Crossword Answers For: Friday, January 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Meet portion, or portion of meat => LEG
4 Across: Film franchise featuring Lightning McQueen => CARS
8 Across: Regarding => ABOUT
13 Across: Portfolio options, for short => IRAS
15 Across: Perched on => ATOP
16 Across: Deteriorating => WORSE
17 Across: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of __ => NIMH
18 Across: NYC gallery with a Bell helicopter on display => MOMA
19 Across: Melted together => FUSED
20 Across: Dinner roll that provides an unexpected boost? => ENERGIZERBUN
23 Across: Pool necessity => CUE
24 Across: Had as a regular customer => SOLDTO
27 Across: Outlandish stories about Vietnamese soup? => PHOBALONEY
32 Across: Bulky boats => ARKS
34 Across: Lithium-__ battery => ION
35 Across: Seized auto => REPO
36 Across: Tease mercilessly => RIDE
37 Across: Valued at one fancy ballpoint? => COSTSAPRETTYPEN
42 Across: Texter's But ... => OTOH
43 Across: Monday Night Football commentator Aikman => TROY
44 Across: Young man => LAD
45 Across: Anklebones => TALI
46 Across: Golfers who just need to dance, dance, dance before every drive? => TEEBOPPERS
49 Across: Stretching muscle => TENSOR
51 Across: Common Market letters => EEC
52 Across: Chophouse order, and an apt title for this puzzle? => NEWYORKSTRIP
58 Across: Silky fabric => SATIN
61 Across: The genu- in genuflect => KNEE
62 Across: American tennis phenom Gauff => COCO
63 Across: Begins => OPENS
64 Across: Low-pH stuff => ACID
65 Across: Is shy => OWES
66 Across: Play area => STAGE
67 Across: Egg layers => HENS
68 Across: After taxes => NET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Command to a prompter => LINE
2 Down: Actress Moriarty who plays Starlight on The Boys => ERIN
3 Down: PlayStation, for one => GAMECONSOLE
4 Down: Strappy top, for short => CAMI
5 Down: Comprehensive => ATOZ
6 Down: Trevi Fountain city => ROME
7 Down: Like Greenland's population => SPARSE
8 Down: Zero stars => AWFUL
9 Down: Edge => BOUNDARY
10 Down: Sterile work environs => ORS
11 Down: Employ => USE
12 Down: Thank you for coming to my __ Talk => TED
14 Down: Azalea, e.g. => SHRUB
21 Down: Park and drive => GEARS
22 Down: If I Were a __: Beyoncé ballad => BOY
25 Down: Horseracing achievement => TRIPLECROWN
26 Down: Will do, hon => OKDEAR
27 Down: Crochet loop => PICOT
28 Down: Heckle => HOOTAT
29 Down: Seydoux of No Time to Die => LEA
30 Down: On the facing pg. => OPP
31 Down: Compass dirección => NORTE
33 Down: Mails => SENDS
38 Down: Watering down => THINNING
39 Down: Tarzan creator's monogram => ERB
40 Down: Also => TOO
41 Down: Blood groups => TYPES
46 Down: AAA job => TOW
47 Down: Neo-soul artist Badu => ERYKAH
48 Down: Boxer's favorite store, maybe? => PETCO
50 Down: Feel => SENSE
53 Down: ... cut __: end of a carpentry maxim => ONCE
54 Down: Bridle strap => REIN
55 Down: Canvas shoe brand => KEDS
56 Down: Frozen treat brand => ICEE
57 Down: Station => POST
58 Down: Distress signal => SOS
59 Down: Likely (to) => APT
60 Down: Leaves for dim sum => TEA

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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