Crossword Answers For: Monday, April 12, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Soothing ointment => BALM
5 Across: Criticize harshly => BASH
9 Across: Deep-voiced singer => BASSO
14 Across: Great Lake that stretches from New York to Michigan => ERIE
15 Across: Every 12 mos. => YRLY
16 Across: Significant __: partner => OTHER
17 Across: Place for junk => SCRAPHEAP
19 Across: Genetic twin => CLONE
20 Across: Honey, I'm Home singer Twain => SHANIA
21 Across: Wagons at midday socials => TEACARTS
23 Across: B and B's, e.g. => INNS
25 Across: Home of twigs => NEST
26 Across: Did a marathon, say => RAN
28 Across: Relaxation of govt. rules => DEREG
31 Across: Skip, with out => SIT
34 Across: Turn loose => LETGO
36 Across: Annoys => VEXES
38 Across: Oft-stubbed digit => TOE
39 Across: In time gone by => AGO
40 Across: U.S. Congress, informally => THEHILL
42 Across: Enjoyed a meal => ATE
43 Across: Web or nanny follower => CAM
44 Across: Reef makeup => CORAL
45 Across: Some youth ctrs. => YMCAS
47 Across: Cotton gin inventor Whitney => ELI
48 Across: Defy authority => REBEL
50 Across: Approves => OKS
51 Across: Dimpled facial feature, perhaps => CHIN
54 Across: Game room missile => DART
56 Across: From Tokyo, say => JAPANESE
60 Across: Overly large => TOOBIG
64 Across: Still in the game => ALIVE
65 Across: Increasing, and a hint to 17- and 40-Across and 11- and 27-Down => ONTHERISE
67 Across: Distance runner => MILER
68 Across: Prescription amount => DOSE
69 Across: Enchanted movie girl played by Anne Hathaway => ELLA
70 Across: Arterial implant => STENT
71 Across: Seeks answers => ASKS
72 Across: Doe or stag => DEER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Porgy and __ => BESS
2 Down: Half a McDonald's logo => ARCH
3 Down: Old Italian money => LIRA
4 Down: Definition => MEANING
5 Down: Manually => BYHAND
6 Down: __ you comfy? => ARE
7 Down: Venetian blind piece => SLAT
8 Down: Promote big-time => HYPE
9 Down: Italian lawn bowling => BOCCE
10 Down: Book of maps => ATLAS
11 Down: Small order of pancakes => SHORTSTACK
12 Down: FedExed, say => SENT
13 Down: Unrefined minerals => ORES
18 Down: ATM code => PIN
22 Down: __-hair pasta => ANGEL
24 Down: Extremely harsh => SEVERE
26 Down: Fit for a monarch => REGAL
27 Down: Nuclear reactor => ATOMICPILE
29 Down: Get-well program, briefly => REHAB
30 Down: Banished from one's country => EXILED
32 Down: Greek i's => IOTAS
33 Down: Golfer's pegs => TEES
34 Down: Doily trim => LACE
35 Down: Needing no Rx => OTC
37 Down: Like a fox, it's said => SLY
41 Down: Lena who sang Stormy Weather => HORNE
46 Down: Took a drive => MOTORED
49 Down: Wood-shaping machines => LATHES
52 Down: Place of refuge => HAVEN
53 Down: Chemically nonreactive => INERT
55 Down: Fish eggs => ROE
56 Down: Traffic tie-ups => JAMS
57 Down: Touched down => ALIT
58 Down: Ginger ale or root beer => SODA
59 Down: The Catch actress Mireille __ => ENOS
61 Down: Liver secretion => BILE
62 Down: Shipwreck site => ISLE
63 Down: Stick shift choice => GEAR
66 Down: Shame on you! => TSK

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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