Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Alligator's habitat => SWAMP
6 Across: Reason for a traffic back-up => TRAIN
11 Across: Boston's historic Liberty Tree was one => ELM
14 Across: Fuel-carrying ship => OILER
15 Across: Must => HASTO
16 Across: X star Goth => MIA
17 Across: Soft, sostenuto, and sustain (2022) => PIANOPEDALS
19 Across: Gave the green light to => OKD
20 Across: Ruckus => STIR
21 Across: Made a ranking of => LISTED
23 Across: Titans compete in it (abbr.) => NFL
26 Across: Corporate muckety-mucks => EXECS
29 Across: Witherspoon of Little Fires Everywhere => REESE
30 Across: Out in court => ALIBI
32 Across: Time of year when a certain bug is around (2019) => FLUSEASON
34 Across: Not naked => DECENT
36 Across: Weapons used by some Olympians => EPEES
37 Across: Eponymous figure skater Paulsen => AXEL
38 Across: Bring shame to => ABASE
40 Across: Singer-songwriter Tori => AMOS
44 Across: Often-prohibited road maneuver => UTURN
46 Across: Coconut rum brand named for a California town => MALIBU
48 Across: Wholly-edible pea whose name is French for eat all (2017) => MANGETOUT
52 Across: Out-and-out => UTTER
53 Across: Collection of the best players => ATEAM
54 Across: Completely exhausted => SPENT
56 Across: Needle's hole => EYE
57 Across: Comprehends => GRASPS
59 Across: Recess in a room => NOOK
61 Across: Butterfly catcher's item => NET
62 Across: Director whose films are featured in this grid's circled squares => JORDANPEELE
68 Across: Avail oneself of => USE
69 Across: Hunter with an especially flashy belt => ORION
70 Across: It's the Hard Knock Life musical => ANNIE
71 Across: Abbreviation seen on green soda labels (abbr.) => MTN
72 Across: Father => BEGET
73 Across: Song partly sung in falsetto => YODEL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Gesture of appeasement => SOP
2 Down: Nintendo's follow-up to the GameCube => WII
3 Down: In the style of => ALA
4 Down: Part of USMNT => MENS
5 Down: Nutrient in meat and dairy => PROTEIN
6 Down: Title role for Denis Leary in a 1994 comedy => THEREF
7 Down: Super cool => RAD
8 Down: Arkansas governor Hutchinson => ASA
9 Down: ___ cost you! => ITLL
10 Down: Sorry, Charlie! => NOSIREE
11 Down: Hams it up => EMOTES
12 Down: Demonstrator's phrase => LIKESO
13 Down: Enrage => MADDEN
18 Down: Smartphone array, informally => PIX
22 Down: Potato chip seasoning => SEASALT
23 Down: Zero => NADA
24 Down: Do a powerlifting pose => FLEX
25 Down: Causes of much head scratching => LICE
27 Down: Post-party process => CLEANUP
28 Down: Eats dinner => SUPS
31 Down: Sources of valuable eggs => BELUGAS
33 Down: Appear (to be) => SEEM
35 Down: To the point, as writing => TAUT
39 Down: Fratty guys => BROS
41 Down: Infection cause in some pets' ears => MITE
42 Down: Don't defy => OBEY
43 Down: You bet => SURE
45 Down: Short-term gig => TEMPJOB
47 Down: Convenience for subscribers => AUTOPAY
48 Down: Wine bottle twice the size of the usual => MAGNUM
49 Down: Not moving => ATREST
50 Down: Tidy up => NEATEN
51 Down: Party named in a rental agreement => TENANT
55 Down: ___-disclosure agreement => NON
58 Down: Aching => SORE
60 Down: Casino game that rhymes with a gambling mecca => KENO
63 Down: Fit, as a ship => RIG
64 Down: Buck's mate => DOE
65 Down: Final part => END
66 Down: Tell a story => LIE
67 Down: Fish that may be jellied => EEL

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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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