Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Helps on a heist => ABETS
6 Across: Shohei Ohtani stat => RBI
9 Across: Song title for Rihanna and Creed => HIGHER
11 Across: Shock me like an electric ___ (MGMT lyric) => EEL
12 Across: With 14-Across: 1994 and 2023 Academy Award nominee who will receive an honorary Oscar next year, as announced earlier this week => ANGELA
13 Across: Baseball great Ripken Jr. => CAL
14 Across: See 12-Across => BASSETT
16 Across: Actress Rogers of Bosch => MIMI
19 Across: Jon who played Napoleon Dynamite => HEDER
20 Across: Buddy => AMIGO
22 Across: Say it didn't happen => DENY
23 Across: Queen ___ (Oscar-nominated 2022 role for 12-Across in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) => RAMONDA
25 Across: Can ___ now? => IGO
26 Across: Tina ___ (Oscar-nominated role for 12-Across in What's Love Got to Do With It?) => TURNER
30 Across: Classic video game console => NES
31 Across: How some soups taste => ONIONY
32 Across: Solid ___ rock (reliable) => ASA
33 Across: Lauder of mascara and more => ESTEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: The Sun Always Shines On T.V. band => AHA
2 Down: Recycling container => BIN
3 Down: One of a dozen => EGG
4 Down: Nickname of NBA great Oscar Robertson => THEBIGO
5 Down: Actress Ward of Once and Again and Gone Girl => SELA
6 Down: Fall back, as the tide => RECEDE
7 Down: Defeated => BEATEN
8 Down: Can't make any promises => ILLTRY
10 Down: Skin issue => RASH
15 Down: Funny Amy or David => SEDARIS
16 Down: Business for boat owners => MARINA
17 Down: Pictures => IMAGES
18 Down: Brunch drink => MIMOSA
21 Down: I'm ___ you! (You don't fool me!) => ONTO
24 Down: 1984 David Lynch movie, or a 2021 Denis Villeneuve movie made from the same novel => DUNE
27 Down: ___ that I care... => NOT
28 Down: Compass direction opposite WSW => ENE
29 Down: Bread used on a reuben => RYE

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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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