Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Unexpected obstacle => SNAG
5 Across: Pronto! letters => ASAP
9 Across: Suffers after a Pure Barre class, say => ACHES
14 Across: __ Top ice cream => HALO
15 Across: Four Corners state => UTAH
16 Across: If only! => IHOPE
17 Across: Will do! => ONIT
18 Across: Emperor after Claudius => NERO
19 Across: __ touch => MAGIC
20 Across: Forgettable band with a memorable song => ONEHITWONDER
23 Across: Jazz pianist McCoy => TYNER
24 Across: Unnecessary => NEEDLESS
28 Across: Pie crust fat => LARD
31 Across: Ace a presentation => NAILIT
32 Across: Pipe down! => KEEPQUIET
37 Across: Lingerie selection => TEDDY
38 Across: Musical ability => EAR
39 Across: Old PC platform => MSDOS
41 Across: Snaky fish => EEL
42 Across: Shopping cart fillers => ITEMS
45 Across: Spot for spare change => COINPURSE
48 Across: Cook's Illustrated offering => RECIPE
50 Across: Lake bird with a wild laugh => LOON
51 Across: Sotheby's auctions, e.g. => ARTSALES
54 Across: Fragrance => SCENT
58 Across: Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? => TWISTEDHUMOR
61 Across: Like 18-Across => ROMAN
64 Across: Goalie's success => SAVE
65 Across: Per-hour amount => RATE
66 Across: Not sleeping => AWAKE
67 Across: Diva's big moment => ARIA
68 Across: Simpson daughter voiced by Yeardley Smith => LISA
69 Across: Came to a close => ENDED
70 Across: Shout => YELL
71 Across: Opening for a hotel key card => SLOT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Ask me anything! => SHOOT
2 Down: Mary Poppins, for one => NANNY
3 Down: Out of this world? => ALIEN
4 Down: Went to a tutoring session, say => GOTHELP
5 Down: Many a godmother => AUNT
6 Down: Fret (over) => STEW
7 Down: Judge who hit 62 home runs in 2022 => AARON
8 Down: Galaxy, for one => PHONE
9 Down: Set one's sights on => AIMEDAT
10 Down: All the Birds in the Sky Nebula winner __ Jane Anders => CHARLIE
11 Down: Monopolize => HOG
12 Down: Prefix with dermis => EPI
13 Down: Triple __: orange-flavored liqueur => SEC
21 Down: Baghdad's country => IRAQ
22 Down: Room that may have a sectional sofa => DEN
25 Down: Respected leader => ELDER
26 Down: Cucumber salad, coconut rice, etc. => SIDES
27 Down: Panache => STYLE
29 Down: Bacardi liquor => RUM
30 Down: Blu-ray buy => DISC
32 Down: Knightley of Bend It Like Beckham => KEIRA
33 Down: Peter, Peter, pumpkin __ ... => EATER
34 Down: Build => ERECT
35 Down: Old name of Tokyo => EDO
36 Down: Work hard => TOIL
40 Down: __-cone => SNO
43 Down: Error => MISTAKE
44 Down: Brought about, as a movement => SPAWNED
46 Down: Like a red-carpet event => POSH
47 Down: Opens, as a fern frond => UNCURLS
49 Down: Former quarterback Manning => ELI
52 Down: Writing contest entry, maybe => ESSAY
53 Down: Long look => STARE
55 Down: Reply all medium => EMAIL
56 Down: Untrue! => NOTSO
57 Down: October 31 option => TREAT
59 Down: Malicious => EVIL
60 Down: Hand out cards => DEAL
61 Down: Insecure star Issa => RAE
62 Down: Woolf's A Room of One's __ => OWN
63 Down: Fit to be tied => MAD

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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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