Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Kitten chorus => MEWS
5 Across: Flirt with a new hobby => DABBLE
11 Across: Sandwich initials => BLT
14 Across: Pianist Gilels => EMIL
15 Across: Disinfectant brand => CLOROX
16 Across: __ de parfum => EAU
17 Across: *Fruit pastry => APRICOTTART
19 Across: Space race? => ETS
20 Across: Stan Musial's nickname => THEMAN
21 Across: Tile type => CERAMIC
23 Across: Noodles that may be topped with chashu => RAMEN
24 Across: Be in arrears => OWE
26 Across: Colleague of Sonia and Ketanji => ELENA
27 Across: Great Basin people => UTES
28 Across: *Star Wars role for Oscar Isaac => POEDAMERON
30 Across: Start of an early Grafton title => BIS
31 Across: Mental fog => HAZE
32 Across: __-Mex cuisine => TEX
33 Across: Ravioli option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? => CHEESEFILLING
38 Across: Light touch => PAT
39 Across: That works => OKAY
40 Across: Organic lip balm brand => EOS
42 Across: *Array in some wine bars => CAFETABLES
46 Across: John Irving title character => GARP
47 Across: Less amiable => ICIER
48 Across: Letters between names => AKA
49 Across: __ and Bess => PORGY
50 Across: Superficial => CURSORY
52 Across: Expired => LAPSED
53 Across: Self-conscious query => AMI
54 Across: *Unwanted color fluctuations, in digital photography => CHROMANOISE
57 Across: Homey hole => DEN
58 Across: Big name in single-serve coffee makers => KEURIG
59 Across: Durian feature => ODOR
60 Across: Filmmaker Lee => ANG
61 Across: Lively Brazilian dances => SAMBAS
62 Across: Swampy areas => FENS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Barbecue supply => MEATRUB
2 Down: Stressed => EMPHATIC
3 Down: Deer fencing material => WIREMESH
4 Down: Covers in goo => SLIMES
5 Down: Glue trap brand => DCON
6 Down: Secondary RPG character => ALT
7 Down: Droid => BOT
8 Down: Prepared (oneself), as for a shock => BRACED
9 Down: Oral tradition => LORE
10 Down: Very => EXTREMELY
11 Down: High-end wheels, informally => BEEMER
12 Down: Spanglish speaker, often => LATINO
13 Down: Under the __ Sun: Frances Mayes memoir set in Italy => TUSCAN
18 Down: __ you not? => CAN
22 Down: Soccer Hall of Famer Lalas => ALEXI
24 Down: Goo => OOZE
25 Down: Fairies and sprites, quaintly => WEEFOLK
28 Down: Fare for one who's carbo-loading => PASTA
29 Down: Country record? => ATLAS
31 Down: Basking spots for cold-blooded pets => HEATROCKS
34 Down: Foil alternatives => EPEES
35 Down: Maker of SEKTION kitchen cabinets => IKEA
36 Down: Lunar hemisphere visible from Earth => NEARSIDE
37 Down: Eats a ton of => GORGESON
41 Down: Classic Porsches => SPYDERS
42 Down: Noisy bug => CICADA
43 Down: Shrewdness => ACUMEN
44 Down: Process after glazing => FIRING
45 Down: Distillate used as an aftershave => BAYRUM
46 Down: Vanish just like *that* => GOPOOF
49 Down: Unfavorable review => PAN
51 Down: Seehorn of Better Call Saul => RHEA
52 Down: Doesn't keep up => LAGS
55 Down: Sphere atop a wizard's staff, e.g. => ORB
56 Down: Soccer star Hamm => MIA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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