Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 13, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: ___ center (workout location) => REC
4 Across: Cummerbund, e.g. => SASH
8 Across: More reasonable => SANER
13 Across: Stock launch => IPO
14 Across: Bread sometimes eaten with labneh => PITA
15 Across: Swabs that shouldn't actually be used in the ear => QTIPS
16 Across: ___ infernalis (squid from hell named for a blood-sucking monster) => VAMPYROTEUTHIS
19 Across: Rebuke from Julius Caesar to Brutus => ETTU
20 Across: Dot-gobbling arcade game character => PACMAN
21 Across: To be honest ... => THETRUTHIS
23 Across: Thai currency that aptly sounds like bought => BAHT
27 Across: ___ Martin => ASTON
28 Across: Streaming service succeeded by Max => HBONOW
30 Across: Corner of a pool table => POCKET
34 Across: Holy Roman Emperor nicknamed the Great => OTTOI
35 Across: With 46 Across, adage about people who fail to appreciate their early years => YOUTHISWASTED
38 Across: Streisand film with the song Papa, Can You Hear Me? => YENTL
39 Across: Program that put people on the moon => APOLLO
40 Across: Powerful groups => ELITES
42 Across: ___ at 'em! => LEMME
45 Across: Secondary social media accounts => ALTS
46 Across: See 35 Across => ONTHEYOUNG
51 Across: Get by just fine => DOOKAY
52 Across: Public Ivy on the West Coast => UCLA
53 Across: MC Hammer song whose title is contradicted by this puzzle's theme entries => UCANTTOUCHTHIS
57 Across: Wood chips or grass clippings, maybe => MULCH
58 Across: I saw ___ sitting on a seesaw (classic tongue-twister) => ESAU
59 Across: Jerk => ASS
60 Across: Video game combat mode => MELEE
61 Across: Outcome of a match on Tinder or Lex => DATE
62 Across: Pigpen => STY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fastener for Rosie => RIVET
2 Down: Law & Order actor S. ___ Merkerson => EPATHA
3 Down: French nobles => COMTES
4 Down: Secret agent => SPY
5 Down: Celebratory fist pump => AIRPUNCH
6 Down: Mink relative => STOAT
7 Down: Come out of one's shell? => HATCH
8 Down: Court sport => SQUASH
9 Down: Abbr. before a name on a memo => ATTN
10 Down: US medical research agency => NIH
11 Down: Prefix with genetic or center => EPI
12 Down: Feed for keeping up with a blog => RSS
17 Down: Chugging sounds from a motorboat => PUTTPUTTS
18 Down: Record label for the Chemical Brothers hidden in this clue => EMI
22 Down: Dig with a snout => ROOTLE
23 Down: Reach the lowest point => BOTTOMOUT
24 Down: Poker stake => ANTE
25 Down: Feature of a cobra or a car => HOOD
26 Down: ___-night doubleheader => TWI
29 Down: Former NYT film critic Crowther => BOSLEY
31 Down: South Korean automaker => KIA
32 Down: Seer's claimed ability => ESP
33 Down: Binary base => TWO
35 Down: Shout => YELL
36 Down: Dealing with the situation => ONIT
37 Down: Stray feline => ALLEYCAT
38 Down: Vote in favor => YEA
41 Down: Act like a balm => SOOTHE
43 Down: ___ gracias => MUCHAS
44 Down: Sign up for the military => ENLIST
47 Down: Word of negation => NOT
48 Down: Eliminated from a boxing match => TKOED
49 Down: Largest ethnic group in Nigeria => HAUSA
50 Down: Feeling bloated => GASSY
51 Down: Cake by the Ocean band => DNCE
53 Down: I'll have to think about it => UMM
54 Down: Right on ___! => CUE
55 Down: It's ___ part of the plan => ALL
56 Down: Color => HUE

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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