Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 8, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Maybe less => IFTHAT
7 Across: I could use a hand! => HELP
11 Across: Bioengineering letters => GMO
14 Across: Capital of Pakistan's Punjab province => LAHORE
15 Across: U.S. citizen => AMER
16 Across: Say no to => NIX
17 Across: Formal induction ceremony for a league of pickpockets? => SWIPINGRITE
19 Across: Unreturned serve => ACE
20 Across: Hathaway of The Intern => ANNE
21 Across: Forest female => DOE
22 Across: Amsterdam novelist Ian => MCEWAN
24 Across: Stay singer Lisa => LOEB
26 Across: Dos y dos y dos => SEIS
27 Across: Bicycles and aviation, notably? => THEWRIGHTSTUFF
33 Across: Shot in the dark => GUESS
34 Across: Hardly well => RARE
35 Across: Compete (for) => VIE
36 Across: MLB Triple Crown category => RBIS
37 Across: Hard to clean => GRIMY
39 Across: __ of thumb => RULE
40 Across: British ref. work => OED
41 Across: Soft French cheese => BRIE
42 Across: Boot bottoms => SOLES
43 Across: Tax advice for slugger Aaron Judge? => WRITEOFFTHEBAT
47 Across: From Denver to Topeka => EAST
48 Across: Puerto __ => RICO
49 Across: Houston WNBA team until 2008 => COMETS
52 Across: iPhone platform => IOS
53 Across: Westminster spot for art lovers => TATE
57 Across: Mimic => APE
58 Across: That tracks, and an apt description of 17-, 27-, and 43-Across? => SOUNDSRIGHT
61 Across: Abolish => BAN
62 Across: Cologne ingredient => MUSK
63 Across: Acid artist => ETCHER
64 Across: Over the hill => OLD
65 Across: Flight sked figs. => ETAS
66 Across: Kind of oil used in hummus => SESAME

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Woman who says Play it, Sam in Casablanca => ILSA
2 Down: Babe in the woods? => FAWN
3 Down: Slender => THIN
4 Down: Sure to fail => HOPELESS
5 Down: D'backs, in box scores => ARI
6 Down: Warmhearted => TENDER
7 Down: Fabled napper => HARE
8 Down: Former Abbey Road Studios owner => EMI
9 Down: Maybe I'll have better luck => LETMETRY
10 Down: Exact => PRECISE
11 Down: Chew like a beaver => GNAW
12 Down: Flaky mineral => MICA
13 Down: Rice paddy plow team => OXEN
18 Down: Mongolian desert => GOBI
23 Down: Inexact fig. => EST
25 Down: Yelps of pain => OWS
26 Down: Fancy pillowcase => SHAM
27 Down: One floating down a river or speeding down a snowy slope => TUBER
28 Down: Gardner of Saturday Night Live => HEIDI
29 Down: Heartache => GRIEF
30 Down: Soft palate projection => UVULA
31 Down: Boneless cut => FILET
32 Down: Charges => FEES
33 Down: Get taller => GROW
37 Down: Completely disgust => GROSSOUT
38 Down: Divide => RIFT
39 Down: Branch of engineering whose name was coined by Asimov => ROBOTICS
41 Down: No clue => BEATSME
42 Down: Min. fraction => SEC
44 Down: Concert purchase => TEE
45 Down: Stepped => TROD
46 Down: Shows disapproval, in a way => HISSES
49 Down: Mexican resort, familiarly => CABO
50 Down: Milky birthstone => OPAL
51 Down: Stitch up => MEND
52 Down: Color printer refills => INKS
54 Down: Turkish title of honor => AGHA
55 Down: The other side => THEM
56 Down: French 101 verb => ETRE
59 Down: Olympics chant => USA
60 Down: Short way to go? => RTE

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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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