Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 13, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Balance __: gymnastics event => BEAM
5 Across: Theme park transport => TRAM
9 Across: Rave's opposite => PAN
12 Across: Opposite of calor => FRIO
13 Across: Crustaceans eaten by whales => KRILL
14 Across: Japanese wrestling form => SUMO
15 Across: *Seasonal New England attraction => FALLLEAVES
17 Across: Warmup exam for college-bound sophs => PSAT
18 Across: Jousting spear => LANCE
19 Across: Entourage => POSSE
20 Across: *Show of affection made with fluttering eyelashes => BUTTERFLYKISS
23 Across: Hashtag on a social media post about gratitude, perhaps => BLESSED
25 Across: Actress Sophia => LOREN
26 Across: Lollipop taste => LICK
27 Across: Olympics sled => LUGE
28 Across: Feathery neckwear => BOA
31 Across: 2028 Olympics host country: Abbr. => USA
32 Across: *Big name in cloud storage => DROPBOX
35 Across: The NBA's Thunder, on scoreboards => OKC
36 Across: __ Claire, Wisconsin => EAU
37 Across: Experiment sites => LABS
38 Across: Beneficiary of an exfoliation routine => PORE
39 Across: Polish, as shoes => SHINE
41 Across: Pumpkin seeds => PEPITAS
44 Across: *Improvises over a beat => FREESTYLERAPS
47 Across: Polo, for one => SHIRT
48 Across: Causing the heebie-jeebies => EERIE
49 Across: Tickle Me Elmo toy company => TYCO
50 Across: Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues => SINKORSWIM
55 Across: Country across the Arabian Sea from Mumbai => OMAN
56 Across: Opposite of chaos => ORDER
57 Across: Hmm ... bad idea => UHNO
58 Across: Writing implement => PEN
59 Across: Join with heat, as metal pieces => WELD
60 Across: __ fun at => POKE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Closest pal, briefly => BFF
2 Down: Pitching stat => ERA
3 Down: Have a bug => AIL
4 Down: Clam or oyster => MOLLUSK
5 Down: Tracked down => TRACED
6 Down: Water under the bridge => RIVER
7 Down: The A of IPA => ALE
8 Down: D.C. United's org. => MLS
9 Down: Shrek 2 character who occasionally succumbs to hairballs => PUSSINBOOTS
10 Down: Accumulate => AMASS
11 Down: Written reminders => NOTES
13 Down: __ cloth: Ghanaian textile => KENTE
14 Down: Bike wheel part => SPOKE
16 Down: Back muscles, briefly => LATS
19 Down: Oven-safe glassware => PYREX
20 Down: Nothing's stopping me => BECAUSEICAN
21 Down: Goof => FLUB
22 Down: Corporate symbol => LOGO
23 Down: Color of UNICEF's 22-Down => BLUE
24 Down: Salters of ESPN => LISA
27 Down: Vinyl records, for short => LPS
29 Down: Gumbo pod => OKRA
30 Down: Top poker cards => ACES
32 Down: Little-known celebs => DLIST
33 Down: Wild speech => RANT
34 Down: Comply => OBEY
38 Down: Speaks out => PIPESUP
40 Down: Great blue wader => HERON
41 Down: Took a quick look => PEEKED
42 Down: Goof => ERROR
43 Down: Two of a kind => PAIR
44 Down: Camera setting that affects depth => FSTOP
45 Down: Sound alike => RHYME
46 Down: Tennis great Ivan => LENDL
50 Down: Go to seed? => SOW
51 Down: Anger => IRE
52 Down: __ cares! => WHO
53 Down: 58-Across contents => INK
54 Down: The Simpsons bartender => MOE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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