Crossword Answers For: Friday, September 1, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Gets moving => PRODS
6 Across: One inch = one mile, e.g. => SCALE
11 Across: Gym unit => REP
14 Across: Edible flower whose bulb has a toxic core => TULIP
15 Across: More washed out => PALER
16 Across: Brief qualifier => IMO
17 Across: In sum ... => ANDSO
18 Across: Worrier's intro => IFEAR
19 Across: NCIS airer => CBS
20 Across: Pouch for collecting cobs? => CORNERPOCKET
23 Across: Slobbery smooch => WETONE
26 Across: Inflammation reducers => STEROIDS
27 Across: 2 Fast 2 Furious actress Mendes => EVA
28 Across: Swiper of Dora the Explorer, for one => FOX
30 Across: ISP choice => DSL
31 Across: Source of inspiration for a candlemaker? => WAXMUSEUM
35 Across: Culturally pretentious => ARTY
39 Across: Paragon => IDEAL
40 Across: The Nature Conservancy, e.g., briefly => NGO
41 Across: Only state to adopt a state seal designed by a woman => IDAHO
42 Across: Swift's home => NEST
43 Across: Cry of dismay from a sailor? => AHOYMATEY
45 Across: Short address => URL
48 Across: Summit => TOP
49 Across: Angsty music genre => EMO
50 Across: Spike => INCREASE
55 Across: Transcript components => GRADES
57 Across: Proceed with confidence!, and how to make the answers to 20-, 31-, and 43-Across match their clues => NOHESITATION
59 Across: St. crosser => AVE
60 Across: Saw => ADAGE
61 Across: Pop in on => VISIT
65 Across: Tiny => WEE
66 Across: Downtimes => LULLS
67 Across: Play to the cheap seats => EMOTE
68 Across: Yellowstone resident => ELK
69 Across: Olympic blades => EPEES
70 Across: Like flourless chocolate cake => DENSE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: School gp. that sponsors book fairs => PTA
2 Down: Jog => RUN
3 Down: Out-of-date => OLD
4 Down: Pop band Panic! at the __ => DISCO
5 Down: Sugar amount, per Mary Poppins => SPOONFUL
6 Down: Test-drive => SPIN
7 Down: Bistros => CAFES
8 Down: Fully caffeinated, say => ALERT
9 Down: Jumped => LEAPED
10 Down: Crossword clues that don't match their answers, e.g. => ERRORS
11 Down: Documentary filmmaker Stern => RICKI
12 Down: Battle zone journalist => EMBED
13 Down: Fence supports => POSTS
21 Down: Some antique cars => REOS
22 Down: Piña __ => COLADA
23 Down: Victorious cry => WEWIN
24 Down: Dodge => EVADE
25 Down: Strains => TAXES
29 Down: TV's warrior princess => XENA
32 Down: Fully grown => MATURE
33 Down: Repulsed reaction => UGH
34 Down: No longer relevant => MOOT
36 Down: Like books on goodreads.com => RATED
37 Down: __ park => THEME
38 Down: Vacillates => YOYOS
41 Down: Got better => IMPROVED
44 Down: Meditation expert => YOGI
46 Down: Goal of many eBayers => RESALE
47 Down: Out of commission => LAIDUP
50 Down: Bowled over => INAWE
51 Down: Mrs. Dalloway or The Hours => NOVEL
52 Down: __ by jowl: side by side => CHEEK
53 Down: Overused => STALE
54 Down: Two under par => EAGLE
56 Down: Naruto genre => ANIME
58 Down: Poet Gallagher => TESS
62 Down: Lenny Kravitz, to Roxie Roker => SON
63 Down: __ not what you think => ITS
64 Down: Gym shirt => TEE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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