Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Formula One event => RACE
5 Across: Prep, as onions => CHOP
9 Across: __ bean => PINTO
14 Across: Machine that helps with 51-Down => CPAP
15 Across: [Snicker] => HEHE
16 Across: Trapshooting => SKEET
17 Across: *Synthetic pump => ARTIFICIALHEART
20 Across: General on American Chinese menus => TSO
21 Across: Asian country divided in 1945 => KOREA
22 Across: __-la-la => TRA
23 Across: Meaning of an unlit vacancy sign => NOROOM
26 Across: *Cheap shot => LOWBLOW
28 Across: Kept cold => ICED
29 Across: Chicken __ king => ALA
32 Across: Vega's constellation => LYRA
33 Across: With 43-Across, When one door closes, another door opens, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues => THEENDISJUST
38 Across: Cruelty-free lip balm brand => EOS
39 Across: Secret spots? => ARMPITS
40 Across: That guy's => HIS
43 Across: See 33-Across => THEBEGINNING
45 Across: Bangers partner => MASH
48 Across: Foreign policy org. chaired by the president => NSC
49 Across: Grand slam awards acronym => EGOT
50 Across: *Regional collective pronoun => ALLYALL
54 Across: Decade following Y2K => AUGHTS
56 Across: Regret => RUE
57 Across: Marshmallowy Easter treats => PEEPS
60 Across: Mouse site => PAD
61 Across: *There really is a wolf now! => IMEANITTHISTIME
66 Across: Painful turning point? => ANKLE
67 Across: Primary => MAIN
68 Across: Necessary __ => EVIL
69 Across: __ mañana => HASTA
70 Across: SportsCenter network => ESPN
71 Across: Swabbing spot => DECK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: TV pioneer => RCA
2 Down: Fourth mo. => APR
3 Down: Towers that may have scratching posts => CATTREES
4 Down: Star Wars installment => EPISODE
5 Down: Greek X => CHI
6 Down: What the __!? => HECK
7 Down: Home state of the Reds and the Browns => OHIO
8 Down: Gem from a mollusk => PEARL
9 Down: Balderdash! => PSHAW
10 Down: Barinholtz of The Mindy Project => IKE
11 Down: In a tidy way => NEATLY
12 Down: Paralyzing fear => TERROR
13 Down: Home of Canada's Parliament Hill => OTTAWA
18 Down: __ Fighters: Dave Grohl's band => FOO
19 Down: Astrological cat => LEO
23 Down: Nick at __ => NITE
24 Down: Dos y seis => OCHO
25 Down: Spanish parent => MADRE
27 Down: Classic sammie => BLT
30 Down: Support for a tire swing => LIMB
31 Down: Colorado ski town => ASPEN
34 Down: Casual rejection => NAH
35 Down: Joyful dances => JIGS
36 Down: Erie Canal city => UTICA
37 Down: Tax ID => SSN
40 Down: Compete in a dramatic event at the World Aquatics Championships => HIGHDIVE
41 Down: Playing to break a tie, briefly => INOT
42 Down: Some NCOs => SGTS
43 Down: Quaker adjective => THY
44 Down: Canceled out => NEGATED
45 Down: Singer Carey => MARIAH
46 Down: College grad => ALUMNA
47 Down: Makes glossy, as hair => SLEEKS
51 Down: Sleeper's problem => APNEA
52 Down: Floral wreath => LEI
53 Down: I can do that => LETME
55 Down: FedEx rival => UPS
58 Down: School gps. => PTAS
59 Down: Use 55-Down, say => SHIP
62 Down: Flying fig. => ALT
63 Down: Quaint lodging => INN
64 Down: Need for playing Rock Band, for short => MIC
65 Down: Great Plains grazer => ELK

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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