Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 7, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Common => CRASS
6 Across: Got other plans, sorry => CANT
10 Across: Low pair => TWOS
14 Across: Knew the answer => HADIT
15 Across: Drink mentioned in the Walker Hayes song Fancy Like => OREOSHAKE
17 Across: Detroit __: stratified automotive paint polished and cut for jewelry => AGATE
18 Across: Reptile at Kélonia aquarium in Saint-Leu, Réunion => SEATURTLE
19 Across: Spotify playlist that calls itself the most influential playlist in hip-hop => RAPCAVIAR
21 Across: Trial versions => BETAS
22 Across: Jazz dance => STOMP
23 Across: Key st.? => FLA
24 Across: Jeopardy! champion with the show's second-longest win streak => AMYSCHNEIDER
30 Across: Speeds => JETS
32 Across: Sphere => REALM
33 Across: Gesture that means no in some cultures => NOD
35 Across: Lennox of R&B => ARI
36 Across: Element in the tale of Sleeping Beauty => SPINDLE
38 Across: Glop => GOO
39 Across: Many a Wiki article => BIO
40 Across: Home of the Kaaba => MECCA
41 Across: Knack => GIFT
42 Across: Interior support structure => ENDOSKELETON
46 Across: __-weekly => ALT
47 Across: Reclusive sort => LONER
49 Across: Like the smell of burning plastic => ACRID
52 Across: Instrument for Seiichi Tanaka or Eitetsu Hayashi => TAIKODRUM
56 Across: Laxity => LOOSENESS
58 Across: Yankees manager Aaron => BOONE
59 Across: Like someone on the stand => UNDEROATH
60 Across: Vocally => ALOUD
61 Across: Private dinner? => MESS
62 Across: __ gin => SLOE
63 Across: Checks => DAMPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Red-bellied trout => CHAR
2 Down: Some improvisation in Hindi cinema => RAGAS
3 Down: 2002 meta dramedy starring Nicolas Cage as the film's screenwriter => ADAPTATION
4 Down: Light shows? => SITCOMS
5 Down: Hot and heavy => STEAMY
6 Down: Mozart's __ fan tutte => COSI
7 Down: Vicinity => AREA
8 Down: In the vicinity => NEAR
9 Down: Little one => TOT
10 Down: Fine line => THREAD
11 Down: One joule per second => WATT
12 Down: Great Plains st. => OKLA
13 Down: Catches => SEES
16 Down: Stunning => SUBLIME
20 Down: Biden and Harris, initially => VPS
23 Down: Toppled => FELL
25 Down: Pain in the neck => CRICK
26 Down: So => HENCE
27 Down: First man to complete tennis's Surface Slam => NADAL
28 Down: Shipping center? => ENGINEROOM
29 Down: Top => ROOF
30 Down: Poke => JAB
31 Down: Historical allies of the Huron => ERIE
34 Down: Point => DOT
36 Down: Burn slowly => SMOLDER
37 Down: Nuisance => PEST
41 Down: Slopes conveyance => GONDOLA
43 Down: Spots for roasters and toasters => DAISES
44 Down: Large deer => ELK
45 Down: Them's the breaks => TOOBAD
48 Down: Preparatory period => RUNUP
49 Down: Grad => ALUM
50 Down: Retinal cell => CONE
51 Down: Retinal cells => RODS
52 Down: Marsh duck => TEAL
53 Down: Apropos of => ASTO
54 Down: Who __ kidding? => ISHE
55 Down: Scrip orders => MEDS
57 Down: Anti bloc => NOS

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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