Crossword Answers For: Thursday, March 16, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Marshy spots => BOGS
5 Across: Diego Rivera creation => MURAL
10 Across: Escalator part => STEP
14 Across: See here, old chap! => ISAY
15 Across: Something in the air => AROMA
16 Across: Topiary piece => TREE
17 Across: Start of a tennis player's argument with a line judge? => THISISNTMYFAULT
20 Across: Recipient of many lists => SANTA
21 Across: Poise => COOLNESS
22 Across: Life-saving pro => EMT
24 Across: Rage => FAD
25 Across: Start of an artist's argument with a gallery owner? => IMBEINGFRAMED
32 Across: Place to put down stakes?: Abbr. => OTB
34 Across: City in western Yemen => SANAA
35 Across: Get the word out? => ERASE
36 Across: Kid-lit writer Margaret __ Brown => WISE
38 Across: Clean with elbow grease => SCOUR
40 Across: __ novel => DIME
41 Across: Ties (up) => EVENS
43 Across: OB test => AMNIO
45 Across: British jazz element? => ZED
46 Across: Start of a dress model's argument with a tailor? => DONTPINITONME
49 Across: Good guess in Battleship => HIT
50 Across: RR stop => STA
51 Across: Donations to a museum in a will, e.g. => BEQUESTS
56 Across: Take in => ADMIT
60 Across: Start of a geometry teacher's argument with a student? => LETSSEETHEPROOF
63 Across: Songversation singer India.__ => ARIE
64 Across: NFLer since 2016 => LARAM
65 Across: Medicine Hat's prov. => ALTA
66 Across: Brewer's flowers => HOPS
67 Across: Dessert choice, for short => FROYO
68 Across: Secure, in a way => SEAL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Odds and ends => BITS
2 Down: Org. that makes workplace safety posters => OSHA
3 Down: Forward progress on the football field => GAIN
4 Down: Word with metric or merit => SYSTEM
5 Down: __ o menos: more or less, in Spanish => MAS
6 Down: Garden fixture => URN
7 Down: Uniformed college gp. => ROTC
8 Down: Firing range purchase => AMMO
9 Down: Stop teasing me! => LAYOFF
10 Down: Ordinary => STANDARD
11 Down: Indubitably => TRUE
12 Down: Fish that may be hard to fillet => EELS
13 Down: Loved ones who are blessed at the Feast of St. Francis => PETS
18 Down: My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun quintet => IAMBS
19 Down: Solar __ => FLARE
23 Down: Socials with cucumber sandwiches => TEAS
25 Down: Hedda Gabler dramatist => IBSEN
26 Down: Like Inti Punku => INCAN
27 Down: The Scholomance trilogy writer Novik => NAOMI
28 Down: Scrawny => GAUNT
29 Down: Yellow shade => MAIZE
30 Down: A Series of Unfortunate Events villain __ Squalor => ESME
31 Down: Safe document => DEED
32 Down: Was short => OWED
33 Down: DVR pioneer => TIVO
37 Down: Raves (about) => ENTHUSES
39 Down: Kia sedans => RIOS
42 Down: Some plants => SPIES
44 Down: Ready => ONTAP
47 Down: The se of per se => ITSELF
48 Down: Colorful fabric => MADRAS
51 Down: Ho-hum => BLAH
52 Down: Designer Saarinen => EERO
53 Down: Swab brand => QTIP
54 Down: Spree => TEAR
55 Down: Texas MLBer => STRO
57 Down: Tunneling rodent => MOLE
58 Down: Tiny amount => IOTA
59 Down: Nonstick brand => TFAL
61 Down: Stable staple => HAY
62 Down: Angsty genre => EMO

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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