Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 8, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Maze runners => MICE
5 Across: Formal decrees => DICTA
10 Across: Help the chef => PREP
14 Across: Driver of Hollywood => ADAM
15 Across: American Fiction actress Tracee __ Ross => ELLIS
16 Across: Stray => ROVE
17 Across: Sadness that sets in after missing a flight? => DELTABLUES
19 Across: Jon Arbuckle's dog => ODIE
20 Across: F1 neighbor => ESC
21 Across: Friction reducer => LUBE
22 Across: Paint, toddler-style => SMEAR
23 Across: Countries listed on a flight board? => UNITEDNATIONS
27 Across: Minimally => ATLEAST
29 Across: Spring bloom => IRIS
30 Across: Grilled sausages, for short => BRATS
31 Across: Out in the open => ALFRESCO
35 Across: Fun, as a party => LIT
36 Across: Jewelry retailer => ZALES
38 Across: Paddle kin => OAR
39 Across: Hit the gym => EXERCISE
42 Across: Church donation => TITHE
44 Across: Tennis Court __: French Revolution event => OATH
45 Across: Some patches => IRONONS
47 Across: Rural areas serviced by just one airline? => FRONTIERTOWNS
51 Across: Filmmaker George who won five Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation => LUCAS
52 Across: __-Free: contact lens solution => OPTI
53 Across: Honor society letter => PHI
56 Across: Second son => ABEL
57 Across: Flight that lasts seven days? => SPIRITWEEK
60 Across: Covered => CLAD
61 Across: Eagle claw => TALON
62 Across: Fabled napper => HARE
63 Across: Numbers game => KENO
64 Across: Mantegna's Criminal Minds role => ROSSI
65 Across: Pod in Creole cuisine => OKRA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Took home => MADE
2 Down: Midmonth time => IDES
3 Down: Do the math => CALCULATE
4 Down: CPR expert => EMT
5 Down: Opens => DEBUTS
6 Down: Suuure => ILLBET
7 Down: Like crosswords => CLUED
8 Down: Twist-__ => TIE
9 Down: Saddlebag carrier => ASS
10 Down: Potential => PROMISE
11 Down: Wyoming's state sport => RODEO
12 Down: S.Pellegrino rival => EVIAN
13 Down: Coevals => PEERS
18 Down: Misleading handle => ALIAS
22 Down: To-do => STIR
24 Down: Clear => NET
25 Down: African river to the Mediterranean => NILE
26 Down: Pound sounds => ARFS
27 Down: Qualified => ABLE
28 Down: Lucky Charms shelfmate => TRIX
31 Down: Pour choice => ALE
32 Down: Figuratively => SOTOSPEAK
33 Down: Four-time Oscar-winning lyricist Sammy => CAHN
34 Down: Smelter input => ORES
36 Down: Tubular pasta => ZITI
37 Down: Tennis great Arthur => ASHE
40 Down: Portuguese soccer great who now plays in Saudi Arabia => RONALDO
41 Down: Musical based on Eliot poems => CATS
42 Down: Specifically => TOWIT
43 Down: Overnight stop => INN
45 Down: PC problem solvers => ITPROS
46 Down: Corkscrew pasta => ROTINI
47 Down: Killing Me Softly With His Song singer => FLACK
48 Down: Moscow money => RUBLE
49 Down: __ Spray => OCEAN
50 Down: Foments => ROILS
54 Down: Münster mister => HERR
55 Down: KALLAX shelf seller => IKEA
57 Down: Viola's sect. => STR
58 Down: Kung __ shrimp => PAO
59 Down: Seuss villager => WHO

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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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