Crossword Answers For: Monday, March 27, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Blow a gasket => ERUPT
6 Across: Tediously familiar => BANAL
11 Across: That's a pretty low __ => BAR
14 Across: Angled cut => BEVEL
15 Across: Love, in Italian => AMORE
16 Across: Female sheep => EWE
17 Across: Swimming trunks worn by some surfers => BOARDSHORTS
19 Across: Youngster => LAD
20 Across: One playing hooky => TRUANT
21 Across: From stem to __ => STERN
23 Across: Country music's __ Brown Band => ZAC
26 Across: Plant family that includes tomatoes and eggplant => NIGHTSHADE
28 Across: Cold-weather coat => ANORAK
31 Across: Cheek colorers => ROUGES
32 Across: Old Delta rival => PANAM
33 Across: Sample => DEMO
36 Across: Lemons => DUDS
37 Across: Guardian angel, e.g. => SPIRITGUIDE
40 Across: Telephone-on-the-web tech => VOIP
42 Across: Muslim scholar => IMAM
43 Across: Gumption => NERVE
46 Across: Consume, as food => INGEST
48 Across: Make precious => ENDEAR
49 Across: Salad vegetable that may be red, yellow, or green => BELLPEPPER
53 Across: Genetic material => DNA
54 Across: Pay increase => RAISE
55 Across: Mount where Noah landed => ARARAT
58 Across: Citrus drink suffix => ADE
59 Across: Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across => AFTERSCHOOL
64 Across: La Brea __ Pits => TAR
65 Across: Inform against => RATON
66 Across: Delivery room helper => DOULA
67 Across: Calm part of a hurricane => EYE
68 Across: Scissors sounds => SNIPS
69 Across: Blubbers => CRIES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Flow back => EBB
2 Down: __ Speedwagon => REO
3 Down: Charlottesville sch. => UVA
4 Down: Jaunty => PERT
5 Down: Abbr. before a synopsis => TLDR
6 Down: Persian faith that promotes spiritual unity => BAHAI
7 Down: In the middle of => AMONG
8 Down: Word with due or true => NORTH
9 Down: Installation object => ART
10 Down: Not as much => LESSSO
11 Down: Under fire => BELEAGUERED
12 Down: Bestowed, as a grant => AWARDED
13 Down: Sign of irritation => REDNESS
18 Down: Pocketed, as a pool ball => SUNK
22 Down: Landed hard => THUDDED
23 Down: Hit with a laser => ZAP
24 Down: Love, Victor actress Ortiz => ANA
25 Down: The Godfather right-hand man => CONSIGLIERE
27 Down: Pants, slangily => TROU
29 Down: Descends, as a rock wall => RAPPELS
30 Down: Who __ to judge? => AMI
33 Down: Low-lit => DIM
34 Down: When will u b here? => ETA
35 Down: Studio whose films begin with a roaring lion => MGM
38 Down: Ceremonial event => RITE
39 Down: Roadside lodging => INN
40 Down: Text alert option => VIBRATE
41 Down: Like many multivitamins => ONEADAY
44 Down: Passenger transport => VAN
45 Down: Span of time => ERA
47 Down: Asparagus units => SPEARS
48 Down: __ on the side of caution => ERRS
50 Down: Punk icon Smith => PATTI
51 Down: Area before surgery, briefly => PREOP
52 Down: Works hard for => EARNS
56 Down: Thunderstruck rock band => ACDC
57 Down: Recurring role for Chris Hemsworth => THOR
60 Down: Groupie => FAN
61 Down: French yes => OUI
62 Down: Nashville's Grand __ Opry => OLE
63 Down: __ Vegas Aces => LAS

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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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