Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 26, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Danish shoe brand => ECCO
5 Across: __ Sketch => ETCHA
10 Across: Study desperately => CRAM
14 Across: Contented sighs => AAHS
15 Across: Croc kin => GATOR
16 Across: Subway fare? => HERO
17 Across: *Posh quintet? => SPICEGIRLS
19 Across: Grub => EATS
20 Across: Wriggle out of => ESCAPE
21 Across: Paper handout => LEAFLET
23 Across: Eliminates => RIDS
25 Across: Our treat! => ONUS
26 Across: Cutting tool => SAW
29 Across: *Robbers & Cowards indie rock band => COLDWARKIDS
34 Across: Other, in Spanish => OTRO
36 Across: Stat! => NOW
37 Across: On bed rest, say => LAIDUP
38 Across: __ Break: Kathryn Bigelow surfing film => POINT
40 Across: Verve => PEP
42 Across: Lauder of cosmetics => ESTEE
43 Across: Remove from office => UNSEAT
45 Across: Before, in poetry => ERE
47 Across: Fill up => SATE
48 Across: *Musical duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe => PETSHOPBOYS
51 Across: Ra or Odin => GOD
52 Across: Business casual top => POLO
53 Across: Moist => DEWY
55 Across: Consonant sound common in Spanish => ROLLEDR
58 Across: Spa rooms with heated stones => SAUNAS
62 Across: Et __: and others => ALIA
63 Across: Ministry community for religious teens, and what the answer to each starred clue can be called => YOUTHGROUP
66 Across: Avocado app => GUAC
67 Across: Closing section of music => OUTRO
68 Across: Cry of accomplishment => TADA
69 Across: Ambiguous amount => SOME
70 Across: Can you __ in a sentence? => USEIT
71 Across: Lower leg part => SHIN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Make less demanding => EASE
2 Down: Means of emphasis => CAPS
3 Down: Stylish => CHIC
4 Down: Muppet who sings I Love Trash => OSCAR
5 Down: Stirred up => EGGEDON
6 Down: Mai __ => TAI
7 Down: NFL snapper => CTR
8 Down: Lacking substance => HOLLOW
9 Down: Premier League powerhouse => ARSENAL
10 Down: Gesture of approval => CHEFSKISS
11 Down: True-to-life => REAL
12 Down: Museu Picasso pieces => ARTE
13 Down: The better part => MOST
18 Down: Monumental => EPIC
22 Down: Mystical halos => AURAE
24 Down: Unappetizing fare => SLOP
26 Down: Absorb, as a spill => SOPUP
27 Down: Do penance (for) => ATONE
28 Down: Apple Watch spot => WRIST
30 Down: Dorky sort => DWEEB
31 Down: Heart on a dog collar, perhaps => IDTAG
32 Down: Caused by => DUETO
33 Down: Word with dating or skating => SPEED
35 Down: Column to the left of a decimal => ONESPLACE
39 Down: Lake in the Sierra Nevadas => TAHOE
41 Down: Poke => PROD
44 Down: Just like I said! => TOLDYOU
46 Down: Field of view => EYESHOT
49 Down: Allowing for osmosis => POROUS
50 Down: Party favors => SWAG
54 Down: Glamping options => YURTS
55 Down: __ to riches story => RAGS
56 Down: So You Want To Talk About Race writer Ijeoma => OLUO
57 Down: Actor Neeson => LIAM
59 Down: Biblical ark builder => NOAH
60 Down: German automaker => AUDI
61 Down: Era => SPAN
64 Down: Native of the Great Basin => UTE
65 Down: Swim-bike-run race, for short => TRI

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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