Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 31, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Swahili boss => BWANA
6 Across: Canasta combination => MELD
10 Across: Cockatoo feature => CREST
15 Across: Boring tools => AWLS
19 Across: Many a surfer => AOLER
20 Across: Others, in Latin => ALII
21 Across: Vigor => OOMPH
22 Across: Acquire, as an advantage => GAIN
23 Across: My crayon __ => DREWABLANK
25 Across: Pay television => CABLE
26 Across: Designated space => AREA
27 Across: Four-wheeler, briefly => ATV
28 Across: My ruler __ => FAILEDTOMEASUREUP
31 Across: Step on it when you need to step on it => THEGAS
33 Across: Carnival city => RIO
34 Across: Applies henna to, say => DYES
35 Across: Mink cousin => OTTER
38 Across: Sack lead-in => KNAP
41 Across: Mount north of Redding, California => SHASTA
46 Across: Golf course rental => CART
49 Across: Blunted sword => EPEE
51 Across: Text sent with x's and o's => ILUVU
54 Across: Cultural character => ETHOS
55 Across: Felt remorse for => RUED
56 Across: My needle __ => DIDNTCOMETHROUGH
59 Across: Quacked company name => AFLAC
61 Across: Computer instructions => CODE
62 Across: Courtyard => PATIO
63 Across: Dramatic offering => PLAY
64 Across: Mediterranean capital => BEIRUT
66 Across: Tats => INK
68 Across: One of this puzzle's 144 => CLUE
70 Across: My belt __ => BUCKLEDUNDERTHESTRAIN
79 Across: Ground cover => TARP
80 Across: Yess! => YAY
81 Across: Empower => ENABLE
82 Across: What may come to mind => IDEA
86 Across: Native New Zealander => MAORI
89 Across: Fix, as a toy => SPAY
92 Across: Sleep disorder => APNEA
93 Across: My cake __ => FELLDOWNONTHEJOB
97 Across: Shut (up) => PENT
98 Across: South Pacific island group => SAMOA
99 Across: Parasite => LEECH
100 Across: Benefit => SAKE
101 Across: Cookie with a Red Velvet variety => OREO
102 Across: Attacks => ONSETS
104 Across: Climb, in a way => SHIN
106 Across: Direct attention => REFER
108 Across: Soften => EASE
111 Across: As we speak => NOW
113 Across: Beefy soup ingredient => OXTAIL
117 Across: My knife __ => COULDNTMAKETHECUT
125 Across: Genetic material => DNA
126 Across: Need anything __? => ELSE
127 Across: Fluffy-eared marsupial => KOALA
128 Across: And my champagne __ => FIZZLEDOUT
130 Across: Crossword-solving Simpson => LISA
131 Across: Celtic language => IRISH
132 Across: Trac II cousin => ATRA
133 Across: Walt Whitman volunteered as one during the Civil War => NURSE
134 Across: Title for fictional detective Peter Wimsey => LORD
135 Across: Parachute fabric => NYLON
136 Across: Help grow up => REAR
137 Across: Printer cartridge contents => TONER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lacking talent for => BADAT
2 Down: Deserving of => WORTH
3 Down: All Day Strong brand => ALEVE
4 Down: Not seen before => NEW
5 Down: Longtime PLO chairman => ARAFAT
6 Down: Mauritania neighbor => MALI
7 Down: Airline to Israel => ELAL
8 Down: Hard-hit batted ball => LINER
9 Down: Small antelope with an echoic name => DIKDIK
10 Down: First name in design => COCO
11 Down: Wander aimlessly => ROAM
12 Down: Reporter at the front => EMBED
13 Down: Spread outward => SPLAY
14 Down: Academic research papers => THESES
15 Down: Jellylike alga extract => AGAR
16 Down: Goods suffix => WARE
17 Down: Stead => LIEU
18 Down: Start of a football play => SNAP
24 Down: Poured juices over => BASTED
29 Down: Bar mixer => TONIC
30 Down: Director in the theater? => USHER
32 Down: Approached nightfall => GOTDARK
36 Down: Iliad, for one => EPIC
37 Down: Second chance => REDO
39 Down: Leaning to one side => ALOP
40 Down: Reebok rival => PUMA
42 Down: Resting upon => ATOP
43 Down: Jewish assembly site => SHUL
44 Down: Roman garment => TOGA
45 Down: Grayish => ASHY
46 Down: 19th-century diarist Henry __ Robinson => CRABB
47 Down: Pot-__: on the fire French stew => AUFEU
48 Down: Thing of the past => RELIC
50 Down: Lead to => ENDIN
52 Down: Twining plant => VETCH
53 Down: Functional => UTILE
57 Down: Look after => TEND
58 Down: Legislative body => HOUSE
60 Down: Snake worshippers, e.g. => CULT
65 Down: Spanish 51-Across => TEAMO
67 Down: Tab, say => KEY
69 Down: European erupter => ETNA
71 Down: Slow way of speaking => DRAWL
72 Down: Barely ahead => UPONE
73 Down: Reckless => RASH
74 Down: Personality categories => TYPES
75 Down: Bond that promotes easy communication => RAPPORT
76 Down: Baseball's Doubleday => ABNER
77 Down: __ Woods, original voice of Disney's Cinderella => ILENE
78 Down: Groovy! => NEATO
82 Down: In that case => IFSO
83 Down: Basketball Hall of Fame coach Smith => DEAN
84 Down: Stately trees => ELMS
85 Down: Cream additive => ALOE
87 Down: Small deer => ROES
88 Down: Move bit by bit => INCH
90 Down: When it's __: answer to a classic riddle => AJAR
91 Down: Symbol of bondage => YOKE
94 Down: So last year => DATED
95 Down: To __ own self be true: Hamlet => THINE
96 Down: Soil => BEFOUL
103 Down: Finally registered => SANKIN
105 Down: A stone's throw => NOTFAR
107 Down: Degree => EXTENT
109 Down: Apartment building unit => STORY
110 Down: Web message => EMAIL
112 Down: Harmless, as a lie => WHITE
114 Down: Add splendor to => ADORN
115 Down: Occupied => INUSE
116 Down: See ya => LATER
117 Down: Honeycomb compartment => CELL
118 Down: Miscellany => OLIO
119 Down: Cold War initials => USSR
120 Down: Play the first card => LEAD
121 Down: Besides that => ALSO
122 Down: Madeline of Blazing Saddles => KAHN
123 Down: Poet Pound => EZRA
124 Down: Old Russian autocrat => CZAR
129 Down: Sonny and Cher, for one => DUO

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This crossword has 65 across clues and 80 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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