Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tracks => CUTS
5 Across: Eva of Green Acres => GABOR
10 Across: Bidding site => EBAY
14 Across: Pronto letters => ASAP
15 Across: Delight => ELATE
16 Across: Rachel Maddow's field => NEWS
17 Across: Simon or Garfunkel => NAME
18 Across: Terra __ => COTTA
19 Across: Small valley => DELL
20 Across: *Bakery employees who offer free samples? => CUPCAKEHOLDERS
23 Across: Purpose => USE
24 Across: Shed => LOSE
25 Across: Summer hrs. in Portsmouth => EDT
26 Across: Some DEA employees => NARCS
28 Across: Smallest state in India => GOA
30 Across: Stable staple => OAT
33 Across: *Mistakes made while preparing a simple breakfast? => POPTARTFOULS
38 Across: Frozen sister => ELSA
41 Across: Misstep => ERROR
42 Across: Water waster => DRIP
43 Across: *Comfort food with a high price tag? => POTPIEOFGOLD
46 Across: Back => AGO
47 Across: The A-Team actor => MRT
48 Across: Abbr. before a year => ESTAB
52 Across: Fundraising org. => PTA
54 Across: Gets faint => DIMS
57 Across: Laundry brand => ERA
58 Across: Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue => ROOMFORDESSERT
62 Across: Soap brand => LAVA
63 Across: French 101 infinitive => AVOIR
64 Across: Last remarks? => OBIT
65 Across: Improves in a cellar, say => AGES
66 Across: Barbershop quartet part => TENOR
67 Across: Soap brand => DOVE
68 Across: Pigeon fancier on Sesame Street => BERT
69 Across: Adversary => ENEMY
70 Across: Took a hatchet to => AXED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Tourist destination on the Yucatán => CANCUN
2 Down: Chant for the red, white, and blue => USAUSA
3 Down: Mess (with) => TAMPER
4 Down: Job detail, for short => SPEC
5 Down: Geico icon => GECKO
6 Down: Medicinal plants => ALOES
7 Down: Come clean? => BATHE
8 Down: A Man Called __: Tom Hanks film based on a Fredrik Backman novel => OTTO
9 Down: Down-to-earth => REAL
10 Down: Done => ENDED
11 Down: Excursion where one might see something brewing? => BEERTOUR
12 Down: Pointed tools => AWLS
13 Down: Designer monogram => YSL
21 Down: To boot => ALSO
22 Down: Like many students at Gallaudet University => DEAF
27 Down: Sleep apnea apparatus, initially => CPAP
28 Down: High seas quaff => GROG
29 Down: Other, in Oaxaca => OTRO
31 Down: Wong of Birds of Prey => ALI
32 Down: Recipe amt. => TSP
34 Down: Equal => PEER
35 Down: Relaxed pace => TROT
36 Down: Dog park sound => ARF
37 Down: Likelihood => ODDS
38 Down: BEACH Act org. => EPA
39 Down: Record => LOG
40 Down: Brief visit => STOPOVER
44 Down: Islamic leader => IMAM
45 Down: Not that much => LESS
49 Down: Place to drive => TEEBOX
50 Down: Show up => ARRIVE
51 Down: Part of RBI => BATTED
53 Down: Canapé base, maybe => TOAST
54 Down: Worker with a monotonous routine => DRONE
55 Down: Cold feet or hot seat => IDIOM
56 Down: Full of cheer => MERRY
58 Down: Breathe fire, say => RAGE
59 Down: Inevitable end => FATE
60 Down: Pizza place => OVEN
61 Down: Bartender's supply => SODA
62 Down: Chocolate __ => LAB

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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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