Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hosts of banquets or rap battles, for short => MCS
4 Across: Company's numero uno => CEO
7 Across: Microbrewery beverage, often => ALE
8 Across: *Primary, as a concern => CHIEF
10 Across: Soccer zero => NIL
11 Across: Porcine sounds => OINKS
12 Across: United Nations' global currency org. => IMF
13 Across: Caustic cleaning substance => LYE
14 Across: Slang term for the event occurring this Sunday featuring an 8 Across & a 23 Across, with The => BIGGAME
17 Across: GI to be worried about => MIA
18 Across: Semicircle, e.g. => ARC
20 Across: Things Fall ___ (Chinua Achebe novel) => APART
22 Across: Broadway bio of Capote => TRU
23 Across: *Any singer of Hotel California => EAGLE
24 Across: Lithium-___ battery => ION
25 Across: Easter egg enhancer => DYE
26 Across: Yell out in fear => CRY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fingernail job, briefly => MANI
2 Down: Mountaineering event => CLIMB
3 Down: Idea of one's own worth => SELFIMAGE
4 Down: Suitable for filming => CINEMATIC
5 Down: Mouse in the house! => EEK
6 Down: They're in left, right, and center, in one sense (abbr.) => OFS
8 Down: Crest's toothpaste rival => COLGATE
9 Down: Informal greeting => HIYA
15 Down: The ___ from Ipanema (Grammy-winning bossa nova) => GIRL
16 Down: Beta tester's catch => ERROR
19 Down: Initials for numerous Big Apple colleges => CUNY
20 Down: Portable life-saving device (abbr.) => AED
21 Down: Job consideration => PAY

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This crossword has 17 across clues and 14 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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