Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 24, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Dodge a conviction => WALK
5 Across: Kin kin => KITH
9 Across: Amazon review rating units => STARS
14 Across: Gathered dust => SAT
17 Across: Morlock prey => ELOI
18 Across: Logical opening => IDEO
19 Across: Swift's brutish race => YAHOOS
20 Across: Backing => PRO
21 Across: Easter precursor => LENT
22 Across: What's expected => NORM
23 Across: Kind of lead a closer often has to protect => ONERUN
24 Across: Hop on the bandwagon => JOIN
25 Across: People's 2019 Sexiest Man Alive => LEGEND
27 Across: Drop-down item => MENU
29 Across: Grammy channel => CBS
30 Across: Patient person? => NURSE
31 Across: Sense => FEEL
33 Across: Copter topper => ROTOR
35 Across: Tarnished => TAINTED
37 Across: More than just asks => IMPLORES
41 Across: Dawn => SUNUP
43 Across: Now __ heard it all! => IVE
44 Across: Austin __: Tennessee university => PEAY
45 Across: Conquest for Caesar => GAUL
47 Across: Osso __ => BUCO
48 Across: Court break point => RECESS
52 Across: 1971 New York prison riot site => ATTICA
54 Across: Phil Collins' longtime band => GENESIS
56 Across: First name in student loans => SALLIE
57 Across: Big 12 Cowboy's rival => SOONER
58 Across: Help the bad guys => ABET
59 Across: Buzz creator => BEE
61 Across: Twilights, in verse => EENS
62 Across: Vocalist => SONGSTER
64 Across: Long border range => URAL
66 Across: Dives into, as a workload => ATTACKS
69 Across: Dundee denials => NAES
70 Across: Speak with style => ORATE
71 Across: Makeshift weapon => SHIV
72 Across: Luray attraction => CAVERNS
75 Across: Burgundy and Weasley => RONS
76 Across: Landed with a line => REELEDIN
80 Across: Novelist Waugh => ALEC
81 Across: Ref. whose recent updates include chillax and whatev => OED
83 Across: Ward of FBI => SELA
85 Across: Prefix with cortical => ADRENO
86 Across: College URL ending => DOTEDU
89 Across: Madison in Splash, e.g. => MERMAID
91 Across: Acorn coats => TESTAE
92 Across: Thumbs-ups => YESSES
93 Across: ... kissed thee __ killed thee: Othello => EREI
94 Across: Foreshadow => BODE
96 Across: Cut down => HEWN
97 Across: Told you so! => SEE
98 Across: Laundry cycle => RINSE
100 Across: Furthered the development of => NURTURED
102 Across: Eager beaver's demand => MEFIRST
106 Across: Leading airplane features? => NOSES
108 Across: Farm gatherings => EGGS
109 Across: Red-carpet honorees => ELITE
110 Across: Thurman of Pulp Fiction => UMA
112 Across: Maker of BILLY bookcases => IKEA
114 Across: Outback offering => RIBEYE
118 Across: Small craft => DORY
119 Across: Acknowledge the general => SNAPTO
121 Across: Folksy Guthrie => ARLO
123 Across: Gator tails? => ADES
124 Across: Great primate => APE
125 Across: Post-Christmas event => RETURN
126 Across: Forbidden perfume => TABU
127 Across: One of a seagoing trio => NINA
128 Across: Beethoven's __ Adieux Sonata => LES
129 Across: Horses originally developed in a desert climate => ARABS
130 Across: Sty feed => SLOP
131 Across: He played Ricky in early TV => DESI

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Competently => WELL
2 Down: Sheltered, at sea => ALEE
3 Down: Time-consuming => LONG
4 Down: Downwind => KITEFLYINGNECESSITY
5 Down: Downgrade => KINDERGARTEN
6 Down: Sworn statement => IDO
7 Down: Stint => TERM
8 Down: One that usually leaves the park => HOMER
9 Down: __ Salvador => SAN
10 Down: Downplay => THECRUCIBLE
11 Down: Simple choice => AORB
12 Down: Haul out of bed => ROUST
13 Down: Phishing target, briefly => SSN
14 Down: Wear with pride => SPORT
15 Down: Crop up => ARISE
16 Down: Fit as a fiddle => TONED
19 Down: Downstream => YOUTUBETRANSMISSION
24 Down: Downward => JUNECLEAVERSHUSBAND
26 Down: New start? => NEO
28 Down: Cardinals, e.g.: Abbr. => NOS
30 Down: Skin care brand => NIVEA
32 Down: Field => LEA
34 Down: Heavy burden => ONUS
36 Down: What some put on to feel better about themselves => AIRS
37 Down: Bridge call => IPASS
38 Down: Anti-harassment movement => METOO
39 Down: Anti-apartheid author Alan => PATON
40 Down: Cube makeup => SUGAR
42 Down: Prepare for a selfie => POSE
46 Down: Syr. neighbor => LEB
49 Down: TVA output => ELEC
50 Down: Descend => SINK
51 Down: House mtg. => SESS
53 Down: Dog Whisperer Millan => CESAR
55 Down: Surgery opening? => NEURO
60 Down: Simplify => EASE
63 Down: Canadian gas => ESSO
65 Down: Very confused => ATSEA
67 Down: Downcast => THEATERGROUP
68 Down: 127-Across feature => TILDE
70 Down: Downdraft => ORDERINAPUB
72 Down: Suffragist Elizabeth __ Stanton => CADY
73 Down: Skin soother => ALOE
74 Down: November honorees => VETS
76 Down: Home detector target => RADON
77 Down: Block => DETER
78 Down: Blown away => INAWE
79 Down: Interminably => NOEND
82 Down: Part of FEMA: Abbr. => EMER
84 Down: Rights movement shorthand => LIB
87 Down: Maker of Zero-Turn mowers => DEERE
88 Down: Functions => USES
90 Down: City that aptly rhymes with casino => RENO
95 Down: Word on a bill => DUE
99 Down: What a mouse may evoke => EEK
101 Down: __ Fridays => TGI
102 Down: Podium handout => MEDAL
103 Down: Bolt to tie the knot => ELOPE
104 Down: Sends packing => FIRES
105 Down: One working on pitches => TUNER
107 Down: There aren't quite enough of them in musical chairs => SEATS
111 Down: Hari of espionage => MATA
113 Down: Sea devastated by irrigation projects => ARAL
115 Down: Actress Falco => EDIE
116 Down: Urges => YENS
117 Down: Morales of Jericho => ESAI
119 Down: Span. title => SRA
120 Down: __-80: old computer => TRS
122 Down: Bit of Wall St. news => LBO

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This crossword has 75 across clues and 70 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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