Crossword Answers For: Saturday, November 5, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tree whose leaves are ground and dried to make filé powder => SASSAFRAS
10 Across: Set cymbals => HIHAT
15 Across: Wind pitched in G => ALTOFLUTE
16 Across: Meditative posture => ASANA
17 Across: Part of a mane event? => LIONTAMER
18 Across: Fine cuts => SLITS
19 Across: Puff pen => ECIG
20 Across: Many a Dickens child => WAIF
21 Across: Going rates => FARES
22 Across: Triple __ => SEC
23 Across: Seasons of Love musical => RENT
24 Across: Low noise => RUMBLE
25 Across: Big name in country music => JUDD
26 Across: Japanese title of respect => SAN
27 Across: Web portal co. => AOL
28 Across: PC nexus => LAN
29 Across: Insurrection => COUP
31 Across: Nice range => ALPS
32 Across: Game room fixture => PINGPONGTABLE
35 Across: Victoria, for one => LAKE
36 Across: Maker of MYDAL bunk beds => IKEA
37 Across: Judy Woodruff's longtime network => PBS
38 Across: Verb attachment => OSE
39 Across: Springfield bartender Szyslak => MOE
40 Across: Perlman of The Mindy Project => RHEA
42 Across: Recipe words => STIRIN
44 Across: Kerfuffles => ADOS
45 Across: Part of a fleet => CAB
48 Across: Stuffed shells => TACOS
49 Across: This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey From Refugee to Congresswoman writer => OMAR
50 Across: Multiparty merger statement? => WEDO
51 Across: Cut down to size => ABASE
52 Across: Like some series finales => MIDSEASON
54 Across: Harder to come by => RARER
55 Across: Handy bookmark for a note-taker => INDEXCARD
56 Across: Head lock => TRESS
57 Across: Bear markets? => TOYSTORES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Corporate department => SALES
2 Down: Chef and farm-to-table pioneer Waters => ALICE
3 Down: Not easily moved => STOIC
4 Down: Dance partner? => SONG
5 Down: Forward's opposite => AFT
6 Down: Far from perfect => FLAWED
7 Down: Cuba libre => RUMANDCOKE
8 Down: Had an epic fail => ATEIT
9 Down: Feudal laborer => SERF
10 Down: Lives it up => HASFUN
11 Down: Belief of more than 2 billion people => ISLAM
12 Down: Downside of some self-cleaning => HAIRBALLS
13 Down: Dik-dik or gerenuk => ANTELOPE
14 Down: Cornstalk toppers => TASSELS
23 Down: Step up => RUNG
24 Down: Moonstruck => RAPT
25 Down: Homicide detective Rizzoli of Rizzoli & Isles => JANE
26 Down: Caramel lollipop in a yellow-and-red wrapper => SUGARDADDY
28 Down: Whatevs => LIKEICARE
30 Down: Number of World Series wins for the Nationals => ONE
31 Down: Quartet with the 2021 album Voyage => ABBA
32 Down: Where elbows might be on the table? => PASTABAR
33 Down: Subatomic particle => PION
34 Down: Parrots => APES
35 Down: Skill rarely practiced now => LOSTART
39 Down: Tightwads => MISERS
41 Down: Mounts => HORSES
43 Down: Blush wines => ROSES
44 Down: __ acid => AMINO
45 Down: Animal expert Millan => CESAR
46 Down: Truly cherish => ADORE
47 Down: Portfolio option => BONDS
49 Down: Forget about => OMIT
50 Down: Baylor University site => WACO
53 Down: No. after a no. => EXT

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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