Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 26, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Section for a C-section, maybe => WARD
5 Across: Prefix for -Thing or -Hulk, in comics => SHE
8 Across: Finite aspect of a Koch snowflake, despite its infinite perimeter => AREA
9 Across: East side to the west side / Pushin' ___ rides, it's no surprise (No Diggity lyrics) => PHAT
10 Across: Roughly plan => SKETCHOUT
12 Across: Island language whose closest extant relative is Icelandic => FAROESE
13 Across: Babies => COSSETS
15 Across: Webcomic named for the fictional suburb that's home to anthropomorphized animals, including the cats Ray and Roast Beef => ACHEWOOD
17 Across: And I'm the Queen of England! => THATSALIE
19 Across: Craggy peaks => TORS
20 Across: Some merch-table freebies => PENS
21 Across: Act the gasbag => YAK
22 Across: Exam about whose contents the College Board reminds students not to make memes => PSAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 124 ___ spiteful (opening line of Beloved) => WAS
2 Down: Famous site of a couples' getaway? => ARK
3 Down: Predator named after its habitat => REEFSHARK
4 Down: They're often embedded in tables => DATASETS
5 Down: Flat bottoms => SHOESOLES
6 Down: ___ of Gaga (Vegas installation about a pop star) => HAUS
7 Down: Minimizing suffix => ETTE
9 Down: It lets you retouch by touching => PHOTOAPP
11 Down: Coteries => CREWS
13 Down: Virulent => CATTY
14 Down: Lorena who retired as the world's No. 1–ranked female golf player => OCHOA
16 Down: British sprinter Asher-Smith => DINA
18 Down: Maximizing suffix => EST

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This crossword has 13 across clues and 14 down clues. In total 27 clues are solved in the section above.
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