Crossword Answers For: Sunday, February 26, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Shortened word with sky or spy => CAM
4 Across: Nemesis of Peter Pan? => JIF
7 Across: Mythological figure who lost her children after bragging about how many children she had => NIOBE
12 Across: Phrase before the chef's last name => ALA
13 Across: Colorless sandwich => OREO
15 Across: Automatic alternative => MANUAL
16 Across: *Slang associated with jazz musicians in 1940s Harlem => JIVETALK
18 Across: Violates norms => ISNTOK
19 Across: Chooses not to take a hack, perhaps? => UBERS
20 Across: Hypnotic states => TRANCES
22 Across: The Seagull ingenue => NINA
23 Across: *Fluffy floor option => SHAGCARPET
26 Across: Mourning of Muharram observer => SHIA
28 Across: Contraction heard in Jingle Bells => OER
29 Across: Jiro of Jiro Dreams of Sushi => ONO
30 Across: Affirm under oath => SWEARTO
33 Across: Distort => SKEW
34 Across: *Chocolate-covered marshmallow-flavored-nougat bars => CHARLESTONCHEWS
38 Across: Striped whistlers, for short => REFS
39 Across: Sure things => SHOOINS
40 Across: Yapping sound => ARF
41 Across: Courtroom figs. => DAS
44 Across: Bit of formal wear => GOWN
45 Across: *Setting of the San Diego Zoo => BALBOAPARK
48 Across: Dreary => DRAB
52 Across: Kingpin nickname that translates to shorty => ELCHAPO
53 Across: Prolonged attack => SIEGE
54 Across: Descendant of one of Noah's three sons => SEMITE
56 Across: Playground equipment ... or a description of the first words of the starred clues? => SWINGSET
58 Across: Wowie kazowie!! => OMIGOD
59 Across: Capital of Cyprus? => EURO
60 Across: It's dynamite! => TNT
61 Across: Jabber in a ring => BOXER
62 Across: Hymnal holder => PEW
63 Across: Muddy digs => STY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Gumbo cuisine => CAJUN
2 Down: Suspect story? => ALIBI
3 Down: Virtuoso => MAVEN
4 Down: Briefly notes => JOTS
5 Down: Flatow or Glass on the radio => IRA
6 Down: Fedoras and Stetsons, for two => FELTHATS
7 Down: Org. that's in the pits? => NASCAR
8 Down: Not superficial => INNER
9 Down: Blunt => OUTSPOKEN
10 Down: Steamed bun at dim sum => BAO
11 Down: Game with antlers => ELK
14 Down: Vegetable with a goo => OKRA
15 Down: Finely dice => MINCE
17 Down: Writers' blocks? => ERASERS
21 Down: In the past => AGO
23 Down: Royal address? => SIRE
24 Down: Longtime celebrity-gossip source with an exclamation point in its name => ENEWS
25 Down: Hauls to the impound lot => TOWS
27 Down: ___ 9000 (classic-cinema villain) => HAL
30 Down: ___ and the Princesses of Power (2018 cartoon reboot) => SHERA
31 Down: Ingredient that's abundant in irons? => WAFFLEMIX
32 Down: Pds. that might cause some Super Bowl parties to go late => OTS
33 Down: Get-together => SHINDIG
34 Down: Scuttler near a reef => CRAB
35 Down: Act your age! => OHGROWUP
36 Down: Sunny alcove for reading, say => NOOK
37 Down: Jersey, e.g. => COW
41 Down: Professional who might give you free shots => DOCTOR
42 Down: Sighed with relaxed satisfaction => AAHED
43 Down: Place where you might sigh with relaxed satisfaction => SPA
46 Down: My Life II ... The Journey Continues (Act 1) singer Mary J. ___ => BLIGE
47 Down: Cathedral recess => APSE
49 Down: Takes five, say => RESTS
50 Down: Representative who takes a cut => AGENT
51 Down: The Golden Girls co-star of Beatrice, Rue, and Estelle => BETTY
53 Down: Blanket that makes you colder? => SNOW
54 Down: Bawl => SOB
55 Down: Like Cap'n Jazz => EMO
57 Down: Anger => IRE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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