Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 16, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Absolute => UTTER
6 Across: Short helper? => ASST
10 Across: IG or FB post => PIC
13 Across: Breastfed => NURSED
15 Across: Fruit cocktail fruit => PEAR
16 Across: Reddit tell-all session, for short => AMA
17 Across: Facial hair, casually => STACHE
18 Across: *Haymaker's agenda? => BALEPLAN
20 Across: West Coast sch. with more than 100 NCAA championships => USC
21 Across: Crispy Crunchies! fries maker => OREIDA
23 Across: Karate level => BELT
24 Across: *Major uptick in swimsuit sales? => BIKINIBOOM
26 Across: Footprint maker => SOLE
27 Across: Fancy foot work => PEDI
28 Across: Vinaigrette ingredient => OIL
30 Across: Lousy grade => DEE
31 Across: __-mo => SLO
33 Across: Scrape (by) => EKE
35 Across: DoorDash category => ASIAN
37 Across: *The whole team has earned happy hour! => WEDESERVEBEER
41 Across: Arya's sister on Game of Thrones => SANSA
42 Across: Feel icky => AIL
43 Across: Part of FWIW => ITS
44 Across: Some 45s, briefly => EPS
45 Across: Tsk! => TUT
48 Across: High time => NOON
50 Across: Switch on the radio? => AMFM
52 Across: *Hungry hawk's polite request? => PREYPLEASE
57 Across: Narrate => TELL
58 Across: Hall of Fame pitcher Fingers => ROLLIE
59 Across: Baby goat => KID
60 Across: Untangle carefully, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues? => TEASEOUT
62 Across: Catch sight of => NOTICE
64 Across: Copier size: Abbr. => LTR
65 Across: D.C. paper => WAPO
66 Across: Almond flour's lack => GLUTEN
67 Across: Language suffix => ESE
68 Across: Small songbird => WREN
69 Across: Finals, e.g. => EXAMS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Get off a mailing list, informally => UNSUB
2 Down: Ethnic group in Rwanda => TUTSI
3 Down: Album unit => TRACK
4 Down: Corner key on a PC => ESC
5 Down: Brush up on a fading skill, perhaps => REHONE
6 Down: Challenging sci. class featuring evolutionary studies => APBIO
7 Down: Jet ski brand => SEADOO
8 Down: Charcuterie choice => SALAMI
9 Down: Three, in Rome => TRE
10 Down: Regimen based on the eating habits of early humans => PALEODIET
11 Down: You have my full attention! => IMALLEARS
12 Down: Water flask => CANTEEN
14 Down: Puts down => DERIDES
19 Down: Call the Midwife airer => PBS
22 Down: Transport with hill-assist mode => EBIKE
25 Down: Discontinued music players => IPODS
29 Down: Course component of 6-Down => LAB
31 Down: Where some day traders trade? => SWAPMEETS
32 Down: Scattered light effect in a photo => LENSFLARE
34 Down: Hurler's stat => ERA
36 Down: Pont Neuf's river => SEINE
38 Down: Mangia! => EAT
39 Down: Old 45, perhaps => VINYL
40 Down: Leaving unceremoniously? => ELOPING
41 Down: Grey's Anatomy setting => SEATTLE
46 Down: Ruckus => UPROAR
47 Down: Traveling ensemble => TROUPE
49 Down: Estadio shout => OLEOLE
51 Down: Org. with Earthquakes and Fire => MLS
53 Down: Rocketman icon John => ELTON
54 Down: Japanese breed => AKITA
55 Down: Biting remark? => SICEM
56 Down: Happy places => EDENS
61 Down: Ick => EWW
63 Down: Formal duds => TUX

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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