Obstructed, as an opening Crossword Clue

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Obstructed, as an opening Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
2. closed off

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OBSTRUCTED (adjective)
1. shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
OPENING (noun)
1. an open or empty space in or between things
2. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
OPENING (adjective)
1. first or beginning

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Across

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5. San ___ Bay (estuary near San Francisco)

10. Noted silver-tongued Olympic gold medalist

13. Coin toss call

14. Supply

15. Generals and such

16. Quickly put (together)

17. Tres + tres + tres

18. Single ___ (tourney type)

19. Clarifying words

20. Kierkegaard, for one

21. Cattle steerers

22. Worn-down part

24. Fail to understand

26. Section of a curriculum

28. Broadway star Hagen

30. Musical pitch interval

34. Mayo to mayo, say

35. Writer honored by Oz Park in Chicago

37. "My Neighbor ___," 1988 Hayao Miyazaki film

38. One not getting enough sleep in Apr., perhaps

39. "Mind your own business!" ... or a hint to the four sides of this puzzle

41. Prefix with meter

42. As a ___

44. Prefix with -phobia

45. "I'm Just ___" (2023 Oscar-nominated song)

46. Halting speakers?

48. "Inside Politics" airer

49. Field

50. Like many flowers and prizes

52. Down in the dumps

54. Tasty pastry spread

57. Main ingredient in the Japanese liqueur umeshu

59. Hats, informally

62. Nice chunk of dough

63. Garden tool

64. Kind of arch that resembles the shape of a Hershey's Kiss

65. Qualifying races

66. This might come in a saucer

67. Side to take into consideration

68. Actress Goth of 2022's "X"

69. Supervises

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Down

1. Org. with probes

2. Muddies, as water

3. Ascetic breakfast selection

4. Channel for watching college games

5. Turn topsy-turvy

6. One doing some deep-sea exploration

7. Muy __

8. Resides a long time ago?

9. Be down in the dumps

10. Singer Guthrie

11. Crisscross pattern

12. Credos

15. Lacking, with "of"

21. Bike and Bike+, e.g.

23. Like a witch's cauldron

25. God honored by gladiatorial fights

26. Mother-of-pearl

27. How to sign a check

29. Draw tight

31. Criticized

32. Primate, for humans

33. Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit

36. Letters on an N.Y.C. fare card

43. God who begat the Titans

47. Lissome

51. Author ___-René Lesage

53. Overhead

54. Thing on a docket

55. Something a waiter may pull out

56. I, to Socrates

58. Sharp set

60. Interior design

61. Permeate

63. Fill fully

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