Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 12, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Draft pick? => OXEN
5 Across: Bentley of Yellowstone => WES
8 Across: __ Canarias => ISLAS
13 Across: Backs => SIDESWITH
16 Across: Use, in a way, with off => MOOCH
17 Across: Texas Revolution figure => SANTAANNA
18 Across: Ask => PUTTO
19 Across: Hot => ONASTREAK
20 Across: Like some accents => ACUTE
21 Across: Uniform item, often => CAP
22 Across: Best Original Song Oscar winner for No Time to Die => EILISH
24 Across: March honoree, familiarly => STPAT
27 Across: 21st century explorer => DORA
28 Across: Job listing ltrs. => EEO
30 Across: Golf shot => CHIP
31 Across: 2002 AFI Life Achievement Award honoree => HANKS
32 Across: Pandora or Spotify => APP
33 Across: Demolish => RAZE
34 Across: Rest stop visitors => SEMIS
35 Across: Take the lead => STAR
36 Across: Snack brand since 1921 => UTZ
37 Across: Cocky gait => STRUT
38 Across: Olympian queen => HERA
39 Across: Org. honored with a commemorative stamp for its 50th anniversary in 1960 => BSA
40 Across: Assistant's job, often => PREP
41 Across: Deserving of => WORTH
42 Across: Criminal Minds actress => AJCOOK
44 Across: Cut (off) => LOP
45 Across: Runners at the corners, say => TWOON
46 Across: Request to be heard => INDULGEME
52 Across: Garden hose gasket => ORING
53 Across: TV series that teamed a conspiracy theorist with a doctor => THEXFILES
54 Across: Poet whose work helped establish modern Italian => DANTE
55 Across: Critters with discs on their extremities => TREEFROGS
56 Across: Wasn't indecisive => OPTED
57 Across: Kennel sound => YAP
58 Across: Fuller House actress Ashley => LIAO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: __ buco => OSSO
2 Down: Capital of Shaanxi Province => XIAN
3 Down: The Incredibles designer Mode => EDNA
4 Down: Loser to Explorer in the first browser war => NETSCAPE
5 Down: __ Country => WINE
6 Down: Volcano where Zeus trapped Typhon, in some myths => ETNA
7 Down: Agree => SHAKEONIT
8 Down: Chevys retired in 2020 => IMPALAS
9 Down: Sans __: carefree => SOUCI
10 Down: Odyssey dreamer => LOTUSEATER
11 Down: Behave as required => ACTTHEPART
12 Down: Brake __ => SHOE
14 Down: Occupied, in a way => SATAT
15 Down: Distort => WARP
23 Down: Bugs => IRKS
24 Down: Really clean => SCRUB
25 Down: Closing words => THATSAWRAP
26 Down: Pie seller, casually => PIZZAJOINT
27 Down: Block => DAMUP
29 Down: Media mogul born in Mississippi => OPRAH
31 Down: Summons whose last word is often repeated => HEREKITTY
34 Down: Minute Maid Park player, to fans => STRO
35 Down: Meg Ryan's screen name in You've Got Mail => SHOPGIRL
37 Down: Used, in a way, with off => SPONGED
41 Down: Mezzo-soprano Beverly => WOLFF
43 Down: Italian noble title below marchese => CONTE
44 Down: Opulent => LUXE
45 Down: Well attachment? => TODO
47 Down: Drag org. => NHRA
48 Down: Word with freeze or fry => DEEP
49 Down: H.G. Wells race => ELOI
50 Down: Colossal => MEGA
51 Down: Petrol brand => ESSO

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 34 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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