Crossword Answers For: Thursday, September 21, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: White who began her 41st (!) season of Wheel of Fortune earlier this month; she's signed on for two more after that as well => VANNA
6 Across: With 22-Across, host who will succeed 14-Across on Wheel at the end of this season, which began on Sept. 11 => RYAN
10 Across: Failed spectacularly on a surfboard, say => ATEIT
11 Across: State Hannah lives in for a while, on Girls => IOWA
12 Across: Full ___ Jacket (1987 Stanley Kubrick drama) => METAL
13 Across: 2 Live ___ => CREW
14 Across: Longtime Wheel host who began his 41st (and final) season this month => PATSAJAK
16 Across: Pig's place => STY
17 Across: 4 ___ Blondes (What's Going On band) => NON
18 Across: Highway (abbr.) => RTE
19 Across: Song ABBA sings at their regular London concerts => SOS
22 Across: See 6-Across => SEACREST
24 Across: Show with Hawaii, New Orleans, and Sydney versions => NCIS
26 Across: One of sixteen in a pound => OUNCE
27 Across: Springfield rascal => BART
28 Across: Like beer from a keg => ONTAP
29 Across: Enterprise rival => AVIS
30 Across: TV producer Norman and poet Edward, for two => LEARS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Femme fatales => VAMPS
2 Down: Patronized, as a taqueria => ATEAT
3 Down: ___ Nance (kidnapping victim played by Keke Palmer in the Lifetime film Abducted) => NETTY
4 Down: Vardalos and Long, for two => NIAS
5 Down: Show with Zazie Beets and Donald Glover => ATLANTA
6 Down: Puerto ___ (like many characters in West Side Story) => RICAN
7 Down: Michael in the Austin Powers movies => YORK
8 Down: Amazement => AWE
9 Down: Casual rejection => NAW
15 Down: Nickname for quarterback Montana or Namath => JOECOOL
18 Down: Takes a breather => RESTS
19 Down: ___ message (announced one's presence) => SENTA
20 Down: Award won earlier this year by Ke Huy Quan and Guillermo del Toro => OSCAR
21 Down: The 39 ___ (Alfred Hitchcock movie) => STEPS
22 Down: Apple assistant => SIRI
23 Down: Tennis star Holger ___ => RUNE
24 Down: Joel Embiid plays in it => NBA
25 Down: LeBron used to be one, for short => CAV

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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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