Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tool that can be a musical instrument => SAW
4 Across: Not berthed => ASEA
8 Across: Designated => TERMED
14 Across: Confidentiality contract: Abbr. => NDA
15 Across: Spider-Man co-creator Lee => STAN
16 Across: Prophecy source => ORACLE
17 Across: Get-together with a sketchy vibe? => OFFPARTY
19 Across: Beam benders => PRISMS
20 Across: Cookie-based dessert => OREOPIE
21 Across: Spanish those => ESOS
22 Across: Salon job => PERM
23 Across: Marketer's blitz campaign? => PRINCREASE
28 Across: Affirmative replies => YESES
30 Across: General on a menu => TSO
31 Across: Sign of healing => SCAB
32 Across: __ Cruces, New Mexico => LAS
34 Across: Yeah, I guess => SURE
36 Across: Pickleball shot => LOB
37 Across: Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day? => SONTOSEEYOU
40 Across: Mud bath spot => SPA
42 Across: Bash who co-hosts CNN's State of the Union => DANA
43 Across: Mo => SEC
44 Across: The Buckeye State => OHIO
46 Across: WNBA official => REF
47 Across: A few bucks, say => STAGS
51 Across: Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials? => BODRIPPERS
55 Across: Heaps => ALOT
56 Across: Limo destination => PROM
57 Across: Jack up => ELEVATE
59 Across: Nut used to make vegan cheese => CASHEW
62 Across: Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this puzzle? => SHAVEICE
63 Across: Understood by few => ARCANE
64 Across: Despise => HATE
65 Across: Org. with seven teams in Canada => NHL
66 Across: This Is Spinal Tap director => REINER
67 Across: Lyft competitor => UBER
68 Across: Game Boy batteries => AAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel => SNOOPY
2 Down: Like premium streaming services => ADFREE
3 Down: Communion rounds => WAFERS
4 Down: Urgent letters => ASAP
5 Down: Narrow piece => STRIP
6 Down: Foodie website covering 25 metro areas => EATER
7 Down: __ takers? => ANY
8 Down: Arcade achievements => TOPSCORES
9 Down: Bad move => ERROR
10 Down: Ups the ante => RAISES
11 Down: Telethon VIPs => MCS
12 Down: Blight-stricken tree => ELM
13 Down: __ Moines => DES
18 Down: Grapefruit kin => POMELO
21 Down: Succeed => ENSUE
24 Down: You can come out now => ITSSAFE
25 Down: Rights advocacy gp. => ACLU
26 Down: __ Tomé and Príncipe => SAO
27 Down: Recede => EBB
29 Down: Hourglass stuff => SAND
33 Down: Draw for some pictures => STARPOWER
35 Down: Contact lens holders => EYES
37 Down: Uttered => SAID
38 Down: Hr. for an after-lunch nap, maybe => ONEPM
39 Down: Interval of eight notes => OCTAVE
40 Down: Cry noisily => SOB
41 Down: Soup with rice noodles => PHO
45 Down: Anne of Green Gables, for one => ORPHAN
48 Down: Riverdale actress Huffman => ALAINA
49 Down: Caught red-handed! => GOTCHA
50 Down: Braces (oneself) => STEELS
52 Down: Nobel-winning chemist Joliot-Curie => IRENE
53 Down: Process that may involve PT or OT => REHAB
54 Down: Roofing option => SLATE
58 Down: Of all time => EVER
59 Down: Subway unit => CAR
60 Down: What __ those? => ARE
61 Down: Bio or chem => SCI
62 Down: Moo __ pork => SHU

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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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