Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Poker variant => STUD
5 Across: Cards Against Humanity and chess, for two => GAMES
10 Across: Pirate's growl => ARRR
11 Across: Horseshoe-shaped Greek letter => OMEGA
12 Across: ___ Hilarious (comedian with over 5 million Insta followers) => JESS
13 Across: Martha Stewart but not Snoop Dogg, as noted in a meme => FELON
14 Across: ___ Dhabi => ABU
15 Across: Gretchen of Rounders and the forthcoming Showtime series American Gigolo => MOL
16 Across: Talk show host with the recently-released memoir Live Wire in which she stated that she and Regis Philbin weren't really great friends => KELLYRIPA
20 Across: Former Regis co-host Gifford who commented on 16-Across's revelation: I was very sorry to see the headlines...I'm not going to read the book, I haven't read it => KATHIELEE
22 Across: Instinct => GUT
23 Across: Historic period => ERA
24 Across: ___ Buddies (Tom Hanks/Peter Scolari sitcom) => BOSOM
27 Across: Dragon's home => LAIR
28 Across: What Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani will be for the 2022 season, probably => ALMVP
29 Across: Slippery ___ eel (elusive) => ASAN
30 Across: Oh, the Places You'll Go! author => SEUSS
31 Across: Some shaving stuff => GELS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: He's been hosting the same game show for 41 years => SAJAK
2 Down: He hosted the same game show for 37 years => TREBEK
3 Down: Sci-fi writer ___ K. Le Guin => URSULA
4 Down: Med school grads => DRS
5 Down: Knock yourself out => GOFORIT
6 Down: 2001 French romcom starring Audrey Tautou => AMELIE
7 Down: First name of two Spice Girls => MEL
8 Down: Nwodim who played Black Ariel on SNL last weekend => EGO
9 Down: ___ Francisco State University => SAN
15 Down: 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit => MYHUMPS
17 Down: Eleni Kounalakis of Calif. and Juliana Stratton of Ill., e.g. => LTGOVS
18 Down: Pretty ___ with sugar on top? => PLEASE
19 Down: Like drone footage => AERIAL
21 Down: Brings home => EARNS
24 Down: Many college degs. => BAS
25 Down: Brava! => OLE
26 Down: Dallas sch. attended by Edie Brickell => SMU
27 Down: Lousy internet connection result => LAG

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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