Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Numbered work => OPUS
5 Across: Gushed (about) => RAVED
10 Across: Employee badges, for short => IDS
13 Across: 1953 Alan Ladd Western => SHANE
14 Across: Former Weekend Today co-host Hill => ERICA
15 Across: Put to the test => TRY
16 Across: Super => THECATSMEOW
18 Across: Bring It on Home to Me singer Cooke => SAM
19 Across: Scolds loudly => YELLSAT
20 Across: Civil rights org. founded by a group that included W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells => NAACP
22 Across: Legally Blonde role for Reese => ELLE
23 Across: Super => OUTOFSIGHT
27 Across: Feature of an A-frame roof => SLANT
29 Across: Genesis drummer Collins => PHIL
30 Across: Wheels for the well-heeled => LIMO
31 Across: Feng shui force => CHI
33 Across: North Carolina college town => ELON
35 Across: The guy for ewe? => RAM
36 Across: Nicely done! and an apt description of 16-, 23-, 51-, and 59-Across => THATWASCOOL
39 Across: Gymnast Mary __ Retton => LOU
41 Across: Rapper who plays Fin Tutuola => ICET
42 Across: Topeka's st. => KAN
43 Across: River of Florence => ARNO
45 Across: No __ done => HARM
47 Across: Start of an encrypted web address => HTTPS
51 Across: Super => PEACHYKEEN
54 Across: Put on the payroll => HIRE
55 Across: Ish => SORTA
56 Across: Dreamy state => REVERIE
58 Across: Wall St. debut => IPO
59 Across: Super => CRACKERJACK
63 Across: Nada => NIL
64 Across: Arizona governor Hobbs => KATIE
65 Across: __ well: is a good sign => BODES
66 Across: Hair product => GEL
67 Across: Fantastic bargain => STEAL
68 Across: Toe the line => OBEY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Blast it! => OHHELL
2 Down: Spanish rice dish => PAELLA
3 Down: Relax, as fists => UNCLENCH
4 Down: Sailing settings => SEAS
5 Down: Regain one's strength => RESTUP
6 Down: Sleeve => ARM
7 Down: Go head-to-head => VIE
8 Down: Prefix with footprint => ECO
9 Down: Occurs to, with on => DAWNS
10 Down: Proclamation on some birth announcements => ITSAGIRL
11 Down: Old Greek coin => DRACHMA
12 Down: Runny nose or headache, maybe => SYMPTOM
13 Down: Eye sores => STYES
17 Down: Chinese philosophical concept => TAO
21 Down: Have a runny nose or headache, maybe => AIL
24 Down: London's Globe, for one => THEATRE
25 Down: Liquids that may be herb-infused => OILS
26 Down: Group of sheep => FLOCK
28 Down: Pad __: stir-fried noodle dish => THAI
32 Down: Like cheap wool => ITCHY
34 Down: Trevor who hosted the The Daily Show from 2015 to 2022 => NOAH
36 Down: Sushi option => TUNAROLL
37 Down: __ sauce => WEAK
38 Down: Like some training => ONTHEJOB
39 Down: Expiring, as a subscription => LAPSING
40 Down: No-bake dessert with a cookie crust => OREOPIE
44 Down: Halloween mo. => OCT
46 Down: Former German chancellor Angela => MERKEL
48 Down: Diatribe => TIRADE
49 Down: Expensive => PRICEY
50 Down: Goes after => SEEKS
52 Down: Emmy-winning series starring Jean Smart as a comedian => HACKS
53 Down: Born, in Bordeaux => NEE
57 Down: Online marketplace with holiday homes => VRBO
60 Down: Rodent or snitch => RAT
61 Down: Picnicked => ATE
62 Down: Spy org. => CIA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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