
34 Down: Fuzzy sitcom star of the 1980s => ALF
35 Down: The Grouchy Ladybug writer/illustrator => CARLE
36 Down: Out-and-out => UTTER
37 Down: Tries, as one's patience => TESTS
40 Down: Place of origin => HOMETOWN
42 Down: Cheerios grains => OATS
43 Down: __ Nagila: Israeli folk song => HAVA
44 Down: Defiant retort => MAKEME
46 Down: Cymbal sound => CRASH
47 Down: Bee product => HONEY
48 Down: Performed => ACTED
49 Down: Open up, in a way => SHARE
50 Down: Fast-spreading social media posts => MEMES
51 Down: Fragrance => SCENT
54 Down: Hip hop genre => TRAP
55 Down: I'm __ your tricks! => ONTO
59 Down: Pint-size => WEE
60 Down: Mangia! => EAT
61 Down: Many profs => DRS

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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