Crossword Answers For: Monday, March 18, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Gave a darn => CARED
6 Across: Personal bearing => MIEN
10 Across: Spongy earth => MIRE
14 Across: __ and kicking => ALIVE
15 Across: Like a quaint shoppe => OLDE
16 Across: Unknown author, for short => ANON
17 Across: Hors d'oeuvre often seasoned with paprika => DEVILEDEGG
19 Across: Looped in, on email => CCED
20 Across: Corp. VIP => EXEC
21 Across: Quite => VERY
22 Across: Infant's cry => WAH
23 Across: Skin pictures => TATTOOS
25 Across: Calm and dignified => SEDATE
28 Across: Picnic side dish => POTATOSALAD
31 Across: Double-reed woodwind => OBOE
34 Across: Charged particle => ION
35 Across: Helena's st. => MONT
36 Across: Creamy dip for buffalo wings => RANCHDRESSING
40 Across: __ mater => ALMA
41 Across: __ moved on => IVE
42 Across: Parrot in Disney's Aladdin => IAGO
43 Across: New England seafood sandwich => LOBSTERROLL
47 Across: Securities backed by the govt. => TNOTES
48 Across: Fought => BATTLED
53 Across: Raw mineral in a mine => ORE
54 Across: Supermarket area with fresh cheeses => DELI
56 Across: Hitchhiker's hope => RIDE
57 Across: Foggy state => HAZE
59 Across: Minnesota medical center, or where one might learn how to prepare 17-, 28-, 36-, and 43-Across? => MAYOCLINIC
61 Across: Scat legend Fitzgerald => ELLA
62 Across: Brick __ pizza => OVEN
63 Across: Tiny spot => SPECK
64 Across: Overly compliant => MEEK
65 Across: Floating ice chunk => BERG
66 Across: Auto body blemishes => DENTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Military academy enrollee => CADET
2 Down: Name said to activate an Amazon Echo Dot => ALEXA
3 Down: Fastener in a girder => RIVET
4 Down: Kick out => EVICT
5 Down: Oscar winner Benicio __ Toro => DEL
6 Down: Not showy => MODEST
7 Down: Actor Robert who hosts the podcast Not Today, Pal with former co-star Jamie-Lynn Sigler => ILER
8 Down: Envelope-pushing => EDGY
9 Down: Opposite of pos. => NEG
10 Down: Expensive nut from Hawaii => MACADAMIA
11 Down: Advance slowly => INCHALONG
12 Down: Fish-to-be => ROE
13 Down: Conclude => END
18 Down: Sauteing acronym => EVOO
22 Down: Director Craven => WES
24 Down: Oil cartel acronym => OPEC
25 Down: The Brady Bunch trio => SONS
26 Down: Dance that takes two => TANGO
27 Down: NYC summer hrs. => EDT
29 Down: TV station, e.g. => AIRER
30 Down: Shoe front => TOE
31 Down: Wrinkle-resistant synthetic fabric => ORLON
32 Down: Hoodwink => BAMBOOZLE
33 Down: Winning game after game => ONASTREAK
37 Down: Makes haste => HIES
38 Down: Binge-watcher's device => DVR
39 Down: River sediment => SILT
40 Down: PC key near the space bar => ALT
44 Down: Casual shirt => TEE
45 Down: Like a kiwi => OBLONG
46 Down: Not of the clergy => LAIC
49 Down: Utter nonsense => TRIPE
50 Down: Lightweight fabric => LINEN
51 Down: Formal decree => EDICT
52 Down: Cruise ship levels => DECKS
54 Down: Singer Grohl who founded the Foo Fighters => DAVE
55 Down: Watchful sort => EYER
57 Down: __ and haw => HEM
58 Down: Hoppy beer => ALE
59 Down: Disorderly crowd => MOB
60 Down: 1960s hallucinogen, for short => LSD

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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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