Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 17, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Ceremonial champagne opener => SABER
6 Across: Rich brown shade => MOCHA
11 Across: Brazen personal ad? => SHAMELESSPLUG
14 Across: Gains star power => HITSTHEBIGTIME
15 Across: Attacks, as a snow fort => PELTS
16 Across: First name in jumps => EVEL
17 Across: Hub served by BART => SFO
18 Across: Initial request for an answer? => RSVP
19 Across: You're killing me, __! => SMALLS
21 Across: Something clasped for support => BRA
23 Across: Legal conclusion? => ESE
24 Across: Knee-slappers => RIOTS
25 Across: Workshop device => CLAMP
27 Across: Mystery-shrouded novelist Elena => FERRANTE
29 Across: Fancy affair => SOIREE
30 Across: Restless desire => ITCH
31 Across: Symbol held aloft in an Emmy statuette => ATOM
32 Across: Indigenous Arizona people => APACHE
35 Across: Minibar tool => ICETONGS
39 Across: Number of World Series wins for each of Chicago's teams => THREE
40 Across: Draws (away) => SHIES
41 Across: Continuity problem => GAP
42 Across: See 45-Down => MAT
43 Across: Having sex, perhaps => RATEDR
45 Across: City in the Sonoran Desert => YUMA
46 Across: Chest bone => RIB
48 Across: Phooey! => DRAT
49 Across: Entrance hall => FOYER
50 Across: Calm down, sport => EASYTHERETIGER
53 Across: Triumphant declaration => NOTTODAYSATAN
54 Across: Animals in Serta ads => SHEEP
55 Across: A couple => MATES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Chutzpah => SASS
2 Down: Invoice no. => AMT
3 Down: Colossus => BEHEMOTH
4 Down: Give a lift => ELEVATE
5 Down: Defies authority => REBELS
6 Down: Food additive => MSG
7 Down: Picks => OPTS
8 Down: Snack with a rock climber on its wrapper => CLIFBAR
9 Down: Just play along => HUMORME
10 Down: Number that's always positive => AGE
11 Down: Second place => SILVER
12 Down: Letters in a tab => HTTP
13 Down: Place for a plant => SILL
14 Down: Sculptor Eva who pioneered postminimalism in the 1960s => HESSE
15 Down: Fave option => PREF
19 Down: Starting from => SINCE
20 Down: Hustles out => SCOOTS
22 Down: King Kong or Kanzi => APE
24 Down: __ Outspoken: My Life in the News: 2012 memoir => RATHER
26 Down: Long ride => LIMO
28 Down: Main ingredient of zongzi => RICE
29 Down: Use a joystick, perhaps => STEER
31 Down: Quality assurance => ACIDTEST
32 Down: Bread machine => ATM
33 Down: Title derived from the ancient Egyptian for great house => PHARAOH
34 Down: Skilled performer => ARTISTE
35 Down: Word => IHEARYA
36 Down: Illustrator Dustin who won an Eisner Award for Descender => NGUYEN
37 Down: One gaining star power, perhaps => GAMER
38 Down: Go at it => SPAR
40 Down: Water under the bridge => STREAM
44 Down: Diagnosis that may be accommodated with an IEP => ADHD
45 Down: With 42-Across, surface for shavasana => YOGA
47 Down: Gig fraction => BYTE
49 Down: Makes sense => FITS
50 Down: Two out of nine? => ENS
51 Down: Polo, e.g. => TOP
52 Down: Korean for kick => TAE

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This crossword has 32 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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