Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pinnacle => ACME
5 Across: Zither kin => HARP
9 Across: Is profitable => PAYS
13 Across: Like a clown car's passengers => CRAMMEDIN
15 Across: __ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach => ALOO
16 Across: Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say => TORTUREDGENIUS
18 Across: Condition that may be treated with CBT => OCD
19 Across: Hand (out) => DOLE
20 Across: Coding shortcut => MACRO
21 Across: Activities Rudolph was kept from joining => REINDEERGAMES
24 Across: Dudes => GUYS
25 Across: 2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson => AJA
26 Across: Sagan who hosted the original Cosmos => CARL
28 Across: Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe => AUTO
30 Across: The French Dispatch director Anderson => WES
33 Across: Southern part of the Mariana Trench => CHALLENGERDEEP
37 Across: Certain sib => SIS
38 Across: Engrave => ETCH
39 Across: With competence => ABLY
40 Across: Don't __ me started => GET
41 Across: 20s dispensers => ATMS
43 Across: Leafy side => COLLARDGREENS
49 Across: Unsettling, in a way => EERIE
50 Across: Word on Irish coins => EIRE
51 Across: Issa of The Lovebirds => RAE
52 Across: Not conforming to traditional male/female norms, and a hint to this puzzle's circles => GENDERCREATIVE
55 Across: Burn balm => ALOE
56 Across: Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme's directorial debut => CAGEDHEAT
57 Across: Multitude in a pointillist painting => DOTS
58 Across: Copied => APED
59 Across: Norway's most populous city => OSLO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Person in a cast => ACTOR
2 Down: Jim who sang I Got a Name => CROCE
3 Down: Time to celebrate with one's krewe mates => MARDIGRAS
4 Down: First responder: Abbr. => EMT
5 Down: First responders, e.g. => HEROES
6 Down: Easy on Me singer => ADELE
7 Down: Rodeo contestant => RIDER
8 Down: GIF alternative => PNG
9 Down: Land on an isthmus => PANAMA
10 Down: Painter Neel known for nudes => ALICE
11 Down: What's mine is __ => YOURS
12 Down: Meh => SOSO
14 Down: In need of a doggy bath, maybe => MUDDY
17 Down: Key with four sharps => EMAJOR
22 Down: No longer valid => NULL
23 Down: Garden entrance => GATE
26 Down: Hypo units => CCS
27 Down: Fish at a sushi bar => AHI
28 Down: Anti-apartheid org. => ANC
29 Down: Gross => UGH
30 Down: Episodes on YouTube, say => WEBSERIES
31 Down: Fish at a sushi bar => EEL
32 Down: Hidden asset? => SPY
34 Down: Actress-turned-artist Sobieski => LEELEE
35 Down: __ Jones Sings Lady Day: 2001 album => ETTA
36 Down: Title for Judi Dench => DAME
40 Down: Moves smoothly => GLIDES
41 Down: Deal! => AGREED
42 Down: Traction aid => TREAD
43 Down: Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green => CEELO
44 Down: ... unless you'd rather do something else => ORNOT
45 Down: Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. => RECAP
46 Down: Mournful tune => DIRGE
47 Down: __ blockade => NAVAL
48 Down: Take care of => SEETO
49 Down: Quaint oath => EGAD
53 Down: TV pioneer => RCA
54 Down: However briefly? => THO

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 70 clues are solved in the section above.
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