Crossword Answers For: Friday, October 20, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Soft side? => MASH
5 Across: Recipient of a half-hearted gift? => BFF
8 Across: I'm all __ => EARS
12 Across: Encouraging start => ATTA
13 Across: Square footage => AREA
15 Across: Understood => KNEW
16 Across: Alert: Yo-Yo's here!? => YOUVEGOTMA
19 Across: Peak near Catania => ETNA
20 Across: Book end, perhaps => INDEX
21 Across: Breezy goodbye => CIAO
23 Across: Game, __, match => SET
24 Across: Machines used on a peacock farm? => FEATHERPLOWS
28 Across: Caribbean island with the Pitons => STLUCIA
31 Across: Tylenol target => PAIN
32 Across: Piggy bank addition => COIN
33 Across: __ bunny => DUST
36 Across: Performed a saut de chat, e.g. => LEAPT
39 Across: Director Lee => ANG
40 Across: Staple legumes, or parsed differently, what 16- and 24-Across did for 51- and 63-Across => LENTILS
42 Across: Like some larb => LAO
43 Across: Maestro Zubin => MEHTA
45 Across: Tit for tat, maybe => TYPO
46 Across: Ages and ages => EONS
47 Across: Reusable 5-Down => TOTE
49 Across: Goes deep => PLUNGES
51 Across: Really hot person in the cockpit? => MELTINGPILOT
55 Across: Prof's email ender => EDU
56 Across: Philip Marlowe genre => NOIR
57 Across: Story with a lesson => FABLE
61 Across: Ruckuses => DINS
63 Across: Wooden model of an Italian city? => STICKMILAN
66 Across: Uncomfortable sensation => ITCH
67 Across: Uncomfortable sensation => ACHE
68 Across: Ilsa __: Casablanca heroine => LUND
69 Across: Arthur who authored A Hard Road to Glory => ASHE
70 Across: Dark side of a notable pair => YIN
71 Across: Chocolate brand owned by Berkshire Hathaway => SEES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Question of permission => MAYI
2 Down: So much => ATON
3 Down: Poker variety => STUD
4 Down: Live it up! => HAVEFUN
5 Down: Groceries carrier => BAG
6 Down: To, the contrary => FRO
7 Down: Go get it, to a dog => FETCH
8 Down: Just scrape (out) => EKE
9 Down: Picnic snack that appears to have picnic invaders => ANTSONALOG
10 Down: Not allow to expire => RENEW
11 Down: Goes after a fly => SWATS
14 Down: Tahiti sweetie => AMIE
17 Down: Board VIP => EXEC
18 Down: Org. with sponsored Medicare plans => AARP
22 Down: Australian gems => OPALS
25 Down: Many a Veep role => AIDE
26 Down: Say neener neener, say => TAUNT
27 Down: Deception => LIE
28 Down: Deception => SCAM
29 Down: Vocal quality => TONE
30 Down: Small salad and half a sandwich, say => LIGHTLUNCH
34 Down: Pig pad => STY
35 Down: Actress Hedren => TIPPI
37 Down: Window section => PANE
38 Down: Lob => TOSS
40 Down: Exempli gratia, e.g. => LATIN
41 Down: Relax => LOLL
44 Down: Ore-Ida offering => TOT
46 Down: Requires => ENTAILS
48 Down: Son of Seth => ENOS
50 Down: Sch. with a Twin Cities campus => UOFM
51 Down: Marshall McLuhan focus => MEDIA
52 Down: Uses Photoshop => EDITS
53 Down: Bhagavad-__ => GITA
54 Down: A bit steep => PRICY
58 Down: Word with blood or moon => BLUE
59 Down: Rural road => LANE
60 Down: Finishes => ENDS
62 Down: Pronoun option => SHE
64 Down: Flat-iron brand => CHI
65 Down: 2023 role for Ryan, Simu, Kingsley, and others => KEN

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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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