Crossword Answers For: Thursday, March 2, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Boast => BRAG
5 Across: Mil. truant => AWOL
9 Across: Witch played by Elizabeth Olsen in Marvel films => WANDA
14 Across: Othello villain => IAGO
15 Across: Smoke an e-cig => VAPE
16 Across: Dude who might ask, Have you tried turning it off and on again? => ITGUY
17 Across: Some agts. => GMEN
18 Across: __-steven => EVEN
19 Across: Sparkly stone => GEODE
20 Across: Line dance that's actually a hustle? => CONGAMECONGA
23 Across: What's your point? => AND
24 Across: Sick! => RAD
25 Across: Quiets => HUSHES
29 Across: Coming soon ad => TEASER
31 Across: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Pacino? => ALSMEALS
33 Across: Like many mountain roads => TWISTY
35 Across: Hotmail provider => MSN
36 Across: Instruction before an oath, and a feature of 20-, 31-, 43-, and 54-Across => REPEATAFTERME
41 Across: Mint alternative => GUM
42 Across: Blood line? => ARTERY
43 Across: Singer DiFranco, as portrayed in Japanese cartoons? => ANIMEANI
47 Across: Girls in the family => NIECES
51 Across: Emotional strain => STRESS
52 Across: Request => ASK
53 Across: Regret => RUE
54 Across: One inevitable bar of music? => ASUREMEASURE
58 Across: Bear in the WWF logo => PANDA
61 Across: Voracious => AVID
62 Across: Like items at a thrift shop => USED
63 Across: How fun! => OHBOY
64 Across: DoorDash link => MENU
65 Across: Cuba libre ingredient => COKE
66 Across: Becomes more friendly => THAWS
67 Across: Support, with up => PROP
68 Across: Cabbage unit => HEAD

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Member of the genus Panthera => BIGCAT
2 Down: I Wanna Be Sedated surname => RAMONE
3 Down: Meeting guide => AGENDA
4 Down: Pagoda instrument => GONG
5 Down: Beyoncé song that samples Schubert => AVEMARIA
6 Down: Greeted wordlessly => WAVED
7 Down: Intl. oil group => OPEC
8 Down: Longtime NBC host => LENO
9 Down: Ralph of The Simpsons who said, Me, fail English? That's unpossible => WIGGUM
10 Down: You can relax now => ATEASE
11 Down: Oxfam, e.g. => NGO
12 Down: Disappointment => DUD
13 Down: Sailor's yes => AYE
21 Down: __ having fun yet? => AREWE
22 Down: School org. for top students => NHS
26 Down: Mad Men star => HAMM
27 Down: Otherwise => ELSE
28 Down: Govt.-issued ID => SSN
30 Down: Valvoline rival => STP
31 Down: Classic arcade name => ATARI
32 Down: Uber alternative => LYFT
34 Down: Suffix meaning land => STAN
36 Down: Litter's smallest => RUNT
37 Down: Mideast title => EMIR
38 Down: Started to freeze => TENSEDUP
39 Down: Get Out actress Alexander => ERIKA
40 Down: Deli slice => RYE
41 Down: Tank filler => GAS
44 Down: Grassy expanse => MEADOW
45 Down: Op-ed pieces => ESSAYS
46 Down: Sch. with a Phoenix campus => ASU
48 Down: Literary castaway => CRUSOE
49 Down: California city on Humboldt Bay => EUREKA
50 Down: Like some 40-Down bread => SEEDED
52 Down: __ acid => AMINO
55 Down: Skate park feature => RAMP
56 Down: At any time => EVER
57 Down: No __ luck! => SUCH
58 Down: Cauldron => POT
59 Down: That feels nice! => AHH
60 Down: Org. with Cavs and Mavs => NBA

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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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