Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Chaparral growth => SHRUB
6 Across: Place to soak some barking dogs => FOOTSPA
13 Across: Indigenous New Zealanders => MAORIS
15 Across: Underhanded course of action => LOWROAD
16 Across: Fruity frozen treat => ORANGEPOPSICLE
18 Across: Precious stone => GEM
19 Across: Release, as an album => DROP
20 Across: Chats online, briefly => IMS
21 Across: Beach bucket => PAIL
22 Across: Rumor has it ... => IHEAR
25 Across: Pursue additional education, e.g. => APPLYFORCOLLEGE
31 Across: Spring flower => IRIS
32 Across: Fish in a swarm => EELS
33 Across: Ctrl-__-Del => ALT
34 Across: Not 'neath => OER
35 Across: Spanish I like => MEGUSTA
38 Across: Obvi => DUH
39 Across: Comedian DeLaria => LEA
40 Across: Notable times => ERAS
41 Across: Ballet leap => JETE
42 Across: Slips, bras, etc. => INTIMATEAPPAREL
47 Across: Express big feelings, maybe => EMOTE
48 Across: Transit option to NYC's Roosevelt Island => TRAM
49 Across: Web access co. => ISP
50 Across: Any minute now => SOON
51 Across: WNBA honor for A'ja Wilson in 2020 and 2022 => MVP
54 Across: Corporations with little business activity, and what are formed by the circled letters => SHELLCOMPANIES
59 Across: Item on a laundry list? => TIDEPOD
60 Across: Campfire treats => SMORES
61 Across: Bounding main => OPENSEA
62 Across: Prevent, as disaster => AVERT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Dark cloud on the horizon? => SMOG
2 Down: Largest lagomorph => HARE
3 Down: Cover a lot of ground => ROAM
4 Down: Mantle piece => URN
5 Down: Circled square on a calendar, maybe => BIGDAY
6 Down: First three community cards in Texas Hold 'em => FLOP
7 Down: Alley-__ => OOP
8 Down: Hurt sounds => OWS
9 Down: Start to cycle? => TRI
10 Down: __ media => SOCIAL
11 Down: Expert who relies on a show of hands => PALMREADER
12 Down: Citrus drinks => ADES
14 Down: Calligrapher's flourish => SERIF
17 Down: Casual top => POLO
21 Down: Thx counterpart => PLS
22 Down: Fruity frozen treats => ICES
23 Down: NBC Nightly News anchor Lester => HOLT
24 Down: Pataky of Fast & Furious films => ELSA
25 Down: Garlicky dip => AIOLI
26 Down: Take a long look in the mirror? => PREEN
27 Down: Vessel that may fly the Jolly Roger => PIRATESHIP
28 Down: Waste reduction strategy => REUSE
29 Down: Muscle used in a squat, informally => GLUTE
30 Down: Broadway icon Merman => ETHEL
35 Down: Someone didn't get the __ => MEMO
36 Down: Part of Q.E.D. => ERAT
37 Down: Scandal suffix => GATE
41 Down: Printer problem => JAM
43 Down: Hold up => IMPEDE
44 Down: Bonding partner => ATOM
45 Down: Play things? => PROPS
46 Down: Country that connects the Americas => PANAMA
49 Down: Analogy phrase => ISTO
50 Down: Word with bread or cracker => SODA
51 Down: Slimy mud => MIRE
52 Down: Swerve => VEER
53 Down: Over here! in a library voice => PSST
55 Down: Ballroom dancer Goodman => LEN
56 Down: Vinyl records, briefly => LPS
57 Down: Cedar Rapids campus => COE
58 Down: Native American Heritage mo. => NOV

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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