Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 28, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Leafy green superfood => KALE
5 Across: ACL surgery reminder => SCAR
9 Across: Londoner or Mancunian, for example => {DEMON}YM
12 Across: Japanese noodle variety => UDON
13 Across: Skin-firming solution => TONER
15 Across: Viking's milieu => SEA
16 Across: You should drop by more often! => DONT{BEAST}RANGER
19 Across: Vietnamese New Year => TET
20 Across: Minecraft asset => ORE
21 Across: Australian amigo => MATE
22 Across: ___ Estate (common term for the press) => FOURTH
24 Across: Address from the pulpit => SERMON
26 Across: Sales team's target => QUOTA
27 Across: Throw in => ADD
28 Across: Pillsbury cake with rainbow sprinkles in the mix => FUNFETTI
31 Across: One of Bolivia's capital cities => SUCRE
34 Across: Frequent fork location => ROAD
35 Across: Mighty tree => OAK
36 Across: First portable operating system => UNIX
37 Across: What an oeuvre contains, collectively => WORKS
38 Across: How some things ring => TRUE
39 Across: Enthusiast => NUT
40 Across: Don't ___ the player ... => HATE
41 Across: Rica or Mesa lead-in => COSTA
42 Across: Freewheeling => {DEVIL}MAYCARE
45 Across: Dove's cry => COO
46 Across: Small fruit pastries => TARTS
47 Across: Total domination of an opponent => OWNAGE
51 Across: Alligator's cousin => CAIMAN
53 Across: Senator's staffer => AIDE
55 Across: Buddhist temple => WAT
56 Across: Earlier => AGO
57 Across: Novelty song (and #1 hit) with the lyric Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist? ... and an apt description of the puzzle's theme => MONSTERMASH
60 Across: N.W.A.'s MC ___ => REN
61 Across: Not as foolish => WISER
62 Across: Gain importance => RISE
63 Across: They come before 2-pt. conversion attempts => TDS
64 Across: Devices with PIN pads => ATMS
65 Across: Texter's farewell => TTYL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Praise => KUDOS
2 Down: Hold in high regard => ADORE
3 Down: Reclusive person => LONER
4 Down: Tonsillectomy specialist, for short => ENT
5 Down: Single piece of thread => STRAND
6 Down: Outer layer => COAT
7 Down: ___ Donovan, first woman to coach a WNBA championship team (2004) => ANNE
8 Down: Lowest-priced gas grade: Abbr. => REG
9 Down: Picket line participants => {DEMON}STRATORS
10 Down: Throw forcefully => YEET
11 Down: It comprises two sections of the SAT => MATH
14 Down: Cash-back offers => REFUNDS
17 Down: State of elite performance => {BEAST}MODE
18 Down: It's raised while doing a late '90s dance move => ROOF
23 Down: Native people for whom a state is named => UTE
25 Down: Classic comedy's ___ Brothers => MARX
26 Down: Tremble => QUAKE
28 Down: Specialty => FORTE
29 Down: Not relaxed => TAUT
30 Down: Furniture store that sells Billy bookcases => IKEA
31 Down: 10-time NBA All-Star James Harden, as a collegian => SUN{DEVIL}
32 Down: One on ones => UNUM
33 Down: Summonses => CITATIONS
34 Down: Loud crowd responses => ROARS
37 Down: Exasperated query => WHATNOW
38 Down: Typical Saturday morning TV character => TOON
41 Down: Tremble => COWER
43 Down: Root vegetable common in Nigerian cuisine => YAM
44 Down: Pull an all-nighter, say => CRAM
45 Down: Computer program writers => CODERS
48 Down: Anticipate => AWAIT
49 Down: Like someone prone to flatulence => GASSY
50 Down: Lucy's friend/neighbor on I Love Lucy => ETHEL
51 Down: Online shopper's basket => CART
52 Down: Went from tween to teen => AGED
53 Down: Right-hand person: Abbr. => ASST
54 Down: One of 10, say, in an express checkout => ITEM
58 Down: Actress Long => NIA
59 Down: Mohawked star of The A-Team => MRT

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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