Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Spill the beans, with up => FESS
5 Across: Hairstyle maintained with a hair pick => AFRO
9 Across: Org. that successfully argued against interracial marriage bans in Loving v. Virginia (1967) => ACLU
10 Across: Industrial city in northwest France => CAEN
11 Across: ___ swing (change of emotion) => MOOD
12 Across: Cable channel award won by athletes => ESPY
13 Across: Geopolitical conflict => WAR
15 Across: Make heavy demands on => TAX
16 Across: Official pardon => AMNESTY
18 Across: Org. that awards the FedEx Cup => PGA
19 Across: Word-word connector => FOR
20 Across: Cruel person => OGRE
22 Across: Short-lived crazes, like the Macarena and fidget spinners => FADS
25 Across: Warped, as a sense of humor => SICK
26 Across: Keeps from swelling, in a way => ICES
27 Across: Bit of a giggle => HEHE
28 Across: Of similar character => AKIN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Form of address to a close friend => FAM
2 Down: Green beginning => ECO
3 Down: Restrained military step => SLOWMARCH
4 Down: African country that split into two nations in July 2011 => SUDAN
5 Down: Unplayable tennis serve => ACE
6 Down: Accelerated career path => FASTTRACK
7 Down: Make good on, as a loan => REPAY
8 Down: Rap group with the 1993 hit Slam => ONYX
14 Down: Zebra => REF
16 Down: Farming student, informally => AGGIE
17 Down: Bulgaria's capital => SOFIA
18 Down: Swanky => POSH
21 Down: Barely beat, with by => EKE
23 Down: ___ gratia (by the grace of God) => DEI
24 Down: Nine-digit government ID => SSN

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This crossword has 17 across clues and 16 down clues. In total 33 clues are solved in the section above.
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