Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 10, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Prefix with bar => ISO
4 Across: Purple color named for a flower => LILAC
9 Across: Kind of minister or suspect => PRIME
14 Across: Habit wearer => NUN
15 Across: Mutiny on the Bounty captain => BLIGH
16 Across: Star Wars director George => LUCAS
17 Across: Two-base hit: Abbr. => DBL
18 Across: Cloak-and-dagger spy => SECRETAGENT
20 Across: Heroic tale => EPIC
22 Across: Direction of the dawn => EAST
23 Across: Easter egg coloring => DYE
24 Across: Typically yellow tangy fruit => BANANAPEPPER
29 Across: Quivery vocal effect => TREMOLO
30 Across: Spanish eight => OCHO
34 Across: Of an arterial trunk => AORTAL
38 Across: Belle's suitor => BEAU
39 Across: *Accessory metaphor for an accomplishment => NOTCHONONESBELT
44 Across: Gas leak giveaway => ODOR
45 Across: I'm clueless => NOIDEA
46 Across: City near Tahoe => RENO
47 Across: Whiner => CRYBABY
52 Across: Spaghetti-in-a-can icon => CHEFBOYARDEE
57 Across: Emails a dupe to => CCS
60 Across: Goddess for whom a month is named => MAIA
61 Across: Theater segments => ROWS
62 Across: I Can't Help Myself Motown group ... and what's comprised by 18-, 24-, 39- and 52-Across' starting words? => THEFOURTOPS
67 Across: Frito-__ => LAY
68 Across: Old toga wearer => ROMAN
69 Across: Frighten => SCARE
70 Across: Start for fab or fix => PRE
71 Across: Pinocchio's problem => LYING
72 Across: Roll of the dice => THROW
73 Across: __ the DJ, I'm the Rapper: 1988 album => HES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Behind on bills => INDEBT
2 Down: Not up to snuff => SUBPAR
3 Down: Browsing the Web, say => ONLINE
4 Down: Scale units: Abbr. => LBS
5 Down: Land in la mer => ILE
6 Down: DMV certificate => LIC
7 Down: Go along (with) => AGREE
8 Down: Tightfisted => CHEAP
9 Down: Table setting item => PLATE
10 Down: Snug bug's place? => RUG
11 Down: Covered, as a cake => ICED
12 Down: Numerous => MANY
13 Down: Punta del __, Uruguay => ESTE
19 Down: Recipe abbr. => TSP
21 Down: Cell pic taker => CAM
25 Down: Ark builder => NOAH
26 Down: Crazy as __ => ALOON
27 Down: X-rated stuff => PORNO
28 Down: Lynda Bird's married name => ROBB
31 Down: Average grade => CEE
32 Down: Actor Holbrook => HAL
33 Down: Not in the office => OUT
35 Down: You, in French => TOI
36 Down: With unnamed partners, in bus. names => ANDCO
37 Down: Suspicious (of) => LEERY
39 Down: Neither's partner => NOR
40 Down: Wordsworth's __ to Duty => ODE
41 Down: Trucker's unit => TON
42 Down: Gator kin => CROC
43 Down: Don't __ word!: Shh! => SAYA
48 Down: I'm freezing! => BRR
49 Down: Brewer Coors => ADOLPH
50 Down: Sign warning word about a watchdog => BEWARE
51 Down: Absolutely! => YESYES
53 Down: Chinese ethnic group => HMONG
54 Down: Water, in Cannes => EAU
55 Down: At the head of the line => FIRST
56 Down: Cookie baker's lot => BATCH
57 Down: Bottom-corner PC key => CTRL
58 Down: Bok __: Chinese cabbage => CHOY
59 Down: 18-wheeler => SEMI
63 Down: One cheering for the team => FAN
64 Down: Sculler's prop => OAR
65 Down: Whiz => PRO
66 Down: Stitch together => SEW

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 46 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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