Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Roughly => ORSO
5 Across: Skin blemish => WART
9 Across: Poetic contraction => OER
12 Across: Inheritance recipients => HEIRS
14 Across: Slurpee-like drinks => ICEES
16 Across: Astronaut Jemison => MAE
17 Across: Parade with strict precision => MARCHINSTEP
19 Across: Body shop fig. => EST
20 Across: __ Lanka => SRI
21 Across: Conclusion => END
22 Across: One providing misguided support => ENABLER
24 Across: Milan opera house => LASCALA
26 Across: Pull up stakes for one's co. => RELO
27 Across: Hint => CLUE
30 Across: Starbucks size => TALL
31 Across: Gains a lap => SITS
32 Across: Stay right there! => DONTMOVE
34 Across: Fuel economy meas. => MPG
35 Across: Tropical storm => CYCLONE
36 Across: More inclusive => BROADER
40 Across: See red? => OWE
41 Across: Sorting factor in some directories => LASTNAME
42 Across: Blessing => BOON
44 Across: British noble => EARL
45 Across: Saving Private Ryan event => DDAY
46 Across: Medical pros => DOCS
47 Across: Opens, as a gift => UNWRAPS
49 Across: Sound bite, e.g. => EXCERPT
51 Across: Sked info => ETA
52 Across: April 15 payment => TAX
55 Across: Original Beatle Sutcliffe => STU
56 Across: Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? => SPILLEDMILK
59 Across: Keystone figure => KOP
60 Across: Lofty nest => AERIE
61 Across: Shrub that may be toxic => SUMAC
62 Across: Informer, maybe => SPY
63 Across: Saxophone insert => REED
64 Across: Repair => MEND

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Electrical units => OHMS
2 Down: Caboose => REAR
3 Down: Virtual assistant on Apple devices => SIRI
4 Down: Goblinlike fantasy creature => ORC
5 Down: South Dakota national park known for its air currents => WINDCAVE
6 Down: Rm. coolers => ACS
7 Down: Share again, as a joke => RETELL
8 Down: Ooo La La La singer __ Marie => TEENA
9 Down: Brunch dish => OMELET
10 Down: Stands in a studio => EASELS
11 Down: Nostalgia-inducing => RETRO
13 Down: __ Butter Baby: Ari Lennox/J. Cole song => SHEA
15 Down: Hydrotherapy spot => SPA
18 Down: Not negotiable => INSTONE
23 Down: Bandits => BRIGANDS
24 Down: Live it up => LETLOOSE
25 Down: Pub choice => ALE
27 Down: Public health agcy. => CDC
28 Down: Poet Mina or actress Myrna => LOY
29 Down: Chapel Hill sch. => UNC
31 Down: Ad => SPOT
33 Down: Like freshly cut lawns => MOWN
34 Down: Fred Flintstone's boss => MRSLATE
36 Down: Raced (along) => BARRELED
37 Down: Family man => DAD
38 Down: Horvath of The Rings of Power => EMA
39 Down: Marina del __, California => REY
41 Down: Bar code? => LAW
42 Down: Cereal eater's proof of purchase => BOXTOP
43 Down: Keep busy => OCCUPY
44 Down: Unabridged => ENTIRE
46 Down: Secretaries, e.g. => DESKS
47 Down: __ Peninsula: Michigan home of Yoopers => UPPER
48 Down: Cushions => PADS
50 Down: Pretoria's land: Abbr. => RSA
52 Down: Umpire's cry => TIME
53 Down: Mathematician Turing => ALAN
54 Down: Randall Munroe's webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language => XKCD
57 Down: Two truths and a __: icebreaker game => LIE
58 Down: Autumn flower, for short => MUM

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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