Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hint of color => TINCT
6 Across: Biblical tower site => BABEL
11 Across: Inquire => ASK
14 Across: Play area? => ARENA
15 Across: Greek salad fruit => OLIVE
16 Across: Sushi topper => ROE
17 Across: Pride symbol => RAINBOWFLAG
19 Across: Texter's Hang on a sec => BRB
20 Across: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Lee => ANG
21 Across: No-frills font => ARIAL
22 Across: Wee bit => IOTA
23 Across: Arachnid relative that resembles a crustacean => HORSESHOECRAB
27 Across: Sex therapy subject => LIBIDO
29 Across: Helpful supporter => ALLY
30 Across: Loads => ATON
31 Across: Give in a little => BUDGE
33 Across: Irritate => VEX
36 Across: Functions perfectly, and what can be said about the starts of 17-, 23-, 46-, and 57-Across => WORKSLIKEACHARM
40 Across: Brief alarm? => SOS
41 Across: Fake => POSER
42 Across: Singer India.__ => ARIE
43 Across: Gargantuan => HUGE
44 Across: The Country Girls novelist Edna => OBRIEN
46 Across: Minty frozen treat at McDonald's every March => SHAMROCKSHAKE
51 Across: School year division => TERM
52 Across: Swarms (with) => TEEMS
53 Across: Noble __ => GAS
56 Across: With 11-Down, Michigan college town => ANN
57 Across: Nutty-tasting winter vegetable => ACORNSQUASH
60 Across: TNT part => TRI
61 Across: Sounds from happy cats => PURRS
62 Across: Loosen, as a knot => UNTIE
63 Across: Storm center => EYE
64 Across: Borden spokescow => ELSIE
65 Across: Utopias => EDENS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Actress Reid => TARA
2 Down: Setting of the graphic novel Persepolis => IRAN
3 Down: People next door => NEIGHBORS
4 Down: Erin Burnett OutFront channel => CNN
5 Down: Knight's tunic => TABARD
6 Down: Ziggy Stardust singer David => BOWIE
7 Down: Some Italian sports cars, for short => ALFAS
8 Down: Star of HBO's Barry => BILLHADER
9 Down: Actress Longoria => EVA
10 Down: Part of a race => LEG
11 Down: See 56-Across => ARBOR
12 Down: Kinda => SORTA
13 Down: Shish __ => KEBAB
18 Down: Approximately => ORSO
22 Down: Slippery, as a road => ICY
24 Down: Barnyard sound => OINK
25 Down: Actress Kurylenko => OLGA
26 Down: Utility abbr. => ELEC
27 Down: Newton trio => LAWS
28 Down: Am __ early? => ITOO
31 Down: Dividing lines => BISECTORS
32 Down: Luau strings, briefly => UKE
33 Down: Diversify, in a way => VARIEGATE
34 Down: Ohio border lake => ERIE
35 Down: Marvel mutants who battle Magneto => XMEN
37 Down: Egg (on) => SPUR
38 Down: Macy's red star, for one => LOGO
39 Down: Literary Listen! => HARK
43 Down: I wonder ... => HMM
44 Down: Units of resistance => OHMS
45 Down: Language from northern Spain => BASQUE
46 Down: Utter => STATE
47 Down: Atlanta actor Brian Tyree __ => HENRY
48 Down: Golfer Palmer, to fans => ARNIE
49 Down: Beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist __ Walsh Jennings => KERRI
50 Down: Pick up => SENSE
54 Down: Spelling clarification phrase => ASIN
55 Down: Wally Lamb's __ Come Undone => SHES
57 Down: Imitate => APE
58 Down: __-de-sac => CUL
59 Down: German conjunction => UND

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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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