Crossword Answers For: Friday, January 26, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Moussaka ingredient => LAMB
5 Across: Harmonious church groups => CHOIRS
11 Across: Parachute necessity => CORD
15 Across: Cookie with a Java Chip flavor => OREO
16 Across: Solitary sort => HERMIT
17 Across: Mind => OBEY
18 Across: Wolverine, for one => XMAN
19 Across: Esoteric information => ARCANA
20 Across: A few => SOME
21 Across: EMIT? => TURNBACKTIME
24 Across: Not quite aligned => OFFSET
26 Across: Inventor who said, I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work => EDISON
29 Across: Slugger Judge who was AP Athlete of the Year in 2022 => AARON
30 Across: Ankle-length attire => MAXI
34 Across: Mouthwash brand => SCOPE
35 Across: Feudal estate => FIEF
36 Across: Selena or Selena Gomez => LATINA
38 Across: Katniss Everdeen portrayer, to fans => JLAW
39 Across: LOOP? => REFLECTINGPOOL
42 Across: Overhang => EAVE
43 Across: Midwestern Native => SAUK
44 Across: Five-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer Ian => THORPE
47 Across: Comes down hard? => SLEETS
51 Across: Just a Geek memoirist Wheaton => WIL
52 Across: SPOT? => FLIPTOPS
57 Across: Tate Modern filler => ART
58 Across: Verdi aria that translates to It was you => ERITU
60 Across: Lisa Halaby's royal name => NOOR
61 Across: Sunlit lobbies => ATRIA
63 Across: RAW? => REVOLUTIONARYWAR
66 Across: Intense => KEEN
67 Across: Some green sauces => PESTOS
68 Across: Senate position => PAGE
69 Across: Divisions in an outdated atlas: Abbr. => SSRS
70 Across: Plumes => CRESTS
71 Across: Exxon constituents? => EXES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bagel topping => LOX
2 Down: Branch => ARM
3 Down: Vegetarian => MEATFREE
4 Down: Pot sweetener => BONUSOFFER
5 Down: Root words? => CHANT
6 Down: Cilantro, e.g. => HERB
7 Down: Wolf of the sea => ORCA
8 Down: Apple since 1998 => IMAC
9 Down: Curling spot => RINK
10 Down: Washington, but not Washington, D.C. => STATE
11 Down: Life itself, to a crepehanger => COSMICJOKE
12 Down: Recital piece for a double-reed woodwind => OBOESOLO
13 Down: Collapse Into Now band => REM
14 Down: Go green, perhaps => DYE
22 Down: Kylo __: The Last Jedi villain => REN
23 Down: Picks out, for short => IDS
24 Down: Lummox => OAF
25 Down: Just => FAIR
27 Down: Iridescent gem => OPAL
28 Down: Not old => NEW
30 Down: Spice cookie spice => MACE
31 Down: QB stat => ATT
32 Down: Roman dozen => XII
33 Down: Accommodating places => INNS
36 Down: Flatten => LEVEL
37 Down: Shocked => AGASP
40 Down: Squiggly baby, to a sitter => LAPFUL
41 Down: Radio wave-emitting star => PULSAR
44 Down: Dances provocatively => TWERKS
45 Down: New faces in the staff lounge => HIREES
46 Down: Last Week Tonight host John => OLIVER
48 Down: Swab target => EARWAX
49 Down: Emergency priority system => TRIAGE
50 Down: Unblinking looks => STARES
53 Down: __ Miami CF => INTER
54 Down: Self-composure => POISE
55 Down: Friendly horn sounds => TOOTS
56 Down: ... but I could be wrong => ORNOT
59 Down: Heavy weights => TONS
62 Down: Variety => TYPE
64 Down: Lines at the register? => UPC
65 Down: Donkey => ASS

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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