Crossword Answers For: Friday, March 17, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Scarecrow innards => STRAW
6 Across: Italian port => GENOA
11 Across: Get better, maybe => AGE
14 Across: Gear bit => TOOTH
15 Across: Cheri of Scary Movie => OTERI
16 Across: Musical about Henry VIII's many wives => SIX
17 Across: *Bilingual Ed Sheeran song featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B => OFTHEBORDER
19 Across: Fury => IRE
20 Across: Oh, come on! => PUHLEASE
21 Across: Aims => GOALS
23 Across: Love Stuff singer King => ELLE
24 Across: Tub gunk => SCUM
26 Across: Vane point => EAST
29 Across: *R.E.M. hit single on Out of Time => MYRELIGION
34 Across: Poetic rhythm => METER
36 Across: Plenty => ALOT
37 Across: Jazz org. => NBA
38 Across: ¡Ay, Dios __! => MIO
39 Across: Anthem that ends, We stand on guard for thee => OCANADA
42 Across: Dear old one => DAD
43 Across: Over thataway => YON
44 Across: Shane star Alan => LADD
45 Across: Spider-Man trilogy director => RAIMI
47 Across: *Carl Perkins rockabilly classic popularized by Elvis Presley => SUEDESHOES
51 Across: Jet set jet => LEAR
52 Across: Wrote to online, briefly => IMED
53 Across: Feels bad => AILS
55 Across: TikTok upload => VIDEO
58 Across: Very nearly => ASGOODAS
62 Across: Rita Dove's __ to My Right Knee => ODE
63 Across: You're blocking the view!, and what is needed to complete the answers to the starred clues? => DOWNINFRONT
66 Across: Decathlon number => TEN
67 Across: Top-flight => ELITE
68 Across: Under control => TAMED
69 Across: Put away => EAT
70 Across: I'm out => LATER
71 Across: Puts one over on => SNOWS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Cut it out! => STOP
2 Down: Food sold in blocks => TOFU
3 Down: American Pastoral Pulitzer winner => ROTH
4 Down: Word in several ESPY Award categories => ATHLETE
5 Down: Cheese shape => WHEEL
6 Down: Loosey-__ => GOOSEY
7 Down: Basic French verb => ETRE
8 Down: Composer Rorem => NED
9 Down: Nickel source => ORE
10 Down: Wind instrument? => AIRGUITAR
11 Down: Much of an atlas => ASIA
12 Down: Mary Cassatt's Little __ in a Blue Armchair => GIRL
13 Down: Former couples => EXES
18 Down: Lip __ => BALM
22 Down: Srsly?! => OMG
24 Down: Actress Ward => SELA
25 Down: Dolt => CLOD
26 Down: Awards for Schitt's Creek => EMMYS
27 Down: Vowel set => AEIOU
28 Down: The Favourite actress Emma => STONE
30 Down: Total stranger => RANDO
31 Down: __ folk => INDIE
32 Down: Becoming memoirist => OBAMA
33 Down: Low point => NADIR
35 Down: One to emulate => ROLEMODEL
40 Down: Docket item => CASE
41 Down: Ritalin target: Abbr. => ADHD
46 Down: Unsuccessful candidate => ALSORAN
48 Down: Conk out => DIE
49 Down: Less taxing => EASIER
50 Down: Say cheese by rubbing one's palms together, e.g. => SIGN
54 Down: Many apartments in former industrial areas => LOFTS
55 Down: Rock the __ => VOTE
56 Down: Concept => IDEA
57 Down: Minor progress => DENT
58 Down: Chip in? => ANTE
59 Down: __ arigato => DOMO
60 Down: Over again => ANEW
61 Down: Norms: Abbr. => STDS
64 Down: São Paulo greeting => OLA
65 Down: Card => WIT

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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