Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Arabic for tower => BURJ
5 Across: Hermana de la madre => TIA
8 Across: Skip me => IPASS
13 Across: State with Blue Jackets => OHIO
14 Across: Like bald tires => WORN
16 Across: Pastry in a pink box, in Los Angeles => DONUT
17 Across: Condiment often served with egg rolls => DUCKSAUCE
19 Across: Drop it! => LETGO
20 Across: Extremely steep => SHEER
21 Across: Circle or square => SHAPE
23 Across: Kings, on NBA scoreboards => SAC
24 Across: Queen Latifah's genre => RAP
26 Across: National Pickleball mo. => APR
27 Across: Tined utensil => FORK
28 Across: Loops in discreetly => BCCS
31 Across: News letters => UPI
33 Across: Works for => EARNS
35 Across: NPR host Glass => IRA
36 Across: Budget beef cuts => CHUCKSTEAKS
39 Across: Cute nickname for a fuzzy pet => FURBALL
41 Across: Reach new heights? => LEVELUP
42 Across: Vegetables that rank high on the Scoville scale => FIREPEPPERS
44 Across: Yo, in Rio => OLA
45 Across: Get a feeling => SENSE
46 Across: Go vroom vroom => REV
47 Across: Hideous => UGLY
48 Across: Blow off steam => VENT
49 Across: Animal house? => ZOO
51 Across: Triage ctrs. => ERS
53 Across: Rough calculation, briefly => EST
54 Across: Burdensome => HEAVY
56 Across: Website with customizable RSVP options => EVITE
60 Across: Performance platform => STAGE
62 Across: Cafeteria combat epitomized by the actions in 17-, 36-, and 42-Across? => FOODFIGHT
64 Across: Ski equipment => POLES
65 Across: Inner Hebrides isle => SKYE
66 Across: Fly high => SOAR
67 Across: Church nooks => APSES
68 Across: Proterozoic or Hadean => EON
69 Across: Voyage to India singer India.__ => ARIE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Figures, casually => BODS
2 Down: Nope => UHUH
3 Down: Sushi roll ingredient => RICE
4 Down: Wild cards? => JOKERS
5 Down: JFK hotel named for a defunct airline => TWA
6 Down: Chits => IOUS
7 Down: Ancient => ARCHAIC
8 Down: Waste time => IDLE
9 Down: The Raven poet => POE
10 Down: Celery topped with peanut butter and raisins => ANTSONALOG
11 Down: Day of the Dead symbol => SUGARSKULL
12 Down: Market share? => STOCK
15 Down: Semimonthly tide => NEAP
18 Down: Mexican Mrs. => SRA
22 Down: Save for later, in a way => PRESERVE
25 Down: Gimme a break => PUHLEEZE
27 Down: Available => FREE
28 Down: Back to the Future bully => BIFF
29 Down: Port of call => CRUISESTOP
30 Down: Wheels away? => CARRENTALS
32 Down: Juicer discard => PULP
34 Down: Dune buggies, e.g.: Abbr. => ATVS
36 Down: Lids offerings => CAPS
37 Down: Artist whose name is a homophone of a sculpture medium => KLEE
38 Down: Fix, as a dog => SPAY
40 Down: Dog-eared, say => BENT
43 Down: Get a rise out of => PROVOKE
47 Down: Document from an Amer. embassy => USVISA
48 Down: Milanese moped => VESPA
50 Down: Bumblers => OAFS
52 Down: WNBA official => REF
54 Down: Collectible toy truck brand => HESS
55 Down: Toy with an Eiffel Tower trick => YOYO
57 Down: Rangers goalie Shesterkin => IGOR
58 Down: Pad see ew cuisine => THAI
59 Down: Raison d'__ => ETRE
61 Down: Golly! => GEE
63 Down: Room for movie night => DEN

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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