Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Crunchy sandwiches with mayo => BLTS
5 Across: Prepare, as avocados for guacamole => MASH
9 Across: Impulsive speed => HASTE
14 Across: Uncommon => RARE
15 Across: __ gobi: vegetarian curry dish => ALOO
16 Across: Grouch on TV => OSCAR
17 Across: Off-Broadway award => OBIE
18 Across: Prefix with second or bot => NANO
19 Across: Beach shoe => THONG
20 Across: Present surroundings? => WRAPPINGPAPER
23 Across: Taco topping => SALSA
24 Across: Lav => LOO
25 Across: Faux __ => PAS
28 Across: Sci-fi aviators => ETS
29 Across: Audio cassette successor => COMPACTDISC
34 Across: Common __ => SENSE
35 Across: Little bit => IOTA
36 Across: Jeans option => DISTRESSEDDENIM
42 Across: Away from shore => ASEA
43 Across: Nose-in-the-air type => SNOOT
44 Across: One with pressing needs? => BODYBUILDER
48 Across: Fuss => ADO
51 Across: Horn-heavy genre => SKA
52 Across: Communication syst. in which an ILY gesture means I love you => ASL
53 Across: Rubber-__ shoes => SOLED
55 Across: Shredded, or an apt description of 20-, 29-, 36-, and 44-Across => TOTALLYRIPPED
60 Across: Slacks alternative => SKIRT
62 Across: Sweetheart => BEAU
63 Across: Ductwork sealer => TAPE
64 Across: Frenemy, maybe => RIVAL
65 Across: Start of a German count? => EINS
66 Across: Decorates, as cookies => ICES
67 Across: Hello Grammy winner => ADELE
68 Across: Film scene shot without interruption => TAKE
69 Across: Amazon icon => CART

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Window-shop => BROWSE
2 Down: Animal in many 3-Down => LABRAT
3 Down: Experiments => TRIALS
4 Down: Trickles (in) => SEEPS
5 Down: Finger painting, for short? => MANI
6 Down: Ruck of HBO's Succession => ALAN
7 Down: Hello, for one => SONG
8 Down: Hullabaloo => HOOPLA
9 Down: Communal Asian meal with simmering broth => HOTPOT
10 Down: Tennis legend Arthur => ASHE
11 Down: Desert stinger => SCORPION
12 Down: Beach tone => TAN
13 Down: Unit of energy => ERG
21 Down: Indiana cager => PACER
22 Down: NYC rep since 2019 => AOC
26 Down: Italian wine region => ASTI
27 Down: Bamboozle => SCAM
30 Down: Four quarters => ONE
31 Down: Bks. in progress => MSS
32 Down: Special Topics in Calamity Physics novelist Marisha => PESSL
33 Down: Food plan => DIET
34 Down: Airbnb visit, say => STAY
36 Down: Finger-paints, perhaps => DABS
37 Down: Doesn't seem to be hurt => ISOK
38 Down: Tranquilizer => SEDATIVE
39 Down: Cut off => END
40 Down: Mama deer => DOE
41 Down: Latissimus __: back muscle => DORSI
45 Down: Skirmish => BATTLE
46 Down: Team with four Women's World Cup titles => USA
47 Down: Yeah, right! => ILLBET
48 Down: Vicuña descendant => ALPACA
49 Down: More meaningful => DEEPER
50 Down: Most peculiar => ODDEST
54 Down: Eye-related => OPTIC
56 Down: __ history => ORAL
57 Down: A Skywalker twin => LEIA
58 Down: Hard pull => YANK
59 Down: Subterfuge => RUSE
60 Down: Mme., in Madrid => SRA
61 Down: Minor character? => KID

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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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