Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 15, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Indulge the munchies => NOSH
5 Across: French friends => AMIS
9 Across: It's Good root beer brand => BARQS
14 Across: Miami River locale => OHIO
15 Across: Knucklehead => BOZO
16 Across: Lose strength => ABATE
17 Across: Pedestrian street => MALL
18 Across: K-pop, e.g.? => SEOULMUSIC
20 Across: Cat voiced by Debra Messing in Garfield: The Movie => ARLENE
22 Across: Lackluster => DRAB
23 Across: Suitable => APT
24 Across: Come down => DESCEND
26 Across: Catch sight of => SPOT
28 Across: Cannot stand => HATES
30 Across: Give comfort to => SOOTHE
34 Across: Implied => TACIT
37 Across: Preserve, in a way => CURE
39 Across: Vocalized => ORAL
40 Across: Desktop since 1998 => IMAC
41 Across: Leaves in the library => PAGES
42 Across: Work long and hard => TOIL
43 Across: NPR's Tiny __ Concerts => DESK
44 Across: Watchmen comic book writer Moore => ALAN
45 Across: Places of refuge => ASYLA
46 Across: Jumps in => ENTERS
48 Across: Torah teacher => RABBI
50 Across: Darn it! => NUTS
52 Across: Generous => LIBERAL
56 Across: Fire away => ASK
59 Across: Fighting chance? => BOUT
61 Across: Rio Grande city => LAREDO
62 Across: Survey of hairdressers? => BARBERPOLL
65 Across: Sign to take out the trash => ODOR
66 Across: Perrier rival => EVIAN
67 Across: Shallowest Great Lake => ERIE
68 Across: Euro forerunners => LIRE
69 Across: Dry runs => TESTS
70 Across: Rip to bits => REND
71 Across: Unimprovable place => EDEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: One without a permanent address => NOMAD
2 Down: One end of the Chicago L's Blue Line => OHARE
3 Down: Soprano dubbed America's Queen of Opera by Time magazine => SILLS
4 Down: Golfer who's too afraid to make a putt? => HOLECHICKEN
5 Down: Missing => ABSENT
6 Down: Server of Duff beer in Springfield => MOE
7 Down: Polo brand => IZOD
8 Down: Turns in a bad way => SOURS
9 Down: Panda fare => BAMBOO
10 Down: __ Dhabi => ABU
11 Down: Tabula __ => RASA
12 Down: Makeup kit item => QTIP
13 Down: Offshoot group => SECT
19 Down: Runs out => LAPSES
21 Down: Clutter-free => NEAT
25 Down: Tattoo alternative for the squeamish => DECAL
27 Down: 1982 film job that kept an actor on his heels? => TOOTSIEROLE
29 Down: Rock candy, essentially => SUGAR
31 Down: Iliad city => TROY
32 Down: Heavy downpour? => HAIL
33 Down: Purnell of Yellowjackets => ELLA
34 Down: Laundry detergent in an orange container => TIDE
35 Down: That's so true! => AMEN
36 Down: Playbill list => CAST
38 Down: Kidney related => RENAL
41 Down: Church leader => PASTOR
45 Down: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! pop group => ABBA
47 Down: Flemish artist Peter Paul __ => RUBENS
49 Down: Sent an invoice to => BILLED
51 Down: Splendid => SUPER
53 Down: Made over => REDID
54 Down: Put on a pedestal => ADORE
55 Down: Actress Sophia => LOREN
56 Down: Stand watch for, say => ABET
57 Down: Squirrel away => SAVE
58 Down: Kardashian matriarch => KRIS
60 Down: Moved fast => TORE
63 Down: Carlsbad Caverns dweller => BAT
64 Down: In the Heights creator __-Manuel Miranda => LIN

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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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