Crossword Answers For: Saturday, July 8, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Gibbons, e.g. => APES
5 Across: Cost of a ticket, perhaps => FINE
9 Across: Research on a political rival, briefly => OPPO
13 Across: Jollof ___ (West African dish that I downed many a time as a child) => RICE
14 Across: Largely dried-up central Asian sea => ARAL
15 Across: Ponder sullenly => BROOD
16 Across: Excessively large groups of not-so-bright people and/or politicians => CLOWNCARS
18 Across: Did a fall yard chore => RAKED
19 Across: Mr. Miyagi, to Daniel-san => SENSEI
20 Across: Kitchen storage areas => CABINETS
22 Across: Classical ballet step => PAS
24 Across: Young Frankenstein lab assistant => INGA
25 Across: Cookie that comes in many wild shapes => ANIMALCRACKER
31 Across: Humdrum => BANAL
32 Across: President's confidant => AIDE
33 Across: Alley-___ => OOP
36 Across: Animal on a Wingspan playing card => BIRD
37 Across: Walk heavily => TROMP
38 Across: Desert mound => DUNE
39 Across: Blonde at a bar, for example => ALE
40 Across: Visitor to Mecca => HAJI
41 Across: ___ Staples, &Burn rapper who sang alongside Billie Eilish => VINCE
42 Across: Adobe's PDF-viewing program => ACROBATREADER
46 Across: Metropolis' Lane => LOIS
47 Across: Boston's is Red while Chicago's is White => SOX
48 Across: Zip it! => NOTAPEEP
52 Across: Electronics expert, informally => TECHIE
57 Across: Website for submitting an RSVP => EVITE
58 Across: Garment that lacks a waistline => TENTDRESS
60 Across: Seed, in Latin => SEMEN
61 Across: Buckle under pressure => CAVE
62 Across: Minestrone ___ Milanese => ALLA
63 Across: Diez menos siete => TRES
64 Across: Amazing Grace, e.g. => HYMN
65 Across: French flag hue => BLEU

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Nonlinear paths => ARCS
2 Down: Large heap => PILE
3 Down: Opportunity cost subject, for short => ECON
4 Down: Repairs certain tears => SEWS
5 Down: Beauty treatment that may involve a mask => FACIAL
6 Down: Traditional or Roth plan => IRA
7 Down: Mule breaker? => NARC
8 Down: Born Free lioness => ELSA
9 Down: Syracuse University nickname => ORANGE
10 Down: Do some investigating => POKEAROUND
11 Down: Amanda Gorman or Langston Hughes => POET
12 Down: Things to play or beat => ODDS
15 Down: Threshold => BRINK
17 Down: Birthplace of Buddha => NEPAL
21 Down: Curling target => BICEP
23 Down: Beetle regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt => SCARAB
25 Down: Fernando group => ABBA
26 Down: Get exactly right => NAIL
27 Down: As it happens => INREALTIME
28 Down: Adverb similar to wicked or hella => MAD
29 Down: Dry red table wine from northern Spain => RIOJA
30 Down: Allows entry to => ADMITS
34 Down: Spanish eleven => ONCE
35 Down: Equal, socially => PEER
37 Down: All ___ in favor ... => THOSE
38 Down: ___ de los Muertos (fall Mexican holiday) => DIA
41 Down: Irritated => VEXED
43 Down: Between the World and Me writer => COATES
44 Down: Mature, as fruit => RIPEN
45 Down: Like gross fruit => ROTTEN
48 Down: Fit together in a stack => NEST
49 Down: The O in OTC => OVER
50 Down: Make an artistic impression, say => ETCH
51 Down: Austin ___ (school in Clarksville, Tennessee) => PEAY
53 Down: Cracked seafood => CRAB
54 Down: Word humorously spelled with hockey sticks => HELL
55 Down: Beachy vacation spot => ISLE
56 Down: Jacob's Biblical twin => ESAU
59 Down: Forget what I said, in texting => NVM

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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