Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 30, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: In the lead => FIRST
6 Across: Word files, informally => DOCS
10 Across: Box set unit => DVD
13 Across: The Gem State => IDAHO
14 Across: By yesterday! letters => ASAP
15 Across: Ginger or daikon => ROOT
17 Across: The Princess and the Frog setting => BAYOU
18 Across: Carol star Rooney => MARA
19 Across: The Country Girls novelist O'Brien => EDNA
20 Across: *Separation after the vernal equinox? => SPRINGBREAKUP
23 Across: Moral wrong => SIN
24 Across: Round number => ESTIMATE
25 Across: And now, without further __ ... => ADO
28 Across: Take to court => SUE
30 Across: So? => AND
31 Across: *Nightmare for a wedding baker? => CAKEMIXUP
35 Across: Epic tales => SAGAS
39 Across: Streetcar => TRAM
40 Across: Thompson of Passing => TESSA
42 Across: Draped attire => TOGA
43 Across: Zoom alternative => SKYPE
45 Across: *Arrangement of extras for a zombie movie? => DEADSETUP
47 Across: Light touch => TAP
49 Across: Draw => TIE
50 Across: This __ to stop => HAS
51 Across: Be careful! => STAYSAFE
56 Across: Choose => OPT
58 Across: *Halloween costume that's a sheet on the bottom and a witch's hat on top? => MONSTERMASHUP
61 Across: Strongly encourage => URGE
62 Across: Falsehoods => LIES
63 Across: Broadcasting => ONAIR
66 Across: Big do => GALA
67 Across: Kick back => LAZE
68 Across: Spanish royal => REINA
69 Across: Sweltering => HOT
70 Across: Showcase for a soprano => ARIA
71 Across: Make sense, and a hint to the answers to the starred clues => ADDUP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Tell 62-Across => FIB
2 Down: Civil rights pioneer __ B. Wells => IDA
3 Down: Sunbeams => RAYS
4 Down: Selling points? => SHOPS
5 Down: Major component of Iceland's economy => TOURISM
6 Down: __ with faint praise => DAMN
7 Down: Great Plains people who call themselves Children of the Middle Waters => OSAGE
8 Down: Pasta nutrients, for short => CARBS
9 Down: Peloponnesian city-state => SPARTA
10 Down: Info provided to a matchmaker, perhaps => DREAMDATE
11 Down: Spirit of the cosmos? => VODKA
12 Down: Pastry with a hole => DONUT
16 Down: Cassette => TAPE
21 Down: Alaskan people => INUIT
22 Down: Zehn minus neun => EINS
25 Down: Makes a move => ACTS
26 Down: __ chocolate => DARK
27 Down: Sure => OKAY
29 Down: Crossed (out) => EXED
32 Down: Focus of some special elections => EMPTYSEAT
33 Down: Function => USE
34 Down: Pre-coll. exam => PSAT
36 Down: Ancient Teuton => GOTH
37 Down: __ fresca: Mexican drink => AGUA
38 Down: Depletes => SAPS
41 Down: ¡Hasta mañana! => ADIOS
44 Down: Right direction? => EAST
46 Down: We Belong to Something Beautiful cosmetics chain => SEPHORA
48 Down: Saffron-flavored rice dish => PAELLA
51 Down: Self-satisfied => SMUG
52 Down: Bat mitzvah scroll => TORAH
53 Down: __-Saxon => ANGLO
54 Down: Man on a mission? => FRIAR
55 Down: The Death of Vivek Oji author Akwaeke => EMEZI
57 Down: Hitting all the right notes => TUNED
59 Down: Between ports => ASEA
60 Down: Settled => PAID
64 Down: Shiba __: dog breed => INU
65 Down: Megan Thee Stallion genre => RAP

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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