Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hissed Hey! Over here! => PSST
5 Across: Island nation near Fiji => TONGA
10 Across: Milky birthstone => OPAL
14 Across: Teensy bit => IOTA
15 Across: Smells => ODORS
16 Across: Payroll tax that funds Soc. Sec. => FICA
17 Across: Shiver during a horror film, perhaps => TREMBLEWITHFEAR
20 Across: Whenever one wants => ATWILL
21 Across: Historic German state => PRUSSIA
22 Across: Hay storage areas => LOFTS
25 Across: Curved piece => ARC
26 Across: Slumdog Millionaire actor Patel => DEV
29 Across: Thick fast-food beverage => CREAMYDRINK
34 Across: Colorful eye part => IRIS
36 Across: Jazz great Fitzgerald => ELLA
37 Across: Iced tea garnish => LEMON
38 Across: Reef explorer's tube => SNORKEL
40 Across: Church spire => STEEPLE
42 Across: Tiny hairs => CILIA
43 Across: Odd sock's lack => MATE
45 Across: American Gods novelist Gaiman => NEIL
46 Across: Finalize an agreement, say => SEALTHEDEAL
49 Across: Tennis do-over => LET
50 Across: Cry of insight => AHA
51 Across: Killer whales => ORCAS
53 Across: Starting to spoil => TURNING
57 Across: Vacuum brand => HOOVER
61 Across: Start of a KC and the Sunshine Band title, and 17-, 29-, and 46-Across => SHAKESHAKESHAKE
64 Across: Big mountain cat => PUMA
65 Across: Suez Canal tanker => OILER
66 Across: Small bills => ONES
67 Across: Lower leg area => SHIN
68 Across: Shopping centers => MALLS
69 Across: Exam => TEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bread with a pocket => PITA
2 Down: Put laundry into piles, say => SORT
3 Down: Meat-and-potatoes bowlful => STEW
4 Down: Language spoken by many a 35-Down => TAMIL
5 Down: Like many infomercial phone numbers => TOLLFREE
6 Down: Poem written on or to something => ODE
7 Down: Right this minute => NOW
8 Down: Hold tight => GRIP
9 Down: Off course => ASTRAY
10 Down: Like a movie star's personal life => OFFSCREEN
11 Down: Diner desserts => PIES
12 Down: Antioxidant-rich purple berry => ACAI
13 Down: __ Croft: Tomb Raider => LARA
18 Down: Group of allied countries => BLOC
19 Down: Steeplechase obstacle => HURDLE
23 Down: Out with it! => TELLME
24 Down: Paolantonio of ESPN => SAL
26 Down: Vertebrae separators => DISCS
27 Down: 123 Sesame Street resident => ERNIE
28 Down: String quartet instrument => VIOLA
30 Down: The M of MBA => MASTER
31 Down: Urge forward => IMPEL
32 Down: Honest! => NOLIE
33 Down: Prepared to pray => KNELT
35 Down: Colombo resident => SRILANKAN
39 Down: TV host __ Lee Gifford => KATHIE
41 Down: Classroom figures => TEACHERS
44 Down: Brouhaha => ADO
47 Down: __ cab: two-wheeled carriage => HANSOM
48 Down: Landlocked Asian country => LAOS
52 Down: Not __: far from optimal => SOHOT
53 Down: Recipe amts. => TSPS
54 Down: Nah => UHUH
55 Down: Actor Malek => RAMI
56 Down: Karmann __: classic Volkswagen => GHIA
58 Down: Barn topper that indicates wind direction => VANE
59 Down: Makes do, with out => EKES
60 Down: Lie down for a while => REST
62 Down: Completely => ALL
63 Down: Kenan's former Nickelodeon partner => KEL

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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