Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Kid around => JEST
5 Across: Abacus unit => BEAD
9 Across: Promote heavily => PUSH
13 Across: Fever with chills => AGUE
14 Across: I do site => ALTAR
16 Across: A Death in the Family Pulitzer winner => AGEE
17 Across: Word with head or meal => BONE
18 Across: Supply chain intermediary => WHOLESALER
20 Across: Public transit commuter's nightmare => BUSLINESTRIKE
22 Across: Blow up => ERUPT
24 Across: ¿Cómo __? => ESTA
25 Across: Some systems pros: Abbr. => EES
26 Across: Mal de __ => MER
27 Across: Beaujolais, e.g. => RED
30 Across: Bird on a court => LARRY
32 Across: Access point indicator on many streets => MANHOLECOVER
37 Across: Pretentious with a paintbrush, say => ARTY
38 Across: Hindu teacher => SWAMI
39 Across: Mamma Mia! group => ABBA
43 Across: Have fun on a diamond => PLAYBASEBALL
46 Across: Shopping __ => SPREE
49 Across: High-__ monitor => RES
50 Across: Meadowland => LEA
51 Across: Arg. neighbor => URU
52 Across: Withdraw by degrees => WEAN
56 Across: Make sense => ADDUP
58 Across: Acting affectedly ... and, based on what can go with the three parts of 20-, 32- and 43-Across, this puzzle's title => PUTTINGONAIRS
62 Across: Kind of fortitude => INTESTINAL
63 Across: Copied => APED
66 Across: __-do-well => NEER
67 Across: Arduous jobs => SLOGS
68 Across: La maja desnuda artist => GOYA
69 Across: Old Norse poetic work => EDDA
70 Across: Canadian gas => ESSO
71 Across: Plant support => STEM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Poke => JAB
2 Down: Alter __ => EGO
3 Down: Like one who got careless at the beach => SUNBURNT
4 Down: Get set to drive => TEEUP
5 Down: Scold, with out => BAWL
6 Down: K-12, for short => ELHI
7 Down: Make amends => ATONE
8 Down: Lowlands => DALES
9 Down: Late-night TV pioneer => PAAR
10 Down: Harder to watch => UGLIER
11 Down: Catcher of the Golden Snitch, in Quidditch => SEEKER
12 Down: Rejection of religious dogma => HERESY
15 Down: Remainder => REST
19 Down: Like an old joke => STALE
21 Down: Houston MLBer => STRO
22 Down: Stone or Watson => EMMA
23 Down: Raise => REAR
28 Down: Frozen snow queen => ELSA
29 Down: Like morning grass => DEWY
31 Down: Many an Omani => ARAB
33 Down: Pre-release buzz => HYPE
34 Down: Dry 27-Across, briefly => CAB
35 Down: Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan __ => OMAR
36 Down: Gripping device => VISE
40 Down: Hairless area => BALDSPOT
41 Down: Veal cordon __ => BLEU
42 Down: Swim __: do one full pool circuit => ALAP
44 Down: Lamb Chop creator Shari => LEWIS
45 Down: Actor Morales => ESAI
46 Down: Lying face-up => SUPINE
47 Down: Spruced up, as a spruce => PRUNED
48 Down: Groovy? => RUTTED
53 Down: Middle-earth tree creatures => ENTS
54 Down: Deft => AGILE
55 Down: They're forbidden => NONOS
57 Down: They're boring => DRAGS
59 Down: Trillion: Pref. => TERA
60 Down: Scolds to death => NAGS
61 Down: Too => ALSO
64 Down: Set one's sights on => EYE
65 Down: Beaver's project => DAM

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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