Crossword Answers For: Saturday, January 8, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Flying toy => KITE
5 Across: Piano recital piece => SONATA
11 Across: WWII hero Hayes => IRA
14 Across: Element with the symbol Fe => IRON
15 Across: Released to the public, as confidential info => LEAKED
16 Across: Neither/___ => NOR
17 Across: Broad articles of formal menswear => WINDSORTIES
19 Across: French filmmaker Besson => LUC
20 Across: Send out => ISSUE
21 Across: There are 2.54 of them in an inch (abbr.) => CMS
22 Across: Sworn statement => OATH
23 Across: Emulate an adventure story protagonist, say => SWASHBUCKLE
27 Across: Stick on a car => ANTENNA
30 Across: Phantom of the ___ => OPERA
31 Across: Comic Bill => BURR
32 Across: Extra payment => TIP
34 Across: Low areas between mountains => DALES
37 Across: College website address ending => EDU
38 Across: Uncultivated grass that may be used in a whiskey grain bill => WILDRYE
41 Across: Got some nourishment => ATE
42 Across: Pace => TEMPO
44 Across: In addition => TOO
45 Across: Vogue editor-in-chief Wintour => ANNA
46 Across: Charity golf tournament format, often => PROAM
49 Across: Plans divided into minutes => AGENDAS
51 Across: Framework installed in a construction zone => SCAFFOLDING
53 Across: Not in => AWAY
54 Across: Paxlovid authorizer (abbr.) => FDA
55 Across: Hottest planet in the solar system => VENUS
59 Across: Singer of the Oscar-winning song Fight For You => HER
60 Across: Lengthy compilation ... which is made up by this puzzle's circled squares? => LAUNDRYLIST
63 Across: Strange => ODD
64 Across: Vessel containing lubricant => OILCAN
65 Across: Nickname for a midwestern capital city => INDY
66 Across: Exclamation accompanying a fist pump => YES
67 Across: Dog show categories => BREEDS
68 Across: Try to convince => COAX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fuzzy fruit => KIWI
2 Down: Colorful part of the eye => IRIS
3 Down: Heaps and heaps => TONS
4 Down: Ultimate consumer => ENDUSER
5 Down: ___-pitch softball => SLO
6 Down: Elided word in The Star Spangled Banner => OER
7 Down: Of course, in noir slang => NATCH
8 Down: Pointed outward, as arms => AKIMBO
9 Down: Prepares to drive, in a way => TEESUP
10 Down: Premium subscribers may be able to bypass them => ADS
11 Down: Dreaming, say => INLALALAND
12 Down: Google Maps formulation => ROUTE
13 Down: Highlight of the St. Louis skyline => ARCH
18 Down: In stitches => SEWN
22 Down: Fried side dish at a barbecue joint => OKRA
24 Down: Opposition side => ANTI
25 Down: Flapper on a boat => SAIL
26 Down: Give up => CEDE
27 Down: Help with a job => ABET
28 Down: In one's birthday suit => NUDE
29 Down: Important holdings for bridge players => TRUMPCARDS
33 Down: Summertime clock setting on the West Coast (abbr.) => PDT
35 Down: Site of a February 2021 eruption => ETNA
36 Down: Salty waters => SEAS
38 Down: Sound from a dog kennel => WOOF
39 Down: ___ trip => ROAD
40 Down: Practitioner of meditation => YOGI
43 Down: Make an entreaty to a deity => PRAY
45 Down: Like cherubs => ANGELIC
47 Down: Act of cheating => AFFAIR
48 Down: Space station unit => MODULE
50 Down: You can go green with it => ENVY
51 Down: Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, for one => SWEDE
52 Down: NSYNC alum Bass => LANCE
53 Down: Marina greeting => AHOY
56 Down: Boy, in Baja => NINO
57 Down: Government department concerned with farming (abbr.) => USDA
58 Down: River of the underworld, in Greek myth => STYX
60 Down: Soft toss => LOB
61 Down: Palindromic family member => DAD
62 Down: ICU VIPs (abbr.) => RNS

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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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