Crossword Answers For: Saturday, February 18, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sandwich alternative => WRAP
5 Across: Brown-skinned pear => BOSC
9 Across: Delicious food, in modern lingo => NOMS
13 Across: Prefix with -crat or -correct => AUTO
14 Across: Urkel's love interest in Family Matters => LAURA
16 Across: Words after live or give ... or break or shake => ITUP
17 Across: Old tape recorder type => REELTOREEL
19 Across: Have a quick bite => NOSH
20 Across: Online gamer's bane => LAG
21 Across: Why can't you take a test in the jungle? Too many cheetahs! e.g. => DADJOKE
23 Across: Make changes to => ALTER
26 Across: ___ Lanka => SRI
28 Across: Measuring implement => RULER
29 Across: Warren ___, lone Black quarterback enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame => MOON
30 Across: Private conversation => TETEATETE
32 Across: Vessel for cooking chili => POT
33 Across: Canberra's country (abbr.) => AUS
34 Across: Steph Curry and Courtney Vandersloot, positionwise (abbr.) => PGS
35 Across: Ranking used when comparing boxers' skill levels, irrespective of weight class => POUNDFORPOUND
41 Across: ___-CAH-TOA (trig function mnemonic) => SOH
42 Across: Manhattan area containing Lenox Hill and Yorkville (abbr.) => UES
43 Across: What an air fryer doesn't need => OIL
45 Across: Free throw designation in men's college basketball => ONEANDONE
49 Across: The T in EGOT => TONY
50 Across: 48 Hrs. actor Nick => NOLTE
51 Across: 49,325, for 29 Across through the air in his NFL career (abbr.) => YDS
52 Across: Burn slightly => SINGE
53 Across: Couch potato's gadgets => REMOTES
55 Across: Photo-___ => OPS
56 Across: Passionate => AVID
57 Across: 1991 addition to ABC's TGIF programming block, starring Patrick Duffy => STEPBYSTEP
63 Across: Mimic actress Sorvino => MIRA
64 Across: Black tea variety => PEKOE
65 Across: Strong desire => URGE
66 Across: Have fun at recess, say => PLAY
67 Across: Depend (on) => RELY
68 Across: North Carolina university that was home to the Fightin' Christians, until 2000 => ELON

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: It's good for absolutely nothing, in an Edwin Starr hit => WAR
2 Down: Regret => RUE
3 Down: Had the whole enchilada => ATE
4 Down: Cause of hay fever => POLLEN
5 Down: WordPress creation => BLOG
6 Down: What a coxswain doesn't hold, on a boat => OAR
7 Down: Seek relief, in a way => SUE
8 Down: It needs to be built up when it's bad => CREDIT
9 Down: Stealthy Japanese martial arts discipline => NINJUTSU
10 Down: Goodbye, Mr. Chips star Peter => OTOOLE
11 Down: Early infantry firearm => MUSKET
12 Down: Globe => SPHERE
15 Down: Mimicking the style of => ALA
18 Down: Sticky road application => TAR
22 Down: Ivan ___, Rocky IV antagonist played by Dolph Lundgren => DRAGO
23 Down: Musical equipment that had a high setting of 11 in Spinal Tap => AMP
24 Down: Aviation stunt => LOOP
25 Down: Nonverbal part in The Wizard of Oz => TOTO
26 Down: Double ___ (Oreo product) => STUF
27 Down: Ring out loudly => RESOUND
31 Down: Juice actor Omar => EPPS
33 Down: Condition symptomized by distractibility, for short => ADHD
36 Down: Periodical seen in many hotels => USATODAY
37 Down: Group similar to a Miles Davis-led band formed in the late 1940s, e.g. => NONET
38 Down: Roger of Cheers => REES
39 Down: High time? => NOON
40 Down: Small dent in a vehicle => DING
44 Down: Corrosive cleaning chemical => LYE
45 Down: Interstate entrance => ONRAMP
46 Down: What three wise monkeys don't see, hear nor speak => NOEVIL
47 Down: New York city SW of Syracuse => ELMIRA
48 Down: Seafood delicacy that's shucked => OYSTER
49 Down: Kleenex sheet => TISSUE
52 Down: Person who might send encrypted messages => SPY
54 Down: Clairvoyant's claimed capability => ESP
55 Down: Do as Simon says, say => OBEY
58 Down: Barely make do, with by => EKE
59 Down: AOC or JFK, e.g. => POL
60 Down: Carson Daly's one-time MTV show => TRL
61 Down: A megalomaniac has a big one => EGO
62 Down: Check-endorsing need => PEN

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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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