Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: *Fictional swordfighter with a horse named Tornado => ZORRO
6 Across: Weight => HEFT
10 Across: Early aughts music buys => CDS
13 Across: French bottled water brand => EVIAN
14 Across: At any point => EVER
15 Across: Go bother someone else! => SHOO
16 Across: Midterms and finals => TESTS
17 Across: Largest city in Washoe County, Nevada => RENO
18 Across: Hard precipitation => HAIL
19 Across: Rules __ rules => ARE
20 Across: *Parasite director => BONGJOONHO
22 Across: Leisurely walk => STROLL
25 Across: __ football => ARENA
26 Across: Promises of eventual repayment => IOUS
28 Across: Health product chain => GNC
29 Across: Holiday lead-in => EVE
31 Across: *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States => JOHNBROWN
35 Across: Smart __: know-it-all => ALEC
36 Across: Bring to mind => EVOKE
37 Across: Aussie animal, for short => ROO
38 Across: Deceive => LIETO
39 Across: __ ex machina => DEUS
40 Across: *Former MLB pitcher nicknamed Flash => TOMGORDON
42 Across: Form 1099 org. => IRS
43 Across: Org. concerned with toxins => EPA
45 Across: Ohio border lake => ERIE
46 Across: Completely stop => CEASE
48 Across: Formally charge => INDICT
52 Across: *Marvel supervillain who created deadly robot clones of himself => DOCTORDOOM
56 Across: Female pig => SOW
57 Across: Masjid prayer leader => IMAM
58 Across: Cut, as grass => MOWN
59 Across: Throb => PULSE
61 Across: Slippery fish => EELS
62 Across: Not doing anything => IDLE
63 Across: Quartz type => AGATE
64 Across: Internet access option => DSL
65 Across: Throw in the trash => TOSS
66 Across: What one might say after figuring out what the answers to the starred clues have in common? => OHMAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Greek Z's => ZETAS
2 Down: Not veiled => OVERT
3 Down: Platform on a stage => RISER
4 Down: Zodiac rodent => RAT
5 Down: Add-__: extras => ONS
6 Down: Day saver => HERO
7 Down: Balanced => EVEN
8 Down: __ shui => FENG
9 Down: USC athlete => TROJAN
10 Down: Did an uncanny impression of => CHANNELED
11 Down: Slumped-shoulders response to a task => DOIHAVETO
12 Down: Unaccompanied => SOLO
15 Down: Sneaker, e.g. => SHOE
20 Down: Indistinct memory => BLUR
21 Down: Fantasy creature => ORC
23 Down: Pig talk => OINKS
24 Down: Dangling ear part => LOBE
27 Down: In a sense, I guess => SORTA
28 Down: Small garden party? => GNOME
30 Down: Class studying demand curves, for short => ECON
31 Down: Star Wars knights => JEDI
32 Down: Gets past => OVERCOMES
33 Down: In-home appointment => HOUSECALL
34 Down: Wow, this rocks! => WOO
35 Down: Broadcast => AIRED
38 Down: Meat cut => LOIN
41 Down: Not looking good => GRIM
43 Down: That, in Spanish => ESO
44 Down: Allow => PERMIT
47 Down: Dispensers of 20s => ATMS
49 Down: Five Pillars faith => ISLAM
50 Down: __ Rica => COSTA
51 Down: Preadolescent => TWEEN
52 Down: Ran out of battery => DIED
53 Down: Extinct bird => DODO
54 Down: Nocturnal birds => OWLS
55 Down: Singles => ONES
59 Down: Kung __ chicken => PAO
60 Down: Blech => UGH

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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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