Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 23, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: High fashion? => UPDO
5 Across: Gramps alternative => PAPA
9 Across: Scratches, e.g. => FLAWS
14 Across: Large-eyed primate with a toxic bite => SLOWLORIS
16 Across: Medium for delivering course corrections => REDINK
18 Across: Look => FACIALEXPRESSION
20 Across: Phrase heard during a demonstration => LIKESO
21 Across: Frozen drinks => ICEES
22 Across: Hip-hop pioneer Kool __ Dee => MOE
23 Across: Tops => ACES
24 Across: Quite a lot => HEAPS
25 Across: The thing with feathers, per Dickinson => HOPE
26 Across: Come into => GET
27 Across: Ready to play => CUED
29 Across: Percocet, codeine, etc. => OPIATES
31 Across: Cry for attention? => TENHUT
33 Across: That wasn't exactly honest => ILIED
34 Across: Working capital, in a way => TRADESECRETS
36 Across: Get new life out of => REUSE
37 Across: Tarator ingredient => TAHINI
38 Across: Clouseau player => SELLERS
40 Across: Hudson of Glass Onion => KATE
41 Across: Kitty => POT
44 Across: Like some holiday sweaters => UGLY
45 Across: Pocket protector? => MISER
47 Across: Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame => LOBO
48 Across: Furrow => RUT
49 Across: Could or could not => MIGHT
50 Across: Goes around in circles => TWIRLS
52 Across: Snack with which one could be caught red-handed? => FLAMINHOTCHEETOS
55 Across: __ solution => SALINE
56 Across: Happy place => CLOUDNINE
57 Across: Show again => REAIR
58 Across: Spare __ => KEYS
59 Across: Yields to gravity => SAGS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Symbol on a space suit, for short => USFLAG
2 Down: The carp play the harp / The __ play the bass: Under the Sea lyrics => PLAICE
3 Down: List for a trial period? => DOCKET
4 Down: Baby bumps? => OWIES
5 Down: Sport that's a lot of horsing around => POLO
6 Down: Is for two => ARE
7 Down: Part of a fictional flight plan => PIXIEDUST
8 Down: Rescue org. => ASPCA
9 Down: Nonconformist => FREESPIRIT
10 Down: Not so much => LESS
11 Down: Subway car decor => ADS
12 Down: Handheld Nintendo devices => WIIMOTES
13 Down: Did some digging => SNOOPED
15 Down: __ Mañanitas: Mexican birthday song => LAS
17 Down: Strike zone bottom => KNEES
19 Down: Credit report blot => REPO
24 Down: lol => HEHE
25 Down: Tortuga's country => HAITI
27 Down: Cut off => CEASE
28 Down: The Incredibles villain likely inspired by Marvel Comics' Mole Man => UNDERMINER
30 Down: The Handmaid's Tale executive producer Chaiken => ILENE
31 Down: White Claw rival => TRULY
32 Down: Whistler on the range => TEAKETTLE
34 Down: Clear sign => TELLTALE
35 Down: Arctic __ => CHAR
36 Down: Frequent patron => REGULAR
38 Down: Goes over board? => SURFS
39 Down: Eye roll accompanier, maybe => SIGH
41 Down: The Merchant of Venice heroine => PORTIA
42 Down: Like most mozzarella sticks => OBLONG
43 Down: Flings => TOSSES
46 Down: Flabbergast => SHOCK
47 Down: Bank claims => LIENS
49 Down: __ fridge => MINI
50 Down: Q.E.D. => THUS
51 Down: Unite beneath a chuppah, e.g. => WED
53 Down: Emma's La La Land role => MIA
54 Down: Demure => COY

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 74 clues are solved in the section above.
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