Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pub hardware => TAPS
5 Across: Rotisserie rods => SPITS
10 Across: Peace and quiet => CALM
14 Across: Gaelic tongue => ERSE
15 Across: Forearm bones => ULNAE
16 Across: Little of this, little of that => OLIO
17 Across: Eyelid affliction => STYE
18 Across: Former first lady Bush => LAURA
19 Across: Voice above tenor => ALTO
20 Across: The ice cream truck arrived __ => LICKETYSPLIT
23 Across: Firepit residue => ASH
24 Across: Stop on the way home? => BASE
25 Across: State strongly => ASSERT
29 Across: Squish => STEPON
31 Across: Echidna snack => ANT
32 Across: Cultural org. with annual Jazz Master Fellowships => NEA
33 Across: The food truck arrived __ => INSHORTORDER
37 Across: Not ajar => SHUT
40 Across: Chest-beating beast => APE
41 Across: Meat inspector's org. => USDA
42 Across: The newspaper delivery van arrived __ => WITHDISPATCH
47 Across: Part of IPA => ALE
48 Across: Baseball official => UMP
49 Across: Listening aid => EARBUD
53 Across: Girl with a missing flock => BOPEEP
55 Across: Alternative to fries => TOTS
57 Across: Make a mistake => ERR
58 Across: The race car arrived __ => STRAIGHTAWAY
61 Across: Seats for the congregation => PEWS
64 Across: Get around => EVADE
65 Across: Round of applause => HAND
66 Across: Diva's solo => ARIA
67 Across: More resentful => SORER
68 Across: Lakefront city between Cleveland and Buffalo => ERIE
69 Across: Oodles => MANY
70 Across: Slim-necked swimmers => SWANS
71 Across: Cruel => MEAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Some electric cars => TESLAS
2 Down: Skillful one => ARTIST
3 Down: Maiden loved by Cupid => PSYCHE
4 Down: Aim (to) => SEEK
5 Down: Ottoman rulers => SULTANS
6 Down: Stage performances => PLAYS
7 Down: Not vacant => INUSE
8 Down: Weatherproof canvas => TARP
9 Down: Weatherproofing application => SEALANT
10 Down: Layers => COATS
11 Down: 100% => ALL
12 Down: On => LIT
13 Down: Cow sound => MOO
21 Down: Jet, in poems => EBON
22 Down: Analogy phrase => ISTO
26 Down: Halts => ENDS
27 Down: Marsh plant => REED
28 Down: Voice actress Strong => TARA
30 Down: __ helmet: safari accessory => PITH
31 Down: Sphere => AREA
34 Down: Trunk hardware => HASP
35 Down: Like up and down: Abbr. => OPP
36 Down: German mining region => RUHR
37 Down: Forensic evidence collector => SWAB
38 Down: Largest city on Hawaii's largest island => HILO
39 Down: Sch. near the Rio Grande => UTEP
43 Down: Composition for two => DUET
44 Down: Dazzle => IMPRESS
45 Down: Ties in place => TETHERS
46 Down: Slight coloring => CAST
50 Down: Ides of March word => BEWARE
51 Down: Muse of astronomy => URANIA
52 Down: England's first poet laureate => DRYDEN
54 Down: Composition => ESSAY
55 Down: Headpiece worn by kid-lit's Fancy Nancy => TIARA
56 Down: City near the Great Salt Lake => OGDEN
59 Down: Admit frankly => AVOW
60 Down: Can I get a word in? => AHEM
61 Down: The Office role for Jenna => PAM
62 Down: Notable period => ERA
63 Down: Finish first => WIN

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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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