Crossword Answers For: Friday, March 10, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Otherwise occupied => BUSY
5 Across: Checkmate! => IWON
9 Across: Concert gear => AMPS
13 Across: __ upon a midnight dreary ... => ONCE
14 Across: Origami bird => CRANE
15 Across: Henhouse => COOP
16 Across: ¡__ mío! => DIOS
17 Across: Rabbit kin => HARES
18 Across: Color of unbleached linen => ECRU
19 Across: Dinner and drinks with a preacher? => HOLYMANDATE
22 Across: Actor Jeong => KEN
23 Across: Quite so => INDEED
24 Across: Move, roots and all => REPOT
26 Across: Thousands of years, for a megalith? => STONEMASSAGE
31 Across: __ Diego => SAN
34 Across: CNN anchor Burnett => ERIN
35 Across: Brain teaser aid => HINT
36 Across: Bouillon cube maker => KNORR
38 Across: Queen __: pop music nickname => BEY
40 Across: Big fetes => GALAS
41 Across: Quechua speaker => INCA
42 Across: Nonpayment risk, for short => REPO
44 Across: Squalid digs => STY
45 Across: Exam for a certificate in mediation? => PEACEPROTEST
50 Across: Same! => METOO
51 Across: Titter => TEEHEE
55 Across: Golf ball position => LIE
57 Across: Brief moment, or what three long answers in this puzzle have? => SPLITSECOND
60 Across: Gumbo pod => OKRA
62 Across: Miso soup base => DASHI
63 Across: Possess => HAVE
64 Across: Ray => BEAM
65 Across: Like some rural roads at night => UNLIT
66 Across: Rid of wrinkles => IRON
67 Across: __ there, tiger => EASY
68 Across: Poems of praise => ODES
69 Across: Ice cream brand with a birthday cake flavor => EDYS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: __ Tree: place of enlightenment in Buddhist tradition => BODHI
2 Down: Collective bargaining group => UNION
3 Down: Give a good talking-to => SCOLD
4 Down: Okay, I get it => YESYES
5 Down: Country where Farsi is spoken => IRAN
6 Down: New Orleans voting district => WARD
7 Down: Like challenging pushups => ONEARM
8 Down: Lipton rival => NESTEA
9 Down: Royal flush card => ACE
10 Down: Nojito and nada colada, for two => MOCKTAILS
11 Down: Sweat outlet => PORE
12 Down: Like some silk or sugar => SPUN
14 Down: Garment similar to a hijab => CHADOR
20 Down: Parking post => METER
21 Down: Short music releases => EPS
25 Down: Job safety org. => OSHA
27 Down: Bit of cacao => NIB
28 Down: Month before febrero => ENERO
29 Down: Little pest => GNAT
30 Down: Site with handmade crafts => ETSY
31 Down: Omit => SKIP
32 Down: Actress Hathaway => ANNE
33 Down: Sign at some museums => NOCAMERAS
37 Down: Sack __ => RACE
39 Down: Thus far => YET
40 Down: Check it out => GOSEE
43 Down: Watch the birdie? => PETSIT
46 Down: UFO beings => ETS
47 Down: Tegan and Sara, for one => POPDUO
48 Down: Independence Day director Emmerich => ROLAND
49 Down: Computer pro => TECHIE
52 Down: Stockpile => HOARD
53 Down: Diplomat => ENVOY
54 Down: Perfect places => EDENS
55 Down: Ear part => LOBE
56 Down: Store whose packages typically contain Allen keys => IKEA
58 Down: Archipelago part => ISLE
59 Down: __ end up => THIS
61 Down: Sedaris of The Mandalorian => AMY

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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