Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Flash __: impromptu gatherings => MOBS
5 Across: Chew like a squirrel => GNAW
9 Across: Pretzel topping => SALT
13 Across: Pentathlete's sword => EPEE
14 Across: Low opera voice => BASSO
15 Across: Joshua __ National Park => TREE
16 Across: Swell => RISE
17 Across: Your work is awesome! => IMAHUGEFAN
19 Across: Overstep boundaries, perhaps => INTRUDE
21 Across: Civil rights activist Baker => ELLA
22 Across: Beverage brewed in a chawan => TEA
23 Across: The Bone Garden novelist Gerritsen => TESS
25 Across: City that hosts the State Fair of Texas => DALLAS
29 Across: Fifth of a nickel => CENT
31 Across: Round of applause => HAND
33 Across: Aggravate => IRK
34 Across: I'll handle this => LETME
36 Across: __-Free: contact lens solution => OPTI
37 Across: By way of => VIA
38 Across: Fact-checker's catch => ERROR
39 Across: Leave stunned => AWE
40 Across: Troubled to no end => ATEAT
42 Across: Thanos, to the Avengers => FOE
43 Across: Those, in Spanish => ESOS
45 Across: Say cheese! => SMILE
46 Across: QB stats => TDS
47 Across: Org. fighting for LGBTQ rights => ACLU
48 Across: Garlic's covering => SKIN
49 Across: Emphatic agreement => YESIDO
51 Across: Washed-out => PALE
53 Across: Go out for a bit? => NAP
56 Across: Light in signs => NEON
58 Across: Text from a glum chum => SADFACE
60 Across: Gala celebrating the Academy Awards => OSCARPARTY
64 Across: Heavy burden => ONUS
65 Across: Like ground chicken => LEAN
66 Across: Dubai dignitaries => EMIRS
67 Across: Fully aware of => ONTO
68 Across: Palm fruit => DATE
69 Across: Promotional sample => DEMO
70 Across: Turns blue, maybe => DYES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Deserve => MERIT
2 Down: Offer one's two cents => OPINE
3 Down: Academy Award category => BESTACTRESS
4 Down: One with a crystal ball => SEER
5 Down: Go and Go Fish => GAMES
6 Down: Org. that uses cryptanalysis => NSA
7 Down: Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame => ASHE
8 Down: __ that be nice! => WOULDNT
9 Down: Real bargain => STEAL
10 Down: Bark => ARF
11 Down: Field for grazing => LEA
12 Down: Value of a Q tile, in Scrabble => TEN
14 Down: Bathroom fixture => BIDET
18 Down: Great to find that out => GLADIASKED
20 Down: Eclectic online digest => UTNEREADER
24 Down: Arrives, and an apt description of the sets of circled letters => SHOWSUP
26 Down: Au pair => LIVEINNANNY
27 Down: Sans serif typeface => ARIAL
28 Down: Go rollerblading => SKATE
30 Down: Music genre that spawned screamo => EMO
32 Down: Donkey Kong, e.g. => APE
34 Down: Southpaw => LEFTY
35 Down: Wear down => ERODE
39 Down: Yahoo! alternative => AOL
41 Down: Spare us the details!: Abbr. => TMI
44 Down: Served, as ice cream => SCOOPED
48 Down: Brings down the house => SLAYS
50 Down: Plain silly => INANE
52 Down: Four-footed Jetson => ASTRO
54 Down: Like a 30-degree angle => ACUTE
55 Down: Guadalajara cash => PESOS
57 Down: January or June => NAME
59 Down: Something to chew on => FOOD
60 Down: Like antiques => OLD
61 Down: Zooplankton's habitat => SEA
62 Down: Litter box visitor => CAT
63 Down: Hoop's outer edge => RIM

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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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