Crossword Answers For: Monday, February 13, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cut on a cutting board => CHOP
5 Across: Decorative or dental creation => INLAY
10 Across: Bestselling South Korean band => BTS
13 Across: Duration of a massage, typically => HOUR
14 Across: Followed a doctor's instruction => SAIDAH
16 Across: Creature in fantasy stories => ORC
17 Across: See 38-Down => ALTO
18 Across: As opposed to => UNLIKE
19 Across: Actress Long => NIA
20 Across: Assessment => TEST
21 Across: Highway or byway => ROAD
22 Across: Not banned => LEGAL
24 Across: Flag holder => POLE
26 Across: Dessert-shaping aid => CAKEMOLD
28 Across: Without further __ ... => ADO
30 Across: I just got it! => AHA
32 Across: Grains that aren't part of a healthy diet => SAND
33 Across: Inspire fearlessness in => MAKEBOLD
36 Across: Spingarn Medal org. => NAACP
39 Across: Part of a process => STEP
40 Across: Bucatini or capellini => PASTA
42 Across: Criticize => SLAM
44 Across: Studio Ghibli specialty => ANIME
46 Across: Start to have an effect => TAKEHOLD
48 Across: ¿Qué te __, calabaza? => PASA
50 Across: Like the main characters in Fire Island => GAY
51 Across: Help! letters => SOS
52 Across: Cheap jewelry material => FAKEGOLD
56 Across: Woman yelling at a cat, for one => MEME
58 Across: NCAA basketball powerhouse => UCONN
59 Across: Basketball great Leslie => LISA
61 Across: LSD => ACID
64 Across: GPS stat => ETA
65 Across: Familiarized with => USEDTO
67 Across: Earned => MADE
68 Across: Gr8 joke! => LOL
69 Across: Turn indicator, e.g. => SIGNAL
70 Across: Squander, as cash => BLOW
71 Across: Spanish title: Abbr. => SRA
72 Across: __ dish: biologist's container => PETRI
73 Across: Enemy's opposite => ALLY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Talk a bit => CHAT
2 Down: Doughnut's middle => HOLE
3 Down: Very vocal => OUTSPOKEN
4 Down: Prefix with type => PROTO
5 Down: Uh, yeah, it better be! => ISUREHOPESO
6 Down: Prefix with tech => NANO
7 Down: Purple flower => LILAC
8 Down: Nike competitor => ADIDAS
9 Down: Talk a lot => YAK
10 Down: Afro-Cuban drum => BONGO
11 Down: Experiment => TRIAL
12 Down: Heat to nearly boiling, as milk => SCALD
15 Down: Montana capital => HELENA
23 Down: Long punctuation mark => EMDASH
25 Down: Experiment site => LAB
27 Down: Native Hawaiians => KANAKAMAOLI
28 Down: Morning hrs. => AMS
29 Down: Experiment results => DATA
31 Down: __ carte menu => ALA
34 Down: Emergency treatment for an allergic reaction => EPIPEN
35 Down: Setting not observed by Hawaii: Abbr. => DST
37 Down: Phew! => CLOSECALL
38 Down: With 17-Across, Silicon Valley city => PALO
41 Down: Word after price or phone => TAG
43 Down: Hosp. personnel => MDS
45 Down: Name that means great in Latin => MAGNUS
47 Down: Retina's place => EYE
49 Down: Claim => ALLEGE
52 Down: Propane and ethanol => FUELS
53 Down: Cast member => ACTOR
54 Down: Australian marsupial => KOALA
55 Down: __ Cha Know?: Erykah Badu song => DIDNT
57 Down: Fast snake => MAMBA
60 Down: __ of David => STAR
62 Down: Big celebrity => IDOL
63 Down: Description for hydrated skin => DEWY
66 Down: Quick drink => SIP

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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