Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Poaching targets => EGGS
5 Across: Afghanistan's capital => KABUL
10 Across: Rumor __ it ... => HAS
13 Across: Alpaca product => WOOL
14 Across: One more song! => ENCORE
15 Across: One in a concert lineup => AMP
16 Across: Injury sustained while making guacamole => AVOCADOHAND
18 Across: NFL arbiter => REF
19 Across: John Fetterman's title, briefly => SEN
20 Across: Bat mitzvah, e.g. => RITE
21 Across: Here's the one-sentence version letters => TLDR
23 Across: Makes urgent decisions? => TRIAGES
25 Across: Dangerous pool in a video game => LAVAPIT
28 Across: Perfect is the __ of the good => ENEMY
29 Across: Person aggressively opposed to progress => MOSSBACK
30 Across: Violets or lilacs => FLOWERS
33 Across: __ Tomé and Príncipe => SAO
34 Across: First track on Fleetwood Mac's Mystery to Me album => EMERALDEYES
37 Across: Wood-burning stove buildup => ASH
39 Across: More icky => GROSSER
40 Across: Nitwit => PEABRAIN
43 Across: Theater walkway => AISLE
47 Across: Pico de gallo pepper => SERRANO
48 Across: Czech Republic region => BOHEMIA
50 Across: Urban haze => SMOG
51 Across: Deutschland city on the Rhein => KOLN
52 Across: Corn unit => EAR
53 Across: Steamed bun in Asian cuisine => BAO
54 Across: Marvel Comics supervillain, or a creature made up of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 40-Across? => GREENGOBLIN
58 Across: BYOB part => OWN
59 Across: Word on the California state seal => EUREKA
60 Across: What __ is new? => ELSE
61 Across: Social science subj. => PSY
62 Across: Faculty positions => DEANS
63 Across: Turned red? => DYED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Discarded Apples, e.g. => EWASTE
2 Down: Do House work? => GOVERN
3 Down: Mouth, Chunk, or Data, in a 1985 film => GOONIE
4 Down: 2002 Winter Games host, initially => SLC
5 Down: Pretzel shapes => KNOTS
6 Down: Throb => ACHE
7 Down: __ constrictor => BOA
8 Down: Caterer's coffee container => URN
9 Down: Some Best Buy buys, briefly => LEDTVS
10 Down: Absolutely not => HARDPASS
11 Down: IN place? => AMERICA
12 Down: Sunblock letters => SPF
14 Down: Actress Falco => EDIE
17 Down: Knitting pattern => ARGYLE
22 Down: Research site => LAB
24 Down: Radio switch letters => AMFM
25 Down: House of __ => LORDS
26 Down: Donkeys => ASSES
27 Down: MMA decision => TKO
29 Down: Honeydew, e.g. => MELON
31 Down: Instrument with pipes => ORGAN
32 Down: Nintendo antagonist with a W on his cap => WARIO
34 Down: Get Who Gets You dating site => EHARMONY
35 Down: Don't think so => YEAHNO
36 Down: Canal with a museum in Syracuse => ERIE
37 Down: High-level HS courses => APS
38 Down: Vacillates => SEESAWS
41 Down: Dude => BRO
42 Down: Worn out => RAGGED
44 Down: Hardly fresh => SMELLY
45 Down: Connect (with) => LIAISE
46 Down: Worked for => EARNED
48 Down: Knocks on the head => BONKS
49 Down: Gymnast Korbut => OLGA
51 Down: Eager => KEEN
53 Down: Knock on the head => BOP
55 Down: Have buyer's remorse, say => RUE
56 Down: Significant period => ERA
57 Down: Vegetable plot => BED

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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