Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Uptown ___ (Billy Joel) => GIRL
5 Across: R&B trio with the #1 hit Weak (1993) => SWV
8 Across: Bakery attraction => AROMA
10 Across: Group in a 1955 labor merger (abbr.) => CIO
11 Across: Firefighting danger => BACKDRAFT
13 Across: With 16 Across, Downtown ___ (former MTV personality) => JULIE
14 Across: Under an obligation => BOUND
16 Across: See 13 Across => BROWN
18 Across: Treat sacrilegiously => DESECRATE
23 Across: Muscles revealed by crop tops => ABS
24 Across: Wigwam relative => TEPEE
25 Across: That's awesome news! => YAY
26 Across: Uptown ___ (Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars) => FUNK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Chatterbox's gift => GAB
2 Down: Brief plan for the future? => IRA
3 Down: Mythical Arabian avian => ROC
4 Down: Keep me updated, in text speak => LMK
5 Down: Barista's mishap => SCALD
6 Down: Connection at an airport terminal? => WIFI
7 Down: Campaigner's exhortation => VOTE
9 Down: In a temporary capacity, as a professor => ADJUNCT
12 Down: Compete a la Sha'Carri Richardson => RUN
14 Down: Dictatorial => BOSSY
15 Down: Be in the red => OWE
16 Down: Occasion for cake, for short => BDAY
17 Down: Eponymous album of 1988 and TV show of the 2000s => REBA
19 Down: Zebra seen near Lions and Bears? => REF
20 Down: The Simpsons character at the center of a 2017 documentary about Indian stereotypes => APU
21 Down: Sue Bird's uniform number => TEN
22 Down: Squeal of fear => EEK

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This crossword has 13 across clues and 18 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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