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Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 16, 2023


Below you will find all clues and answers for the the crossword published on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. If you are looking for another crossword date please visit the Archives page.


Across Clues and Answers:
1 Across: Giving lip => SASSING
8 Across: Jesus called him the rock => STPETER
9 Across: Who knows ... => WELLSEE
10 Across: Craft discussed in a July 2023 congressional hearing, for short => UFO
11 Across: Degenerate => ATROPHY
15 Across: Bane for someone suffering from hay fever => RAGWEED
16 Across: Actor who played M after Dench => FIENNES

Down Clues and Answers:
1 Down: Dir. from Chicago to Houston => SSW
2 Down: Absorbed, as a loss => ATE
3 Down: Treat money like no object => SPLURGE
4 Down: Burn that backfires, maybe => SELFOWN
5 Down: Response to a knock, maybe => ITSOPEN
6 Down: Word on some married celebrities' Wikipedia pages => NEE
7 Down: Exam with an unscored experimental section, for short => GRE
11 Down: Cry that might mean Mailman! or Take me for a walk! => ARF
12 Down: Drunken ___ Chi (1984 Donnie Yen movie) => TAI
13 Down: Start of a donkey's cry => HEE
14 Down: Rush units: abbr. => YDS


This crossword has 7 across clues and 12 down clues. In total 19 clues are solved in the section above.
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