Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bay Area force: Abbr. => SFPD
5 Across: Leaves at the altar => JILTS
10 Across: News story opening => LEDE
14 Across: Words with bow or knot => TIEA
15 Across: Eye-boggling work => OPART
16 Across: Foreboding sign => OMEN
17 Across: *The opportunity to be successful again => ANEWLEASEONLIFE
20 Across: Defunct luxury New York department store => BARNEYS
21 Across: Chinese leader who said, Women hold up half the sky => MAO
22 Across: Ruby, for one => GEM
23 Across: Admission of deceit => ILIED
24 Across: *I'd do the same thing again => NOTSORRY
26 Across: Swedish soprano Jenny => LIND
27 Across: Beast with tusks => BOAR
29 Across: Color tones => HUES
30 Across: Natl. population, e.g. => EST
31 Across: Swiss high point => ALP
32 Across: Director Craven => WES
33 Across: *Stupid superstition, for one => TONGUETWISTER
39 Across: Like some jokes => OLD
40 Across: + or - particle => ION
41 Across: You betcha => YEP
43 Across: Jones of the Monkees => DAVY
45 Across: Ultimate Driving Machine vehicles => BMWS
46 Across: Soccer immortal => PELE
47 Across: *Don't be so oblivious => GETACLUE
49 Across: Propose, as a theory => POSIT
50 Across: Musician Yoko => ONO
51 Across: Stick in a boat => OAR
52 Across: Capital of Georgia (the country) => TBILISI
54 Across: Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played => FAMILYGAMENIGHT
57 Across: New Haven collegians => ELIS
58 Across: Raze => LEVEL
59 Across: Friend's pronoun => THEE
60 Across: Like creamy desserts => RICH
61 Across: __ you sweet! => ARENT
62 Across: Nos. on an airport board => ETDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Unmoving Calder work => STABILE
2 Down: Last round contestant => FINALIST
3 Down: Scrutinize using, as a microscope => PEERINTO
4 Down: Became clear to, with on => DAWNED
5 Down: Baby marsupial => JOEY
6 Down: Some beers: Abbr. => IPAS
7 Down: __ Vegas => LAS
8 Down: Quake aftershock => TREMOR
9 Down: Brown ermine => STOAT
10 Down: OMG, funny! => LOL
11 Down: Asylum seeker => EMIGRE
12 Down: Postpones => DEFERS
13 Down: Foe => ENEMY
18 Down: Headed up => LED
19 Down: Grabs a snack => NOSHES
24 Down: When toddlers snooze => NAPTIME
25 Down: Cast out => OUST
27 Down: Data transmission unit => BAUD
28 Down: Cry after un gol => OLE
32 Down: Carries the day => WINS
34 Down: Bright star => NOVA
35 Down: Ethylene __: antifreeze => GLYCOL
36 Down: That's big news! => WOW
37 Down: Optometrist's concern => EYESIGHT
38 Down: Completely enjoyed => RELISHED
42 Down: Small sizes => PETITES
43 Down: North America's highest peak => DENALI
44 Down: Type of energy or reactor => ATOMIC
45 Down: Backyard barbecue staple => BURGER
46 Down: Considerate => POLITE
47 Down: One picking up the staff lunch order, perhaps => GOFER
48 Down: Clapton classic => LAYLA
49 Down: Wrestler's goal => PIN
52 Down: Feds under Ness => TMEN
53 Down: Sing (out) loudly => BELT
55 Down: Kinda => ISH
56 Down: Latin greeting => AVE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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