Crossword Answers For: Friday, June 23, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Noisy toy => RATTLE
7 Across: Went fast => SPED
11 Across: Oroville structure => DAM
14 Across: Legends on the road => ACURAS
15 Across: Depilatory brand => NAIR
16 Across: Post-op area => ICU
17 Across: Beatles song with the lyric Sunday morning creeping like a nun => LADYMADONNA
19 Across: Fistful of bills => WAD
20 Across: It's all untrue! => LIES
21 Across: Possess => OWN
22 Across: Coup de __ => GRACE
24 Across: Remorseful => ASHAMED
28 Across: Nobelist Wiesel => ELIE
29 Across: Epicurious.com offering => RECIPE
32 Across: Lucille Clifton's Homage to My Hips, for one => ODE
33 Across: Lab container => VIAL
34 Across: Bright bloom => DAHLIA
35 Across: Gymnast Simone => BILES
37 Across: Rules __ rules => ARE
38 Across: Hesitant sound => ERM
40 Across: Minor matter => NIT
41 Across: Delish! => YUM
44 Across: SLR setting => FSTOP
46 Across: Halloumi, e.g. => CHEESE
48 Across: Québec chum => AMIE
51 Across: Early Beatle Sutcliffe => STU
52 Across: Got bronze? => TANNED
53 Across: Window part => PANE
54 Across: Froyo choice => TOPPING
56 Across: Subject of many June parades => PRIDE
58 Across: Awesome! => RAD
59 Across: Exercise aftermath => ACHE
63 Across: Cap => LID
64 Across: Freedoms protected by the Equality Act, and an apt title for this puzzle? => LGBTQRIGHTS
68 Across: __ say! => ILL
69 Across: Pouty face => MOUE
70 Across: Backup squads => BTEAMS
71 Across: ¿__ pasa? => QUE
72 Across: Cheek => SASS
73 Across: Attend without a partner => GOSOLO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bounces back => RALL
2 Down: Berry that's a superfood => ACAI
3 Down: Truculent behavior, informally => TUDE
4 Down: Seafarer's choice during a storm => TRYSAIL
5 Down: On the __ => LAM
6 Down: Finnish conductor __-Pekka Salonen => ESA
7 Down: Some Arctic Cats => SNOWMOB
8 Down: Prepared for a close-up shot => PANNEDIN
9 Down: German article => EIN
10 Down: RuPaul's competition => DRAG
11 Down: South Asian festival of lights => DIWALI
12 Down: Tree favored by giraffes => ACACIA
13 Down: Bottom-dwelling fish => MUDEEL
18 Down: __ double take => DOA
23 Down: Cranks (up) => REVS
25 Down: Spots => SPIES
26 Down: Extremely beautiful, perhaps => HEARTST
27 Down: Corpus __: prosecutor's concern => DELICTI
29 Down: Nutrition fig. => RDA
30 Down: Sideburn neighbor => EAR
31 Down: Michael of SNL => CHE
36 Down: Actor Hawke => ETHAN
39 Down: Tour vehicle, quaintly => MOTORBUS
41 Down: Osaka currency => YEN
42 Down: Exploit => USE
43 Down: __ school => MED
44 Down: Satellite signal => FEED
45 Down: Leaves the larval stage => PUPATES
47 Down: Ties up => ENGAGES
48 Down: Quilting technique => APPLIQ
49 Down: Henner of Taxi => MARILU
50 Down: Warming up the car, say => INIDLE
55 Down: ASAP kin => PDQ
57 Down: Trees with many streets named after them => ELMS
60 Down: Rosalind of 2020's Mulan => CHAO
61 Down: Web page standard => HTML
62 Down: Petro-Canada rival => ESSO
65 Down: Indian state known for white-sand beaches => GOA
66 Down: First member of SCOTUS to officiate a same-sex wedding => RBG
67 Down: Manga artist Junji => ITO

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 81 clues are solved in the section above.
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