Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 5, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Out in court => ALIBI
6 Across: Bay Area traveler's hub (abbr.) => SFO
9 Across: Softball smash => HOMER
10 Across: Lithium-___ battery => ION
11 Across: Discarded part of a Honeycrisp, maybe (Israel) => APPLECORE
13 Across: Drinks at a frat party => CHUGS
14 Across: Tool used by a miner (Germany) => PICKAXE
17 Across: Ukulele-playing performer of Pearly Shells => DONHO
18 Across: Sculptor Claes (1929-2022) whose public works featured ordinary objects such as 11- and 14-Across => OLDENBURG
23 Across: Barely make (out) => EKE
24 Across: Absorb, like gravy with a biscuit => SOPUP
25 Across: Instrument played by jazz's Claire Daly => SAX
26 Across: Growth spots in deserts => OASES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Shout upon a breakthrough => AHA
2 Down: Synonymous rhyme with chop => LOP
3 Down: Small pain => IMP
4 Down: Louisiana governor John ___ Edwards => BEL
5 Down: Sounds about right to me => IRECKONSO
6 Down: People comprising the Dakota and the Lakota => SIOUX
7 Down: Ironworker's workplace => FORGE
8 Down: Much tip money => ONES
12 Down: When repeated, a fast dance => CHA
14 Down: Music genre for Frankie Yankovic and Weird Al Yankovic (no relation!) => POLKA
15 Down: Back-of-the-book section => INDEX
16 Down: Michael of SNL => CHE
17 Down: Mates of bucks => DOES
19 Down: Scarf-like accessory => BOA
20 Down: The American Messenger Company, nowadays (abbr.) => UPS
21 Down: Feel sorrow for => RUE
22 Down: Road trip convenience (abbr.) => GPS

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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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