Crossword Answers For: Monday, September 18, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cheese __: Wisconsin snack => CURDS
6 Across: October birthstone => OPAL
10 Across: Solemn oath => VOW
13 Across: Turner of Game of Thrones => SOPHIE
14 Across: Lymph __: immune system part => NODE
15 Across: Amazement => AWE
16 Across: *LGBT+ organization founded in 1990 => QUEERNATION
18 Across: Bumped into => MET
19 Across: Bone parallel to the radius => ULNA
20 Across: __-mo replay => SLO
21 Across: Open, as a keg => TAP
23 Across: Use an abacus, perhaps => ADD
24 Across: *Chin up! => KEEPSMILING
29 Across: Sample size? => TASTE
31 Across: The North Star => POLARIS
32 Across: Hi-__ graphics => RES
34 Across: Doja Cat genre => RAP
35 Across: Mineral that adds shimmer to cosmetics => MICA
36 Across: *Musical film about a convict who learns to play the guitar in prison => JAILHOUSEROCK
40 Across: Glass unit => PANE
41 Across: Name on a 1950s campaign button => IKE
42 Across: In a funk => SAD
43 Across: Part of a bedroom set => DRESSER
45 Across: Kidney-related => RENAL
49 Across: *Completely unapproachable => ASCOLDASICE
53 Across: Egg cells => OVA
54 Across: MyHeritage sample => DNA
55 Across: Bonfire residue => ASH
56 Across: Sink annoyance => DRIP
57 Across: Sci-fi vehicle => UFO
59 Across: Prepare a deck before dealing, and what the answers to the starred clues literally do => CUTTHECARDS
63 Across: Clever remark => MOT
64 Across: Reflex hammer's target => KNEE
65 Across: Literary comparison => SIMILE
66 Across: Body spray with a Dark Temptation scent => AXE
67 Across: Transgressions => SINS
68 Across: Fresh => SASSY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Might've => COULDA
2 Down: Radically changes => UPENDS
3 Down: Actress Perlman => RHEA
4 Down: N, NE, or NNE => DIR
5 Down: __ of humor => SENSE
6 Down: Leading the pack => ONTOP
7 Down: Finger food at luaus => POI
8 Down: Much __ About Nothing => ADO
9 Down: Soup legume => LENTIL
10 Down: Like some What We Do in the Shadows characters => VAMPIRIC
11 Down: Have an open tab, say => OWE
12 Down: Not just damp => WET
13 Down: Crouch down => SQUAT
17 Down: Keg filler => ALE
22 Down: Très chic => ALAMODE
24 Down: Topple (over) => KEEL
25 Down: Hot springs => SPAS
26 Down: Sulks => MOPES
27 Down: The Last of Us actor Offerman => NICK
28 Down: Agcy. managing federal real estate assets => GSA
30 Down: Tests for fit => TRIESON
33 Down: __ away from => SHIED
34 Down: Actress McClanahan => RUE
36 Down: Pickle containers => JARS
37 Down: Often-amusing story => ANECDOTE
38 Down: Gumbo thickener => OKRA
39 Down: Hard to come by => RARE
40 Down: Tech replaced by smartphones => PDA
44 Down: Trousers => SLACKS
46 Down: Former All Things Considered host Michele => NORRIS
47 Down: With zeal => AVIDLY
48 Down: Run out, as insurance => LAPSE
50 Down: Fills fully => SATES
51 Down: Kinda => ISH
52 Down: Game with grandmasters => CHESS
56 Down: River blockers => DAMS
57 Down: Actress Thurman => UMA
58 Down: Crafty one => FOX
60 Down: Mono- kin => UNI
61 Down: X, at times => TEN
62 Down: Spy-fi org. => CIA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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