Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 12, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Stoppers => PLUGS
6 Across: Facebook verb => LIKE
10 Across: Food writer Drummond => REE
13 Across: Southeast Asian capital => HANOI
14 Across: One-over-par score => BOGEY
15 Across: Sargasso Sea spawner => EEL
16 Across: *Period of connectivity that began in the 1990s => INTERNETAGE
18 Across: Maven => PRO
19 Across: Paper cutters => SCISSORS
20 Across: Send via UPS or USPS => SHIP
21 Across: Billie Eilish's All the Good Girls Go to __ => HELL
22 Across: *Place for navel gazers? => ORANGETREE
26 Across: Actress Jessica who co-founded The Honest Company => ALBA
28 Across: Average booster => EASYA
29 Across: Sprang up => AROSE
32 Across: Firm: Abbr. => CORP
33 Across: __ Lanka => SRI
36 Across: *Let me stop you right there => DONTGETANYIDEAS
40 Across: Dead __ Scrolls => SEA
41 Across: Iraq neighbor => IRAN
42 Across: Down-yielding duck => EIDER
43 Across: McSorley's Bar painter => SLOAN
45 Across: Fed. food stamper => USDA
47 Across: *Power source for some superheroes? => MUTANTGENE
50 Across: Helen of Troy's mother => LEDA
54 Across: The Grand Ole __ => OPRY
55 Across: Places for hoops and studs => EARLOBES
57 Across: __ to Dirt: Sharon Olds poem => ODE
58 Across: Modern innovator, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues => CHANGEAGENT
61 Across: Long, in Hawaiian => LOA
62 Across: Cola with a red, white, and blue logo => PEPSI
63 Across: Sip => NURSE
64 Across: Inquire => ASK
65 Across: Avant-garde => ARTY
66 Across: Dissuade => DETER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lure with false emails => PHISH
2 Down: Jousting weapon => LANCE
3 Down: Up to => UNTIL
4 Down: Brings up the rear => GOESLAST
5 Down: Knight titles => SIRS
6 Down: Mucho => LOTSA
7 Down: Three-time French Open winner Swiatek => IGA
8 Down: Barrel of beer => KEG
9 Down: Word with wash or wear => EYE
10 Down: Said another way => REPHRASED
11 Down: Like a haunted house => EERIE
12 Down: Get to I do without the ado => ELOPE
14 Down: Utterer of Yogi-isms => BERRA
17 Down: Gaming novice => NOOB
20 Down: Messy room => STY
23 Down: Glowing gas => NEON
24 Down: The Far Side cartoonist Larson => GARY
25 Down: Spotted => ESPIED
27 Down: American __: veterans' group => LEGION
29 Down: Commercial intrusions => ADS
30 Down: Caviar => ROE
31 Down: Racking up wins => ONASTREAK
32 Down: Soda container => CAN
34 Down: Insecure actress Issa => RAE
35 Down: Leb. neighbor => ISR
37 Down: Q.E.D. part => ERAT
38 Down: Sharp flavor => TANG
39 Down: Lines of communication? => DIALOGUE
44 Down: __ of the land => LAY
45 Down: Dragon roll ingredient => UNAGI
46 Down: Desertlike => SERE
47 Down: Bucks => MOOLA
48 Down: Beehives and some buns => UPDOS
49 Down: Like the itsy-bitsy spider => EENSY
51 Down: Film critic Roger => EBERT
52 Down: Slow on the uptake => DENSE
53 Down: Starlike flower => ASTER
56 Down: Arrive at the airport safely => LAND
58 Down: IRS form expert => CPA
59 Down: She/__ pronouns => HER
60 Down: Fitting => APT

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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