Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 19 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bulb that rarely needs to be replaced : TULIP
6 Steel (oneself) : GIRD
10 Verge : CUSP
14 Weigh in : OPINE
15 Mideast leader : EMIR
16 Purnell of “Yellowjackets” : ELLA
17 Repetitive sonata movement : RONDO
18 Shuriken : NINJA STAR
20 Topping : ONE-UPPING
22 Fixes holes in hose : DARNS
23 Where to save for a rainy day? : CLOUD STORAGE
25 Makes a difference : MATTERS
28 Alley-__ : OOP
29 Too green : UNRIPE
30 Film lengths : RUNTIMES
35 Spot for a toaster? : STOOL
36 Simple bed : COT
37 Square things : ATONE
38 Stella alternative : HEINEKEN
40 Modest response to compliments : OH STOP
41 Melody : AIR
42 Member of a sorority founded at Boston University, familiarly : TRI-DELT
43 Mark of a decent student : B-PLUS AVERAGE
48 Kicked off the covers, say : AROSE
49 “Riverdance” numbers : IRISH JIGS
53 Airport transport, maybe : LIVERY CAB
55 W-2 information : WAGES
56 Palm reader : SEER
57 Simplicity : EASE
58 Stave off : AVERT
59 Puts two and two together : ADDS
60 Cold drafts : ALES
61 Steppes tents : YURTS
DOWN
1 Rafael Nadal’s logo : TORO
2 Atop : UPON
3 Prompter’s cue : LINE
4 Entry to the Hall of Fame, e.g. : INDUCTION
5 One who may find it hard to say no : PEOPLE PLEASER
6 Bar tender at an Apple Store : GENIUS
7 Rare response from a 5-Down : I MIND
8 Tolls : RINGS OUT
9 Hall of Famer whose no. was retired by the Nets and the Sixers : DR J
10 France : __ :: United States : Oscar : CESAR
11 To the nth degree : ULTRA
12 “Dope” and “gucci,” e.g. : SLANG
13 Pick apart, in a way : PARSE
19 Own the road? : ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY
21 Sponge feature : PORE
24 Long or short amount : TON
25 Soft stuff : MUSH
26 Penny-__ : ANTE
27 Riker’s spouse on “Star Trek: TNG” : TROI
30 “Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life” memoirist Darling : RON
31 “I’ve been here before” : IT’S DEJA VU
32 Dust in the wind? : MOTE
33 Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
34 Equinox mo. : SEPT
36 Neck-related : CERVICAL
39 Forte maker : KIA
40 Hours, in Italy : ORAS
42 Clans : TRIBES
43 Model material : BALSA
44 Got a bit too personal : PRIED
45 Thought the world of : LOVED
46 App purchasers : USERS
47 Backspace over : ERASE
50 Disney CEO Bob : IGER
51 “Runaways” superhero Yorkes : GERT
52 Flightless birds? : SSTS
54 Floor support? : YEA
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