Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Galaxy body => STAR
5 Across: Fellow => CHAP
9 Across: Mezcal base => AGAVE
14 Across: Sharpen => HONE
15 Across: Chicago airport => OHARE
16 Across: Mortal danger => PERIL
17 Across: Like Scotch => AGED
18 Across: Flat-bottomed ship => BARGE
19 Across: Third-stringers => CTEAM
20 Across: No one told me! => HOWWASITOKNOW
23 Across: Monsters, __ => INC
24 Across: Like most of Nunavut's population => INUIT
26 Across: Had a new proprietor => CHANGEDOWNERSHIP
34 Across: Solitary => LONE
35 Across: Ill-advised action => NONO
36 Across: Terse summons => SEEME
37 Across: Climbing greenery => IVY
38 Across: Economist and social reformer Webb who coined the term collective bargaining => BEATRICE
41 Across: Sushi spheres => ROE
42 Across: Bronze, e.g. => MEDAL
44 Across: European capital west of Helsinki => OSLO
45 Across: Rain buckets => POUR
46 Across: Run errands during a bad storm, say => BRAVETHEELEMENTS
50 Across: Ouch! => YOWIE
51 Across: Arrested Development narrator Howard => RON
52 Across: Heart of an operation, and a hidden feature of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across => COMMANDCENTER
59 Across: Take the top off => UNCAP
62 Across: Coast => SHORE
63 Across: Bryant of Human Resources => AIDY
64 Across: Garden tool => SPADE
65 Across: Tiny bits => IOTAS
66 Across: Grand opening? => MEGA
67 Across: Follow, as a hunch => ACTON
68 Across: Russian no => NYET
69 Across: Utopia => EDEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Persian word for king => SHAH
2 Down: Like takeout orders => TOGO
3 Down: From the top => ANEW
4 Down: Pinot noir or merlot => REDWINE
5 Down: Masala __: milky spiced tea => CHAI
6 Down: Male deer => HART
7 Down: Golden Fleece ship => ARGO
8 Down: Glance through an open door, say => PEEKIN
9 Down: Way for a high schooler to build credit? => APCOURSE
10 Down: Catch on (to) => GETWISE
11 Down: We __ the Champions => ARE
12 Down: By way of => VIA
13 Down: Stately tree => ELM
15 Down: Lewd => OBSCENE
21 Down: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Lee => ANG
22 Down: St. Louis-to-Chicago dir. => NNE
25 Down: Charlize of Mad Max: Fury Road => THERON
26 Down: Scale => CLIMB
27 Down: Be overattentive, as a waiter => HOVER
28 Down: Sometime soon => ANYDAY
29 Down: Classic film noir about a man investigating his own murder => DOA
30 Down: Pirouetting, say => ONTOE
31 Down: In sorrier shape => WORSE
32 Down: Catch you later => IMOUT
33 Down: Social equals => PEERS
38 Down: Used dynamite on, as a safe => BLEWOPEN
39 Down: Unwell => ILL
40 Down: Strong-arms => COERCES
43 Down: Green topper for toast => AVOCADO
45 Down: Writer's alias => PENNAME
47 Down: Three-time NBA Finals MVP Duncan => TIM
48 Down: Confines => HEMSIN
49 Down: Tavern owner on The Simpsons => MOE
53 Down: Greeting on deck => AHOY
54 Down: Staff member? => NOTE
55 Down: Dagnabbit! => DRAT
56 Down: Like a game headed to overtime => TIED
57 Down: Rim => EDGE
58 Down: Actor Gosling => RYAN
59 Down: Mex. neighbor => USA
60 Down: Video game figure not controlled by a human: Abbr. => NPC
61 Down: Calico or tuxedo => CAT

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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