Crossword Answers For: Friday, February 23, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tries out => DEMOS
6 Across: Nosegay => POSY
10 Across: Pod whose cross sections are pentagonal => OKRA
14 Across: Skip a syllable or two => ELIDE
15 Across: Until => UPTO
16 Across: Stay singer Lisa => LOEB
17 Across: __ Cup: PGA Tour prize => FEDEX
18 Across: Pollinator who can't fly? => GROUNDBEE
20 Across: Middle of dinner? => ENS
21 Across: Perfect => IDEAL
23 Across: Island of the Blue Dolphins novelist Scott => ODELL
24 Across: Parents in the Hundred Acre Wood? => RAISESTHEROO
27 Across: Joie de vivre => ZEST
28 Across: Emo => ANGSTY
32 Across: Storage furniture => CHEST
34 Across: Prize money => PURSE
37 Across: Sphere in old referee whistles => PEA
38 Across: A pop => EACH
39 Across: Camera setting, and what shortened 18-, 24-, 47-, and 58-Across? => FSTOP
40 Across: Otter kin => MINK
41 Across: Durango day => DIA
42 Across: Apt rhyme for freeze => SEIZE
43 Across: Well-mannered blokes => GENTS
44 Across: Goofs in proofs => ERRATA
46 Across: Tromp => PLOD
47 Across: Product of Shenandoah Valley shepherds? => VIRGINIAWOOL
53 Across: Bird in a bevy => QUAIL
56 Across: Hot spots => OVENS
57 Across: Signal => CUE
58 Across: Experimental soft cheese? => TRIALBRIE
60 Across: Glossy material => SATIN
62 Across: 55-Down, properly => ISNT
63 Across: Like most whiskey => AGED
64 Across: Heart Eyes or OK Hand => EMOJI
65 Across: Fancy spread => PATE
66 Across: Fool (with) => MESS
67 Across: Wrap sheet => SARAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Schedule for later => DEFER
2 Down: Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne => ELENA
3 Down: Many a sedan => MIDSIZECAR
4 Down: Amit Majmudar's __ to a Drone => ODE
5 Down: People's superlative => SEXIEST
6 Down: Sound of the Northwest => PUGET
7 Down: O icon => OPRAH
8 Down: Took second, say => STOLE
9 Down: Second person => YOU
10 Down: One whose trick-learning years are behind them => OLDDOG
11 Down: The Mamba Mentality: How I Play writer Bryant => KOBE
12 Down: Rod and __ => REEL
13 Down: Cain's brother => ABEL
19 Down: Nary a soul => NOONE
22 Down: Spring forward letters => DST
25 Down: Quick meeting? => SESH
26 Down: Tough talk? => RASP
29 Down: Damage control pro => SPINDOCTOR
30 Down: High-stakes shelter => TENT
31 Down: Shaggy beasts => YAKS
32 Down: Relinquish => CEDE
33 Down: 31-Down abundance => HAIR
34 Down: Pump letters => PSI
35 Down: Lays aisle-mate => UTZ
36 Down: Bass output => ROE
39 Down: __ the Turtle: University of Maryland catchphrase => FEAR
40 Down: I would like some more catnip, please => MEOW
42 Down: Bootlegger's vessel => STILL
43 Down: Visual aids => GLASSES
45 Down: Really take off => AVIATE
46 Down: Blame (on) => PIN
48 Down: Canyon => GORGE
49 Down: Campus climbers => IVIES
50 Down: Focus of Maslow's hierarchy => NEEDS
51 Down: Message board? => OUIJA
52 Down: Red Square honoree => LENIN
53 Down: Sample collector, maybe => QTIP
54 Down: __ Major => URSA
55 Down: 62-Across, improperly => AINT
59 Down: Bang! => BAM
61 Down: Org. for OBs => AMA

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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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