Crossword Answers For: Monday, February 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sport played on horseback => POLO
5 Across: Make fun of => RAZZ
9 Across: Goes up => RISES
14 Across: Bibliography abbreviation => IBID
15 Across: Furniture chain that also sells lingonberry preserves => IKEA
16 Across: Feeling of existential boredom => ENNUI
17 Across: *Sincere intention to be fair => GOODFAITHEFFORT
20 Across: Sight or smell => SENSE
21 Across: Granny => NANA
22 Across: Some Wall St. deals => LBOS
23 Across: Joan of __: French heroine => ARC
25 Across: Pampering place => SPA
27 Across: *One who can't help but see the bright side => ETERNALOPTIMIST
36 Across: Assignment for a swimmer or a bowler => LANE
37 Across: Ore deposit => LODE
38 Across: Beat => TEMPO
39 Across: Chicago winter hrs. => CST
40 Across: Central Pennsylvania city => ALTOONA
42 Across: Luv => HON
43 Across: Go-to crew => ATEAM
45 Across: Salad fish => TUNA
46 Across: Stud farm stud => SIRE
47 Across: *Private fashion consultant => PERSONALSHOPPER
50 Across: Sunflower St. school => KSU
51 Across: __-pitch softball => SLO
52 Across: See 64-Down => FLOE
55 Across: Biblical ark builder => NOAH
59 Across: Songs for two => DUETS
63 Across: Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has => LEADINGQUESTION
66 Across: Silly activity => ANTIC
67 Across: Red gemstone => RUBY
68 Across: Writer Bombeck => ERMA
69 Across: Let's Make a Deal host Brady => WAYNE
70 Across: Unworried state => EASE
71 Across: Whoa, trippy! => DEEP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Green animals in Angry Birds => PIGS
2 Down: Slender woodwind => OBOE
3 Down: Zebra hunter => LION
4 Down: There's a nonzero chance ... => ODDSARE
5 Down: Coastal inlet => RIA
6 Down: Comparable (to) => AKIN
7 Down: Oscar winner Catherine __-Jones => ZETA
8 Down: Journalist Paula => ZAHN
9 Down: NFL official => REF
10 Down: Fill with passion => INFLAME
11 Down: __ appeal => SNOB
12 Down: Currency named for a continent => EURO
13 Down: Follows an obedience school command => SITS
18 Down: Houseplant with fronds => FERN
19 Down: Sunup direction => EAST
24 Down: Match a bet, in poker => CALL
26 Down: Bread served with hummus => PITA
27 Down: Rock formation in Yosemite, familiarly => ELCAP
28 Down: Have a spoonful, say => TASTE
29 Down: The door's open! => ENTER
30 Down: Led Zeppelin's Whole __ Love => LOTTA
31 Down: Near-beer name => ODOUL
32 Down: Lowly workers => PEONS
33 Down: Reply to Ya dig? => IMHIP
34 Down: 18-Down seed => SPORE
35 Down: Copier cartridge => TONER
40 Down: Songwriter Tori => AMOS
41 Down: Slangy turndowns => NAHS
44 Down: Welcomed at the door => ASKEDIN
46 Down: Mouthed (off) => SPOUTED
48 Down: Former Georgia senator Sam => NUNN
49 Down: Bygone GM line => OLDS
52 Down: Imperfection => FLAW
53 Down: Chocolat actress Olin => LENA
54 Down: Like Cheerios => OATY
56 Down: Mythical menace => OGRE
57 Down: Teal shade => AQUA
58 Down: Busy airports => HUBS
60 Down: Ireland, to the Irish => EIRE
61 Down: Heavy book => TOME
62 Down: Simple fastener => SNAP
64 Down: With 52-Across, floating Arctic sheet => ICE
65 Down: Potato spot => EYE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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