Crossword Answers For: Monday, September 4, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Crown sparkler => JEWEL
6 Across: Like the Mandarin and Thai languages => TONAL
11 Across: Surgery ctrs. => ORS
14 Across: Spanish birthplace of St. Teresa => AVILA
15 Across: Food flavoring => SPICE
16 Across: Conjunction that's the B in the FANBOYS mnemonic => BUT
17 Across: *Clue suspect dressed in red => MISSSCARLET
19 Across: Commotion => ADO
20 Across: 4x4, briefly => UTE
21 Across: Boston newspaper => HERALD
22 Across: Foreboding sign => OMEN
23 Across: Package => PARCEL
25 Across: *The key to good locks? => HAIRCARE
27 Across: Poems of praise => ODES
29 Across: Muscle twitch => TIC
30 Across: Regarding => ASTO
33 Across: Civil rights icon Parks => ROSA
36 Across: Tropical fruit => GUAVA
40 Across: *I confess! You got me! => GUILTYASCHARGED
43 Across: Tennis star Naomi => OSAKA
44 Across: Silicon Valley's __ Alto => PALO
45 Across: Pond plant => REED
46 Across: __ be the judge of that => ILL
48 Across: Temptation => URGE
50 Across: *Parakeet's home => BIRDCAGE
55 Across: Elbows => NUDGES
59 Across: Some nest eggs, for short => IRAS
60 Across: Puts underground => BURIES
62 Across: Baseball official => UMP
63 Across: __ Quixote => DON
64 Across: Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? => BREAKTHEICE
66 Across: Ted Lasso setting: Abbr. => ENG
67 Across: Out of style => PASSE
68 Across: Painter's stand => EASEL
69 Across: Night anticipating the Ball Drop, informally => NYE
70 Across: Where most of Moby-Dick takes place => ATSEA
71 Across: Romance novelist Danielle => STEEL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Become clogged, as a printer => JAMUP
2 Down: Buenos Aires musical => EVITA
3 Down: Knowing better now => WISER

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 4 down clues. In total 41 clues are solved in the section above.
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