Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sousa specialty => MARCH
6 Across: Show appreciation for the performance => CLAP
10 Across: __ 67: Montreal World's Fair => EXPO
14 Across: Amtrak speedster => ACELA
15 Across: Hand-up command => HALT
16 Across: Really funny sort => RIOT
17 Across: Food truck fare => TACOS
18 Across: McDonald's slogan since 2003 => IMLOVINIT
20 Across: Go ballistic => HITTHECEILING
22 Across: Bogey on a par 5 => SIX
23 Across: Homer's TV neighbor => NED
24 Across: Tough H.S. exams => APS
27 Across: Take the sloop out => SAIL
30 Across: Self-indulgent period => METIME
35 Across: 2002 biopic about con man Frank Abagnale => CATCHMEIFYOUCAN
38 Across: Opera highlight => ARIA
39 Across: Kimono sash => OBI
40 Across: First female attorney general => RENO
41 Across: Cleaner of teeth => DENTALHYGIENIST
46 Across: Takes care of => SEESTO
47 Across: Hammett pooch => ASTA
48 Across: Kickoff aid => TEE
49 Across: Balaam's mount => ASS
51 Across: Unit of heat: Abbr. => BTU
53 Across: Overextended ... and what's literally in each set of circles => STRETCHEDTHIN
60 Across: In exact terms => PRECISELY
62 Across: Optimist's phrase => IHOPE
63 Across: Chef's flavoring => HERB
64 Across: Ensnare => TRAP
65 Across: Take a load off => RELAX
66 Across: Uncertain => IFFY
67 Across: This round's __ => ONME
68 Across: Romantic rendezvous => TRYST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Course with operations => MATH
2 Down: Trendy berry => ACAI
3 Down: Four-sided fig. => RECT
4 Down: Stops bleeding => CLOTS
5 Down: Cannabis concentrate => HASHISH
6 Down: Stylish => CHIC
7 Down: Poor, as an excuse => LAME
8 Down: Make-or-break poker bet => ALLIN
9 Down: Ancient Greek astronomer => PTOLEMY
10 Down: Activist Brockovich => ERIN
11 Down: Ped __: street sign => XING
12 Down: Hawaiian staple => POI
13 Down: MLB Hall of Famer Mel => OTT
19 Down: The v in vlog => VIDEO
21 Down: Midterm, e.g. => EXAM
24 Down: USMA and USNA: Abbr. => ACADS
25 Down: Gay capital of song => PAREE
26 Down: Mostly Ghostly series writer R.L. __ => STINE
28 Down: The I in I.M. Pei => IEOH
29 Down: Niger neighbor => LIBYA
31 Down: Chance to play => TURN
32 Down: Ensure the win => ICEIT
33 Down: Minister's house => MANSE
34 Down: Cybermessage => ENOTE
36 Down: Musical with the song Memory => CATS
37 Down: Newton fruit => FIGS
42 Down: Gaming brand since 1972 => ATARI
43 Down: Is bested by => LOSESTO
44 Down: The Beatles' Let __ => ITBE
45 Down: Offer a humble retraction => EATDIRT
50 Down: Back of the boat => STERN
52 Down: __ Pendragon, King Arthur's father => UTHER
53 Down: Medieval laborer => SERF
54 Down: Frozen dessert chain => TCBY
55 Down: Dig for quahogs, say => CLAM
56 Down: Flashy promotion => HYPE
57 Down: Sacred => HOLY
58 Down: Hoppy brews, briefly => IPAS
59 Down: Whose turn is it? shout => NEXT
60 Down: Letter before chi => PHI
61 Down: Ump's NBA counterpart => REF

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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