Crossword Answers For: Friday, February 24, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Statistical concerns => BIASES
7 Across: Daddy => PAPA
11 Across: Texting initials => SMS
14 Across: Won't be long now => IMNEXT
15 Across: Wilson of The Internship => OWEN
16 Across: Feel sick => AIL
17 Across: *Pilot's reputation among airport agents? => GATECRASHED
19 Across: Food Network host Garten => INA
20 Across: Long-billed bird => SNIPE
21 Across: Hijab, for one => VEIL
22 Across: Sharp set => HDTV
23 Across: Longtime Farr co-star => ALDA
25 Across: Abate => LETUP
27 Across: Some K9 canines => LABS
30 Across: *Triage site's gooey alternative to sutures? => ELMERSGLUE
34 Across: Q.E.D. part => ERAT
35 Across: Mauna __ => LOA
36 Across: Some rugged sandals => KEENS
37 Across: HS equivalency test => GED
38 Across: Freebies at some crossword tournaments => PENCILS
41 Across: __ text: accessibility feature => ALT
42 Across: Just Mercy actor __ Jackson Jr. => OSHEA
44 Across: Doc's org. => AMA
45 Across: Bali's continent => ASIA
46 Across: *Practice for The Voice while in the shower? => SOAKINGWET
49 Across: Shepherds' docs? => VETS
50 Across: Cooler brand => IGLOO
51 Across: Italian bubbly => ASTI
53 Across: Perseverance's home => MARS
55 Across: Itinerary => PLAN
57 Across: Flags down => HAILS
61 Across: Having celebrated many birthdays => OLD
62 Across: Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? => TRIMTHETREE
64 Across: __-1099: govt.-issued tax form => SSA
65 Across: Cause an emotional reaction => MOVE
66 Across: Good scents => AROMAS
67 Across: First car, for many? => TOY
68 Across: Mountain goat => IBEX
69 Across: Heavenly figure => SERAPH

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Majors, in baseball slang => BIGS
2 Down: Supermodel whose signature fragrance is Love Memoir => IMAN
3 Down: __-lock brakes => ANTI
4 Down: Overlook => SEEPAST
5 Down: Perform beyond expectations => EXCEL
6 Down: Philharmonic sect. => STR
7 Down: Put forward => POSE
8 Down: For some time => AWHILE
9 Down: Kitchen gadget => PEELER
10 Down: Plus => AND
11 Down: Asked nicely => SAIDPLEASE
12 Down: Julep herb => MINT
13 Down: Croat or Pole => SLAV
18 Down: Island where Excalibur was forged => AVALON
22 Down: Enormous => HUGE
24 Down: Proofer's mark => DELE
26 Down: Tuts => TSKS
27 Down: Bricks that are painful to step on => LEGOS
28 Down: Childish retort => ARESO
29 Down: Trouble with locks? => BADHAIRDAY
31 Down: Colorful parrot => MACAW
32 Down: Like new matches => UNLIT
33 Down: ¿Cómo __? => ESTAS
38 Down: Bucket => PAIL
39 Down: Clarifying phrase => IMEANT
40 Down: Cable row targets, for short => LATS
43 Down: Med. readouts => EKGS
45 Down: Earhart, for one => AVIATOR
47 Down: S'okay => NOPROB
48 Down: Start streaming => GOLIVE
52 Down: Voilà! => THERE
53 Down: More than half => MOST
54 Down: In addition => ALSO
56 Down: MC alternative => AMEX
58 Down: __ Vep: HBO miniseries about a remake of the silent film Les Vampires => IRMA
59 Down: Vault => LEAP
60 Down: Meeting, informally => SESH
62 Down: Oof, didn't need to know that => TMI
63 Down: Possesses => HAS

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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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