Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 25 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 *Pipe alternative : CIGAR
6 *”You Were Meant for Me” singer : JEWEL
11 *Minor mistake : SLIP
15 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Tony : OLIVA
16 Savory quality : UMAMI
17 Soft food : MUSH
18 Hybrid big cat : LIGER
19 “No __!” : SIREE
20 Spot’s pal in Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” : ARLO
21 Most precious : DEAREST
23 Like Frederick the Great’s kingdom : PRUSSIAN
25 Skin bump : WART
26 Jedi played by Daisy Ridley : REY
27 Unifying idea : THEME
28 Boring situation : DRAG
30 Tara of the “Sharknado” films : REID
32 Novelist Santha Rama __ : RAU
33 Bistros, e.g. : EATERIES
35 Zombies, essentially : CORPSES
39 Inebriated : LIT
40 Situation that occurs under extreme conditions, and a description of the answer to each starred clue : EDGE CASE
42 __ kwon do : TAE
43 Guts : INSIDES
45 App’s customers : USER BASE
47 Rx writers : MDS
48 Developer’s map : PLAT
49 Eagle-__ : EYED
50 Title in a Dumas title : COMTE
53 Sewer scamperer : RAT
54 Some quinceañera attendees : TIAS
56 Party bowlful : ONION DIP
58 British actor who played Bilbo Baggins : IAN HOLM
61 Gabrielle Union’s alma mater : UCLA
62 Do the trick : AVAIL
64 Flood guard : LEVEE
65 Wants to take back : RUES
66 2022 role for Pattinson : WAYNE
67 __ rock : ARENA
68 *Challenge : TEST
69 *Tumbler : GLASS
70 *Least satisfactory : WORST
DOWN
1 *On a losing streak : COLD
2 “Would __ to you?” : I LIE
3 Power grid measures : GIGAWATTS
4 Bowler’s statistic : AVERAGE
5 More valuable, perhaps : RARER
6 Merely : JUST
7 Classic record label : EMI
8 Bent out of shape : WARPED
9 Pedicure abrasive : EMERY
10 Substitution word : LIEU
11 Demolition derby collision : SMASHUP
12 “Foreign Affairs” Pulitzer winner : LURIE
13 Mullah’s faith : ISLAM
14 *Call : PHONE
22 Walks purposefully : STRIDES
24 Impolite observer : STARER
26 Gentle hill : RISE
28 *Sub supplier : DELI
29 Reason for indoor recess : RAIN
31 Brain tests, briefly : EEGS
32 Stone discovery site : ROSETTA
34 Blush : REDDEN
35 Asunción abode : CASA
36 Spends the night : STAYS OVER
37 Relieve : EASE
38 *Germ of an idea : SEED
41 Rock’s Blue Öyster __ : CULT
44 “My goose is cooked” : I’M TOAST
46 Save the day : BE A HERO
48 Smoothie fruit : PAPAYA
50 *Server’s spot? : COURT
51 When expected : ON CUE
52 Some credit card rewards : MILES
53 Uber, to Lyft : RIVAL
55 Holiday visitor : IN-LAW
57 University of Georgia athlete, familiarly : DAWG
58 Tahiti et Martinique : ILES
59 Periscope part : LENS
60 *Charcuterie fare : MEAT
63 Progressive business: Abbr. : INS
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