Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 5, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Marketing target for K'nex Mighty Makers => GIRL
5 Across: Mass transit option => RAIL
9 Across: Immature beetles => GRUBS
14 Across: Notion => IDEA
15 Across: White-bellied mammal => ORCA
16 Across: Send in => REMIT
17 Across: Evergreen seedlings? => FIRBABIES
19 Across: Meaningless, as a gesture => EMPTY
20 Across: Tangled => SNARLED
21 Across: Scratch (out) => EKE
23 Across: __-Mex => TEX
24 Across: Nearly invisible pest => GNAT
25 Across: Medal metal => BRONZE
27 Across: Shade tree that's been pruned too severely? => TOPLESSBEECH
32 Across: Accords, e.g. => CARS
35 Across: Irish __ => SEA
36 Across: Writer Dillard => ANNIE
37 Across: Pie __ mode => ALA
38 Across: Cook quickly => STIRFRY
41 Across: Smidgen => TAD
42 Across: Part of a network => MODEM
44 Across: What are you doing!? => HEY
45 Across: Stern greeting? => AHOY
46 Across: Fruit tree in the royal orchard? => PEAROFQUEENS
50 Across: Easy-to-wash carpet => RAGRUG
51 Across: Gumbo pod => OKRA
54 Across: Ctrl-__-Del => ALT
56 Across: As well => TOO
57 Across: How We Do (Party) singer => RITAORA
60 Across: Clean out => PURGE
62 Across: Recently developed conifer cultivar? => THENEWYEW
64 Across: Checkups => EXAMS
65 Across: Help when one shouldn't => ABET
66 Across: Proactiv target => ACNE
67 Across: Last stop, often => DEPOT
68 Across: Star Wars film starring Alden Ehrenreich => SOLO
69 Across: Pro choices? => YEAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Some embedded images => GIFS
2 Down: Checking the age of, say => IDING
3 Down: Aired again => RERAN
4 Down: Research subjects with whiskers => LABRATS
5 Down: Garment that may match slippers => ROBE
6 Down: Like Death Valley => ARID
7 Down: Old fashioned rocks? => ICE
8 Down: Elements of fiber optic communications => LASERS
9 Down: NFL city with the smallest population => GREENBAY
10 Down: Sleep cycle => REM
11 Down: Indefinite ordinal => UMPTEENTH
12 Down: Sharp quality => BITE
13 Down: Mr. Roboto band => STYX
18 Down: Quartet member => ALTO
22 Down: Levels, briefly => KOS
25 Down: Tight squeeze => BEARHUG
26 Down: __ garden => ZEN
28 Down: Rose Parade setting? => PST
29 Down: Island floral arrangement => LEI
30 Down: Later! => CIAO
31 Down: Lamarr in the National Inventors Hall of Fame => HEDY
32 Down: Sleep in a tent => CAMP
33 Down: Lotion additive => ALOE
34 Down: Where a zipper may get caught? => RADARTRAP
38 Down: Exhaust-ive check? => SMOGTEST
39 Down: Charge => FEE
40 Down: Whiskey choice => RYE
43 Down: MLB stat that's good when it's low => ERA
45 Down: Glad to take questions => ASKAWAY
47 Down: To counterpart => FRO
48 Down: Target numbers => QUOTAS
49 Down: Bill => NOTE
52 Down: British automaker who partnered with Charles Rolls => ROYCE
53 Down: Olympic venue => ARENA
54 Down: Mirrored => APED
55 Down: Fancy-schmancy => LUXE
57 Down: Film spool => REEL
58 Down: Excited about => INTO
59 Down: Floors => AWES
61 Down: Frankenfood initials => GMO
63 Down: Curb Your Enthusiasm network => HBO

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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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