Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 29, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Caught wind of => HEARD
6 Across: Helpless? => SOLO
10 Across: French friends => AMIS
14 Across: Get along => AGREE
15 Across: Rotten to the core => EVIL
16 Across: Fender flaw => DENT
17 Across: Tap options? => HOTANDCOLD
19 Across: Disney princess whose gown is adorned with snowflakes => ELSA
20 Across: I'm so dumb! => IDIOT
21 Across: Lessen, as pressure => EASEUP
23 Across: Slumber party wear, for short => PJS
25 Across: Poker options? => SHOWANDTELL
28 Across: Time-stamp component => DATE
30 Across: Like oyster shooters => RAW
31 Across: 90° from sur => OESTE
32 Across: Start of many long weekends => FRIDAY
35 Across: Academic figure => DEAN
37 Across: Flower options? => CUTANDDRIED
41 Across: German automaker once owned by General Motors => OPEL
42 Across: Emotional baggage => ISSUES
45 Across: Hawk's claw => TALON
49 Across: __ Speedwagon => REO
51 Across: Upgrade a gravel driveway, say => PAVE
52 Across: Mouth options? => OPENANDSHUT
56 Across: SoCal airport => LAX
57 Across: Big citrus => POMELO
58 Across: Lipstick mishap => SMEAR
60 Across: Luminescence => GLOW
61 Across: Boxing options? => DOWNANDOUT
66 Across: Forearm bone => ULNA
67 Across: Field of study => AREA
68 Across: Huevos rancheros condiment => SALSA
69 Across: Overly inquisitive => NOSY
70 Across: Baking amt. => TBSP
71 Across: Fix, as text => EMEND

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Scoffer's laugh => HAH
2 Down: Psychoanalysis subject => EGO
3 Down: Like one who can really draw a crowd? => ARTISTIC
4 Down: Audition (for) => READ
5 Down: Tree of Smoke novelist Johnson => DENIS
6 Down: Pie chart slice => SECTOR
7 Down: Ab __: from the beginning => OVO
8 Down: Short, for short => LIL
9 Down: Of yesteryear => OLDEN
10 Down: __ Fideles => ADESTE
11 Down: Wild brawls => MELEES
12 Down: Slight => INSULT
13 Down: Rice, in some cuisine => STAPLE
18 Down: I'm so dumb! => DOH
22 Down: Mortal lover of Aphrodite and Persephone => ADONIS
23 Down: Common email attachment => PDF
24 Down: Preserves preserver => JAR
26 Down: Imitates a penguin => WADDLES
27 Down: Wowed => AWED
29 Down: Part of a 35-Across's address => EDU
33 Down: Lacking a musical key => ATONAL
34 Down: Terrier's bark => YAP
36 Down: Midsommar filmmaker Aster => ARI
38 Down: Unhip type => NERD
39 Down: Uncanny ability, for short => ESP
40 Down: Job for an actor playing identical twins, say => DUALROLE
43 Down: Hadestown Tony nominee Noblezada => EVA
44 Down: Possible reason for an R rating => SEX
45 Down: 1986 movie partly filmed at San Diego's Air Station Miramar => TOPGUN
46 Down: The Trials of __: Rick Riordan series based on Greek myths => APOLLO
47 Down: Small citrus => LEMONS
48 Down: Like freeway ramps => ONEWAY
50 Down: Nice burn! => OHSNAP
53 Down: Greet silently => NODAT
54 Down: Actress Thurman => UMA
55 Down: On edge => TENSE
59 Down: Ferrari actor Driver => ADAM
62 Down: Scepter top => ORB
63 Down: Director Anderson => WES
64 Down: Gp. featured in 45-Down => USN
65 Down: Skosh => TAD

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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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