Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 14, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Aesop critter who loses to the tortoise => HARE
5 Across: Metal corrosion => RUST
9 Across: Braid => PLAIT
14 Across: Sermon-ending word => AMEN
15 Across: Norway's capital => OSLO
16 Across: Underground molten rock => MAGMA
17 Across: Like cotton candy => SPUN
18 Across: *Chophouse selection => TBONESTEAK
20 Across: Fat-based bird feed => SUET
22 Across: __-Mex cuisine => TEX
23 Across: Picnic playwright William => INGE
24 Across: *Wayfair and Amazon => ETAILERS
27 Across: Glowing remnant in a fireplace => CINDER
29 Across: Weep loudly => SOB
30 Across: Brian of Roxy Music => ENO
31 Across: Get __ of: discard => RID
32 Across: Beast of burden => ASS
33 Across: Fragrant shrub => LILAC
35 Across: Tapered off => ABATED
38 Across: Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? => LETTEROPENERS
42 Across: Jab => POKEAT
43 Across: Rough wool fabric => TWEED
45 Across: Coll. dorm figures => RAS
48 Across: Cabernet, e.g. => RED
49 Across: __-Wan Kenobi => OBI
51 Across: Good Girls actress Whitman => MAE
52 Across: Texas city on the Rio Grande => ELPASO
54 Across: *Army fare during WWII => CRATIONS
56 Across: Blueprint detail, for short => SPEC
57 Across: Sci-fi saucer => UFO
59 Across: Method: Abbr. => SYST
60 Across: *Moving day rental, for some => UHAULTRUCK
63 Across: Game of Thrones actress Headey => LENA
66 Across: Commuting option in Ga.'s capital => MARTA
67 Across: What __ is new? => ELSE
68 Across: Pub pints => ALES
69 Across: County of southeast England => ESSEX
70 Across: Prep for publication => EDIT
71 Across: Folk story => MYTH

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: That ship __ sailed => HAS
2 Down: Roadie's armload => AMP
3 Down: Like travel mugs => REUSABLE
4 Down: Lassitude => ENNUI
5 Down: Bad to the core => ROTTEN
6 Down: Laptop port letters => USB
7 Down: Post office openings => SLOTS
8 Down: Muscle quality => TONE
9 Down: U.K. leaders => PMS
10 Down: E pluribus unum language => LATIN
11 Down: Discussion outline => AGENDA
12 Down: Pictures => IMAGES
13 Down: Any __?: Who's interested? => TAKERS
19 Down: Fire up => EXCITE
21 Down: Voting members in a certain college => ELECTORS
24 Down: Subj. often taught by a native speaker => ESL
25 Down: Drudgery => TOIL
26 Down: Laughed heartily => ROARED
28 Down: Sense of self => IDENTITY
31 Down: Bird of prey => RAPTOR
34 Down: Org. with a racket in its logo => ATP
36 Down: Feathery accessory => BOA
37 Down: Dawn droplets => DEW
39 Down: Barely make, as a living => EKEOUT
40 Down: From a distance => REMOTELY
41 Down: Beautiful Girls singer Kingston => SEAN
44 Down: __ Plaines, Illinois => DES
45 Down: Job application component => RESUME
46 Down: Socially dominant figures => ALPHAS
47 Down: Asparagus units => SPEARS
50 Down: Easter egg holder => BASKET
53 Down: Sharp, as some angles => ACUTE
54 Down: Was able to => COULD
55 Down: Ramadan faith => ISLAM
58 Down: Unoccupied => FREE
61 Down: Hardly strict => LAX
62 Down: CBS forensic series set in Vegas => CSI
64 Down: Butterfly catcher => NET
65 Down: Powdery residue in a fireplace => ASH

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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