Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Title of respect => MAAM
5 Across: Suffix with Wrestle => MANIA
10 Across: Stinging insect => WASP
14 Across: Both: Pref. => AMBI
15 Across: Scent => AROMA
16 Across: Prepared to veto => ANTI
17 Across: Actress who wrote the 2022 memoir Dying of Politeness => GEENADAVIS
19 Across: House spot => SEAT
20 Across: Spike Lee heist film starring Denzel Washington => INSIDEMAN
21 Across: Croquet sites => LAWNS
22 Across: Hawaii's Valley Isle => MAUI
23 Across: Groovy => FAB
24 Across: Expeditions made by freegans, say => DUMPSTERDIVES
30 Across: Born in => FROM
32 Across: Beer foam => HEAD
33 Across: Longoria of Telenovela => EVA
34 Across: Olympic swimmer Thorpe => IAN
35 Across: Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across => DEVIOUS
38 Across: Band's job => GIG
39 Across: Bay Area airport letters => SFO
40 Across: Scent => ODOR
41 Across: Black-tie party => GALA
42 Across: Policy debate sides during an international conflict => HAWKSANDDOVES
47 Across: Onyx, for one => GEM
48 Across: Freeway sign => EXIT
49 Across: Stop and go => VERBS
52 Across: Competition with rockets => SPACERACE
57 Across: Hertz rival => AVIS
58 Across: Prima donnas => OPERADIVAS
59 Across: Afternoon fare => SOAP
60 Across: More sage => WISER
61 Across: Half of dix => CINQ
62 Across: Playwright Kushner => TONY
63 Across: Derisive sound => SNORT
64 Across: __ off to you! => HATS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Crèche figures => MAGI
2 Down: Blessing ender => AMEN
3 Down: Hollywood's Vigoda and basketball's Saperstein => ABES
4 Down: Least amount => MINIMUM
5 Down: Reconciled => MADEUP
6 Down: One of the Musketeers => ARAMIS
7 Down: Old Chevy model => NOVA
8 Down: Sounds like a plan! => IMIN
9 Down: Thin batteries => AAS
10 Down: __ peas => WASABI
11 Down: All over again => ANEW
12 Down: Comics icon Lee => STAN
13 Down: La Brea Tar __ => PITS
18 Down: Maroon 5 lead singer Levine => ADAM
21 Down: Actresses Cheryl and Diane => LADDS
23 Down: German woman => FRAU
24 Down: What am I supposed to __? => DONOW
25 Down: Hot corner base => THIRD
26 Down: Job listing inits. => EEO
27 Down: What happens in __ ... => VEGAS
28 Down: Wicked => EVIL
29 Down: Drawn-out account => SAGA
30 Down: Sneakily probe (for) => FISH
31 Down: Nadal of tennis, familiarly => RAFA
35 Down: Medical units => DOSES
36 Down: Semisoft cheese => EDAM
37 Down: 2016 Super Bowl MVP Miller => VON
41 Down: Make a bundle => GETRICH
43 Down: Cold War agent => KGBSPY
44 Down: More highly cherished => DEARER
45 Down: Vehicle pulled by yoked animals => OXCART
46 Down: Contended => VIED
49 Down: Stretching on and on => VAST
50 Down: Vinaigrette ingredient, briefly => EVOO
51 Down: Knives Out filmmaker Johnson => RIAN
52 Down: Washer cycle => SPIN
53 Down: Manila money => PESO
54 Down: Sneaker brand => AVIA
55 Down: __, or won't? => CANT
56 Down: Legal honorifics: Abbr. => ESQS
58 Down: Yelps of pain => OWS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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