Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues => RAYGUN
7 Across: Hubs: Abbr. => CTRS
11 Across: Catch => NAB
14 Across: Operating mindlessly => ONAUTO
15 Across: Call on me! I know! => OHOH
16 Across: Mined resource => ORE
17 Across: Getting some sun => DAYLIT
18 Across: Like a phenom's rise to stardom => METEORIC
20 Across: *Black Widow co-star => FLORENCEPUGH
22 Across: Placeholder abbr. => TBA
25 Across: Court divider => NET
26 Across: Light lunch => SALAD
27 Across: Spy of kid-lit fame => HARRIET
30 Across: Olympics participant => ATHLETE
32 Across: Oxen harnesses => YOKES
33 Across: Should that be the case ... => IFSO
35 Across: Costa del __ => SOL
36 Across: *Cathedral bench => CHURCHPEW
40 Across: Isr. neighbor => SYR
43 Across: Genius Bar pro => TECH
44 Across: Capital city on the Andean Plateau => LAPAZ
48 Across: Forced => COERCED
51 Across: Binge watcher's unit => EPISODE
53 Across: Venomous snake => ADDER
54 Across: Sound from a fold => BAA
55 Across: Came in first => WON
56 Across: *Offer of assistance => LETMEHELPYOU
61 Across: Much of nursery school => PLAYTIME
62 Across: Of France => GALLIC
66 Across: Brain scan letters => EEG
67 Across: Comparable => AKIN
68 Across: New York prison in 1971 headlines => ATTICA
69 Across: Mormon initials => LDS
70 Across: Enthusiast, colloquially => NERD
71 Across: Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues => PHASER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Towel holder => ROD
2 Down: De Armas of Blonde => ANA
3 Down: Happy cry => YAY
4 Down: Wide gap => GULF
5 Down: Elec., for one => UTIL
6 Down: Zero => NOTONE
7 Down: Cupid colleague => COMET
8 Down: __ what? => THEN
9 Down: Campus mil. unit => ROTC
10 Down: Jeepers! => SHEESH
11 Down: Anything goes! => NORULES
12 Down: Japanese thank you => ARIGATO
13 Down: Alison who wrote the graphic memoir The Secret to Superhuman Strength => BECHDEL
19 Down: Stone for a Libra => OPAL
21 Down: No longer working => RETIRED
22 Down: Poetic possessive => THY
23 Down: Steamed bun in Asian cuisine => BAO
24 Down: Genesis boat => ARK
28 Down: Parks and __ => REC
29 Down: Sorta => ISH
30 Down: Metaphor for no-longer-relevant history => ASHHEAP
31 Down: Blouse => TOP
34 Down: Media-monitoring org. => FCC
37 Down: Great Basin native => UTE
38 Down: Actor Wallach => ELI
39 Down: Is past? => WAS
40 Down: Surgical tool => SCALPEL
41 Down: Sang some high notes? => YODELED
42 Down: Colorful sale labels => REDTAGS
45 Down: Kaboom! => POW
46 Down: Commotion => ADO
47 Down: Garden type => ZEN
49 Down: Ratatouille rat who loves gourmet food => REMY
50 Down: Greek islander => CRETAN
52 Down: Evidence of workplace gender bias, perhaps => PAYGAP
54 Down: Mix => BLEND
57 Down: Walk in the park, maybe => HIKE
58 Down: Mideast dignitary => EMIR
59 Down: Pledge => OATH
60 Down: Beauty store chain => ULTA
63 Down: Fleur-de-__ => LIS
64 Down: Curling surface => ICE
65 Down: Automobile => CAR

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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