Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Realm surrounded by the Styx => HADES
6 Across: Didn't release => HELD
10 Across: Preliminary race => HEAT
14 Across: Serving a purpose => UTILE
15 Across: Gulf States ruler => EMIR
16 Across: Pennsylvania city on I-90 => ERIE
17 Across: Piercing site => NAVEL
18 Across: Plot-heavy work => MELODRAMA
20 Across: Table protector => TRIVET
22 Across: Swift => RAPID
23 Across: Moral lapse => SIN
24 Across: Trivial thing => NIT
26 Across: Audit firm exec => CPA
27 Across: Non-magical source of invisibility => FOG
30 Across: Sales meeting diagrams => GRAPHS
33 Across: Enter en masse => INVADE
35 Across: Udon kin => SOBA
37 Across: To __ it mildly => PUT
38 Across: Affix with a hammer => NAILIN
39 Across: MBA field => ECON
40 Across: Choosing from a lineup => IDING
42 Across: Fail to enunciate => SLUR
43 Across: Make tidy => NEATEN
45 Across: Curtain holder => ROD
46 Across: News magazine since 1923 => TIME
47 Across: Loose garment => SARONG
48 Across: The 1973 Mets' Ya Gotta Believe!, e.g. => SLOGAN
50 Across: Finish => END
51 Across: Tailless simian => APE
53 Across: Leatherwork tool => AWL
54 Across: Controversial agribusiness letters => GMO
57 Across: Treat with disdain => SCORN
59 Across: I've seen worse => NOTBAD
61 Across: Words from the weary => IMSOTIRED
65 Across: Play group reminder => SHARE
66 Across: Midday => NOON
67 Across: You've Got Mail director Ephron => NORA
68 Across: Political leader? => SOCIO
69 Across: Agrees quietly => NODS
70 Across: Took steps => TROD
71 Across: Whitehorse's territory => YUKON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Looks (for) => HUNTS
2 Down: Classic arcade name => ATARI
3 Down: Committee members parachuting from an airplane? => DIVINGBOARD
4 Down: Alt. => ELEV
5 Down: Gomez of Only Murders in the Building => SELENA
6 Down: Garment edge => HEM
7 Down: Like a retired prof. => EMER
8 Down: Amethyst hue => LILAC
9 Down: Feathers during a no-holds-barred pillow fight? => DROPPINGDOWN
10 Down: Bunch of buffalo => HERD
11 Down: Pitching stat => ERA
12 Down: Objective => AIM
13 Down: Leaves in a bag => TEA
19 Down: Outlander series novelist Gabaldon => DIANA
21 Down: Church steeple in hurricane-strength winds? => TIPPINGPOINT
25 Down: Impact sound => THUD
27 Down: Ball carrier on a wet football field? => FALLINGBACK
28 Down: Intense dislike => ODIUM
29 Down: Britcom or bromance => GENRE
31 Down: Wound up costing => RANTO
32 Down: Arouses => STIRS
34 Down: Panoramic view => VISTA
35 Down: Intuit => SENSE
36 Down: Setting for much of Aquaman => OCEAN
41 Down: The Big Easy, for short => NOLA
44 Down: Put on the books => ENACT
49 Down: Shiny print => GLOSSY
52 Down: Mistake => ERROR
55 Down: NHL great Lemieux => MARIO
56 Down: Ancient Greek theater => ODEON
57 Down: I Will Wait band Mumford & __ => SONS
58 Down: Fictional Wolfe => NERO
60 Down: Second person of old => THOU
61 Down: Travel guide listing => INN
62 Down: Dairy farm noise => MOO
63 Down: Landscaping layer => SOD
64 Down: Pops => DAD

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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