Crossword Answers For: Saturday, March 4, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: A little more than a half-dozen => SEVEN
6 Across: Muslim ascetic => FAKIR
11 Across: Goal for many grad students (abbr.) => PHD
14 Across: Brand name whose last letter stands for brush => ORALB
15 Across: In unison => ASONE
16 Across: Garden shed implement => HOE
17 Across: Historical collection of reels and prints => FILMARCHIVE
19 Across: Helper for present needs? => ELF
20 Across: Driver's elevator => TEE
21 Across: Young kangaroo => JOEY
22 Across: Somewhat => INAWAY
24 Across: Is permitted to => MAY
25 Across: Super-devoted fan => STAN
26 Across: Word processor function that may detect a comma splice => GRAMMARCHECKER
33 Across: Athlete whose 2023 wake drew over 230,000 attendees => PELE
34 Across: Oral history => LORE
35 Across: Story => TALE
36 Across: Play a role => ACT
37 Across: Baby deliverer, per a popular myth => STORK
39 Across: Associationn with a pair of Sox (abbr.) => MLB
41 Across: Sleek, for short => AERO
44 Across: Went very fast => TORE
45 Across: White-gown-wearing princess => LEIA
46 Across: Curved part of a theater stage => PROSCENIUMARCH
49 Across: That's my cue! => IMON
50 Across: In need of refinement => RAW
51 Across: Team that won the 2021 NCAA men's basketball tournament => BAYLOR
54 Across: Slay => DOIN
56 Across: Successor of National Educational Television (abbr.) => PBS
59 Across: Balloon-resembling item, maybe (abbr.) => UFO
60 Across: Popular vacation time ... and an explanation of what's straddling the two words in each theme answer? => SPRINGBREAK
63 Across: Certain audio/video problem => LAG
64 Across: Hollywood Oscar => ISAAC
65 Across: Thanksgiving dinner figure => UNCLE
66 Across: Article of clothing with straps => BRA
67 Across: Hearing, for one => SENSE
68 Across: Wearing nothing => NAKED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Smooth to the touch => SOFT
2 Down: Anchor city of northwestern Pennsylvania => ERIE
3 Down: Low spot between hills => VALE
4 Down: One of many lining a street, commonly => ELM
5 Down: '90s video game series with a Hangtime installment => NBAJAM
6 Down: Profile pic focus, typically => FACE
7 Down: Gray in color => ASHY
8 Down: Colorful fish in a pond => KOI
9 Down: Formally request => INVITE
10 Down: Dramatically stage, as a historical event => REENACT
11 Down: That was close! => PHEW
12 Down: Hi! => HOLA
13 Down: Pay no heed to => DEFY
18 Down: Targets of much British tabloid coverage => ROYALS
23 Down: Paul who is Jason Bateman's father-in-law => ANKA
24 Down: Title for a French woman (abbr.) => MME
25 Down: Talk show host Shepherd => SHERRI
26 Down: Student's performance metric (abbr.) => GPA
27 Down: Brief summary => RECAP
28 Down: Tweak => ALTER
29 Down: Far from fresh => ROTTEN
30 Down: Sing like Michael Bublé => CROON
31 Down: Fudd foiled by Bugs Bunny => ELMER
32 Down: Artifact => RELIC
38 Down: Coffee company that merged with Dr Pepper in 2018 => KEURIG
40 Down: Poppycock! => BAH
42 Down: Stir up => ROIL
43 Down: Process of movement through a membrane => OSMOSIS
45 Down: Field for attorneys => LAW
47 Down: Zombie, prior to reanimation => CORPSE
48 Down: Hairstyle that trended in the mid-2010s => MANBUN
51 Down: Garlic unit => BULB
52 Down: Off in the distance => AFAR
53 Down: Poser's practice => YOGA
54 Down: Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu => DIAS
55 Down: As soon as => ONCE
56 Down: Fraction of a bushel => PECK
57 Down: Cube of cardboard, perhaps => BALE
58 Down: Slate, informally => SKED
61 Down: Sought office => RAN
62 Down: Messenger ___ => RNA

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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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