Crossword Answers For: Friday, September 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Alluring => SEXY
5 Across: One rocking a pocket protector => DWEEB
10 Across: Cerulean kin => AQUA
14 Across: Neutral tone => ECRU
15 Across: Cost => RANTO
16 Across: Has to => MUST
17 Across: Crowd sound => ROAR
18 Across: Four-footed Jetson => ASTRO
19 Across: Marathon measure => PACE
20 Across: Result of an overzealous stylist? => FLYINGTRESSES
23 Across: Member of the fam => SIS
24 Across: Drink that may elicit brain freeze => ICEE
25 Across: Drudgery => TEDIUM
28 Across: Genre for the Maytals => SKA
29 Across: Dispensable candy => PEZ
30 Across: CT scan kin => MRI
31 Across: Result of a Moonstruck actress converting to Judaism? => KOSHERCHER
36 Across: A whole lot (of) => GOBS
37 Across: Cary of Glory => ELWES
38 Across: Crunch targets => ABS
39 Across: Angry with => MADAT
40 Across: Some draft picks => ALES
41 Across: Indulge in many, many naps? => SNOOZETONS
43 Across: Connect => TIE
44 Across: Sever => CUT
45 Across: Extra periods, briefly => OTS
46 Across: Got going => SETOUT
48 Across: Stash of water balloons, e.g. => AMMO
50 Across: Sci-fi beings => ETS
53 Across: Without a doubt!, and a hint to 20-, 31-, and 41-Across => NOBUTSABOUTIT
56 Across: ... or not => WELP
58 Across: Arrested Development actress Portia de __ => ROSSI
59 Across: Title for Helen Mirren => DAME
60 Across: Love god => EROS
61 Across: Wipe out => ERASE
62 Across: Ready to do business => OPEN
63 Across: Like the lawn at dawn => DEWY
64 Across: Stadium toppers => DOMES
65 Across: Coming up => NEXT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Feudal laborers => SERFS
2 Down: Common source of food poisoning => ECOLI
3 Down: Shots at a doctor's office => XRAYS
4 Down: Gagarin who was the first human in outer space => YURI
5 Down: Street racer => DRAGCAR
6 Down: Refuse => WASTE
7 Down: __ nous => ENTRE
8 Down: Basic French verb => ETRE
9 Down: Rocket stage => BOOSTER
10 Down: Full of energy => AMPED
11 Down: Victor Hugo character => QUASIMODO
12 Down: Sch. near Hollywood => USC
13 Down: Devoured => ATE
21 Down: Air Force 1s, e.g. => NIKES
22 Down: __ me! => SEZ
26 Down: __ sprawl => URBAN
27 Down: Humid phenomena => MISTS
28 Down: Spike Lee's __ Gotta Have It => SHES
29 Down: Chihuahua change => PESO
31 Down: Hyperion poet => KEATS
32 Down: Stan's partner in slapstick => OLLIE
33 Down: Product in pink packets => SWEETNLOW
34 Down: Isn't able to => CANT
35 Down: Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery => HBO
36 Down: Heaters => GATS
39 Down: Empowerment hashtag since 2017 => METOO
41 Down: Stitched together => SUTURED
42 Down: Shaun of the Dead figures => ZOMBIES
44 Down: Den youngster => CUB
47 Down: __-daisy! => OOPSY
48 Down: Tea region of India => ASSAM
49 Down: Pool stroke that may damage the felt => MASSE
50 Down: Tour de France section => ETAPE
51 Down: Corporation that began as the Waterbury Clock Company => TIMEX
52 Down: Vessel opener => STENT
54 Down: Big name in lawn mowers => TORO
55 Down: Soup noodle => UDON
56 Down: Married => WED
57 Down: Bard's before => ERE

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