Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Messi who played in an MLS game on Sunday night...or DiCaprio who was in the stands => LEO
4 Across: Gomez who was at the game (and watched Messi in a closed-to-the-public warm-up, repeatedly shouting I'm single! to the team) => SELENA
10 Across: Vowels that promise repayment => IOU
11 Across: Solar ___ (stomach area) => PLEXUS
12 Across: Messi's team, who won the game 3-1 (Messi didn't score, but he got two assists) => INTERMIAMI
14 Across: ___-tzu (Chinese philosopher) => LAO
15 Across: Was winning => LED
16 Across: ___ Cold Medina (Tone-Loc hit) => FUNKY
19 Across: To be, to Timothée Chalamet => ETRE
20 Across: War for the Planet of the ___ (2017 movie) => APES
21 Across: Spanish for steps => PASOS
22 Across: ___ been meaning to ask you... => IVE
23 Across: ___ in 'Isaac' (phrase used when spelling something out over the phone) => IAS
24 Across: ___ FC (host team for the game) => LOSANGELES
29 Across: Right away => ATONCE
30 Across: 38 for Prince Harry, who was also at the game => AGE
31 Across: Dimes, to dollars => TENTHS
32 Across: Step into the ring => BOX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 52, in Roman numerals => LII
2 Down: Billion-year period => EON
3 Down: Magazine since 1992 => OUT
4 Down: Deodorant option => SPRAY
5 Down: Sesame Street character => ELMO
6 Down: ___ Day (May 1st, in Hawaii) => LEI
7 Down: Puts on a pedestal => EXALTS
8 Down: ___ uno (what many soccer fans think Messi is) => NUMERO
9 Down: Theatrical digressions => ASIDES
13 Down: Animals with antlers => ELKS
16 Down: Opposite of be successful in => FAILAT
17 Down: Give support to online => UPVOTE
18 Down: Liam in Taken => NEESON
19 Down: ___ on Down the Road (The Wiz song) => EASE
21 Down: Chapter parts => PAGES
23 Down: Hedwig and the Angry ___ => INCH
25 Down: ___-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania => ANT
26 Down: Evil scientist's workplace (or a non-evil scientist's workplace, come to think of it) => LAB
27 Down: Nwodim on a 2 Broke Girls episode => EGO
28 Down: The S of SATC => SEX

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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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