Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Opera solos => ARIAS
6 Across: Afrobeat pioneer Fela __ => KUTI
10 Across: Atlas pages => MAPS
14 Across: Birdcage feature => PERCH
15 Across: Part of, as a plan => INON
16 Across: __ vera => ALOE
17 Across: Creamy dip for French fries => AIOLI
18 Across: Attractive person with gray hair => SILVERFOX
20 Across: Anderson Cooper's channel => CNN
21 Across: Female sib => SIS
23 Across: Like some restrictions => DIETARY
24 Across: Pea soup flavorer => HAMBONE
26 Across: Hit the slopes => SKI
27 Across: Genesis twin => ESAU
28 Across: Many a Farsi speaker => IRANI
31 Across: Singer Simone => NINA
35 Across: Hep Gotcha => IDIG
37 Across: Scripture-related => BIBLICAL
39 Across: Perform a simple operation? => ADD
41 Across: Safe to drink => POTABLE
43 Across: Org. that ensures water is 41-Across => EPA
44 Across: No-win situations? => TIEGAMES
46 Across: Medical checkup => EXAM
48 Across: Singer Del Rey => LANA
49 Across: Greek theater => ODEUM
51 Across: Scandinavian people => SAMI
54 Across: Encanto songwriter __-Manuel Miranda => LIN
56 Across: Recorder mounted to a windshield => DASHCAM
58 Across: Dawn on => OCCURTO
62 Across: Political org. with a donkey symbol => DNC
63 Across: Stashed => HID
64 Across: I can be better => SHAMEONME
66 Across: __ acid => AMINO
68 Across: Speech therapy subject => LISP
69 Across: Average gestation period for a dolphin => YEAR
70 Across: Button on a library app => RENEW
71 Across: Vow => OATH
72 Across: This might be broken shorthand => ASIS
73 Across: No-nonsense => STERN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: People of the southern Great Plains => APACHE
2 Down: Spanish queens => REINAS
3 Down: *A Matter of Life and Death heavy metal band => IRONMAIDEN
4 Down: Knee part, for short => ACL
5 Down: Mint leaf used as a sushi garnish => SHISO
6 Down: Mouth, slangily => KISSER
7 Down: Prefix with cycle => UNI
8 Down: Ratted (on) => TOLD
9 Down: *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience => INVISIBLEMAN
10 Down: Dirty cocktail => MARTINI
11 Down: Automaker __ Romeo => ALFA
12 Down: Shoddy => POOR
13 Down: Erotic => SEXY
19 Down: Shriek of fear => EEK
22 Down: *Fencer seeking revenge in The Princess Bride => INIGOMONTOYA
25 Down: Future flower => BUD
29 Down: Demean => ABASE
30 Down: Quill tip => NIB
32 Down: *Noisy amenity in a motel hallway => ICEMACHINE
33 Down: Siesta => NAP
34 Down: In the style of => ALA
36 Down: Bitter brew, briefly => IPA
38 Down: Supervillain Luthor => LEX
39 Down: Georgia airport: Abbr. => ATL
40 Down: Part of una semana => DIA
42 Down: Actor Danson => TED
45 Down: Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer => GALUMPH
47 Down: Campfire residue => ASH
50 Down: Calf feeders => UDDERS
52 Down: Pine Tree State resident => MAINER
53 Down: Count me in!, or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues => IMDOWN
55 Down: Burning anger => IRE
57 Down: Surgery marks => SCARS
58 Down: Norway's capital => OSLO
59 Down: __ seeds: smoothie choice => CHIA
60 Down: Assign to a role => CAST
61 Down: Small bills => ONES
65 Down: __ tai: cocktail => MAI
67 Down: Came together => MET

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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