Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: *Messy place [wire mesh, posts, fasteners] => PIGPEN
7 Across: Fuss => ADO
10 Across: Barracks bosses: Abbr. => SGTS
14 Across: Verdi opera => OTELLO
15 Across: Pride or lust => SIN
16 Across: Time in office => TERM
17 Across: Lose feeling => GONUMB
18 Across: Winter sport vehicle => ICECANOE
20 Across: *Area with little privacy [candy jar, rocks, aerator, water] => GOLDFISHBOWL
22 Across: Cuppa, to a Brit => TEA
25 Across: Get it? => SEE
26 Across: Fair-hiring letters => EEO
27 Across: Director Brooks => MEL
28 Across: Genesis figure => ADAM
30 Across: Michael of Juno => CERA
32 Across: Depend (on) => RELY
33 Across: Group summoned to a courthouse => JURYPOOL
36 Across: Country duo Maddie & __ => TAE
38 Across: Labors of love, perhaps, and what the answers to the starred clues are? => PETPROJECTS
41 Across: Pup's bark => YAP
42 Across: Landscape alternative => PORTRAIT
45 Across: Pine (for) => ACHE
48 Across: Uncork, say => OPEN
50 Across: Gumbo pod => OKRA
51 Across: Please explain => WHY
52 Across: Actress de Armas => ANA
53 Across: Qty. => AMT
56 Across: Body part examined by an otolaryngologist => EAR
57 Across: *Dull and repetitive job [cardboard, dowel, popsicle sticks, glue, scissors] => HAMSTERWHEEL
61 Across: Insinuation => INNUENDO
62 Across: Dresser part => DRAWER
66 Across: Shakespearean king => LEAR
67 Across: As well => TOO
68 Across: Camden Yards ballplayer => ORIOLE
69 Across: French fashion magazine => ELLE
70 Across: Lisa From Temecula sketch show, for short => SNL
71 Across: *Irresistible thing [seeds, soil, water, sunlight] => CATNIP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 1990s fad disc => POG
2 Down: How was __ know? => ITO
3 Down: Lead-in to Xer, Yer, and Zer => GEN
4 Down: Stop (up) => PLUG
5 Down: __ World: Sesame Street feature => ELMOS
6 Down: Highborn => NOBLE
7 Down: You wish! => ASIF
8 Down: More fraught => DICIER
9 Down: Many a kayak => ONESEATER
10 Down: Wild guess => STAB
11 Down: Biological map subject => GENOME
12 Down: Mortar-spreading tool => TROWEL
13 Down: Like some compost bins => SMELLY
19 Down: Comedian Margaret => CHO
21 Down: Interior design => DECOR
22 Down: __ Mahal => TAJ
23 Down: College URL ender => EDU
24 Down: 50+ group => AARP
29 Down: Nonsense! => MYEYE
31 Down: Get hitched in Vegas, perhaps => ELOPE
32 Down: Hip again => RETRO
34 Down: School org. => PTA
35 Down: Foes => OPPONENTS
37 Down: Play a part => ACT
39 Down: The Wolf of Wall Street Oscar nominee Hill => JONAH
40 Down: Sushi pairing => SAKE
43 Down: Golden yrs. fund => IRA
44 Down: Road goo => TAR
45 Down: Some time => AWHILE
46 Down: Big name in perfume => CHANEL
47 Down: Church songbook => HYMNAL
49 Down: Excuse me? => PARDON
52 Down: Noshed => ATE
54 Down: French red wine => MEDOC
55 Down: __ firma => TERRA
58 Down: Yeah, I guess so => SURE
59 Down: Cold-weather fabric => WOOL
60 Down: Milk, in French => LAIT
63 Down: Came in first => WON
64 Down: Yalie => ELI
65 Down: Agt. => REP

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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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