Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Remove for security reasons, say => REDACT
7 Across: Aw, darn it! => OHHELL
13 Across: Atlas Shrugged author => AYNRAND
15 Across: Roster newbie => ROOKIE
16 Across: Trucker in a union => TEAMSTER
18 Across: __ manual => OWNERS
19 Across: Five dollar face, for short => ABE
20 Across: Olive center => PIT
22 Across: Small plateaus => MESAS
23 Across: Mama's mama => NANA
25 Across: No worries => ITSOKAY
27 Across: Tony-winning musical Dear __ Hansen => EVAN
28 Across: Enjoyed some gum, say => CHEWED
29 Across: Some ESPN highlights => TDS
32 Across: Without restraint => WILDLY
34 Across: True Blood star Paquin => ANNA
35 Across: Sleep cycle letters => REM
36 Across: Final authority => SAYSO
37 Across: Clinic staffers: Abbr. => RNS
38 Across: Lab rodent => MOUSE
40 Across: Tiebreaker periods, briefly => OTS
41 Across: Skidded => SLID
43 Across: Strands in a tree => TINSEL
44 Across: Converged => MET
45 Across: Skor bar center => TOFFEE
47 Across: Key in a PC reboot combo => CTRL
48 Across: Taxi money => CABFARE
49 Across: Tolkien tree creatures => ENTS
50 Across: Vision => SIGHT
53 Across: Pro's 35mm camera, maybe => SLR
54 Across: Pigeon sound => COO
55 Across: Spider-Man: __ the Spider-Verse => ACROSS
57 Across: Neighborhood diner? => LOCAVORE
61 Across: Grunts and groans => NOISES
62 Across: Restored to mint condition => LIKENEW
63 Across: Make sympathetic => ENDEAR
64 Across: Perfectly calm => SERENE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lab rodent => RAT
2 Down: Hurricane center => EYE
3 Down: *Forensic expert on many a crime drama => DNAANALYST
4 Down: Accessories worn by soccer captains => ARMBANDS
5 Down: __ closed! => CASE
6 Down: Explosive initials => TNT
7 Down: Spanish gold => ORO
8 Down: *Is this a smile on my face? => HOWMADAMI
9 Down: Baklava sweetener => HONEY
10 Down: Barely gets (by) => EKES
11 Down: Old Italian bread? => LIRA
12 Down: More or __ => LESS
14 Down: Profundity => DEPTH
17 Down: Move like tides and stock prices, or what the hidden words do in the answers to the starred clues? => RISEANDFALL
21 Down: Small dots on a map => TOWNS
23 Down: California governor Gavin => NEWSOM
24 Down: Fly => AVIATE
25 Down: Unwelcoming => ICY
26 Down: Detective Pikachu actor Watanabe => KEN
29 Down: *Warning from the paranoid => TRUSTNOONE
30 Down: Climate for much of Nevada => DESERT
31 Down: Requires Febreze, maybe => SMELLS
33 Down: *Like Viola and Sebastian's ship at the start of Twelfth Night => LOSTATSEA
37 Down: Jazz licks => RIFFS
39 Down: Quick appraisal => ONCEOVER
42 Down: High tennis shot => LOB
43 Down: Shape of a timeout hand signal => TEE
46 Down: CBS News correspondent Barnett => ERROL
48 Down: Picked => CHOSE
50 Down: Of sound mind => SANE
51 Down: Envelope opened with a click, e.g. => ICON
52 Down: Sudoku diagram => GRID
54 Down: Dessert with icing => CAKE
56 Down: Abbreviation on old Russian maps => SSR
58 Down: Prefix with gender => CIS
59 Down: Driver's Star Wars role => REN
60 Down: Barnyard female => EWE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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