Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Halloween cover => MASK
5 Across: Coin ___ (football game opener) => TOSS
9 Across: American living abroad => EXPAT
11 Across: Make beer => BREW
12 Across: Actress who begins starring in Broadway's Funny Girl this week; on Friday she Instagrammed a pic recreating a scene from Glee where she stood outside the very theater she'll be performing in now, for the same role as in the show => LEAMICHELE
14 Across: Lee behind the camera => ANG
15 Across: Beaver Cleaver's expression => GEE
16 Across: Withers who sang Lean On Me => BILL
19 Across: ___ tell a soul! => IWONT
21 Across: Let me explain... => IMEAN
23 Across: De Armas and Gasteyer, for two => ANAS
24 Across: It's often 4.0 for a valedictorian => GPA
25 Across: Birth mo. for Russell Crowe and Eddie Murphy => APR
27 Across: Funny Girl who 12-Across will play onstage => FANNYBRICE
32 Across: Fictitious rapper who says aight alot => ALIG
33 Across: Former Miami Marlins CEO Derek => JETER
34 Across: iPod option => NANO
35 Across: Another nickname for the city called The Big Easy => NOLA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: First name of two Spice Girls => MEL
2 Down: Body spray brand whose scents include Anarchy and Gold Citron => AXE
3 Down: Area in a resort hotel => SPA
4 Down: Harris who breaks ties in the Senate => KAMALA
5 Down: Not gonna lie, when texting => TBH
6 Down: Gov. Kate Brown's state => OREGON
7 Down: Gomez spotted by paparazzi in Italy this week => SELENA
8 Down: Candy, cake, etc. => SWEETS
10 Down: Cat on a Hot ___ Roof => TIN
13 Down: Special-effects letters => CGI
16 Down: Stock phrase to say to a celebrity if you're starstruck and can't think of anything better => BIGFAN
17 Down: Chevrolet named for an African animal => IMPALA
18 Down: Demand that your voice be heard => LEANIN
20 Down: Massachusetts senator since 2013 => WARREN
22 Down: Possible vote for 20-Down => NAY
26 Down: Sammy often served with no crust => PBJ
28 Down: Doctors Without Borders, for one => NGO
29 Down: Who am ___ judge? => ITO
30 Down: Frame of a cartoon => CEL
31 Down: Civil Rights ___ => ERA

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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