Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Overwhelm => SWAMP
6 Across: Perfectly => PAT
9 Across: Scenery chewers => HAMS
13 Across: End of discussion => CASECLOSED
16 Across: Bike faster! => PEDAL
17 Across: Kiefer Sutherland and Ashley Olsen each has one => TWINSISTER
18 Across: Tiny cake, maybe => EMOJI
19 Across: Movers but not shakers, ideally => VANS
20 Across: Blade Runner genre => NEONOIR
22 Across: Go quickly => BOP
23 Across: Window washing aids => CHERRYPICKERS
26 Across: Advanced sci. class => APCHEM
29 Across: It carries a charge => ION
30 Across: Confucian path => TAO
31 Across: Three-sided pastry => SAMOSA
36 Across: Plenty o' => LOTSA
40 Across: Memorable Twilight Zone feature => OPENINGNARRATION
43 Across: Upset with => MADAT
44 Across: Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence, e.g. => SEXTET
45 Across: CPR pro => EMT
46 Across: Illmatic rapper => NAS
48 Across: '90s White House Press Secretary Myers who wrote Why Women Should Rule the World => DEEDEE
50 Across: Pressure that won't quit => CHRONICSTRESS
57 Across: Camping gear brand => REI
58 Across: Internal airway => TRACHEA
59 Across: Works on roofs, say => TARS
63 Across: Canvas-angling device => EASEL
65 Across: Sleights-of-hand with cups, or a hint to this puzzle's circles => SHELLGAMES
67 Across: Big name in labels => AVERY
68 Across: Go through the wringer => SWEATITOUT
69 Across: Actress Sedgwick => KYRA
70 Across: Headphone jack letters => AUX
71 Across: U. of Md. team => TERPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 1970s-'80s sketch show => SCTV
2 Down: SNL parody Baba __ => WAWA
3 Down: Words that clarify spelling => ASIN
4 Down: Good sort => MENSCH
5 Down: Mac rivals => PCS
6 Down: Baffling question => POSER
7 Down: Fur tycoon => ASTOR
8 Down: Super small => TEENY
9 Down: Clothes line => HEM
10 Down: Photoshop maker => ADOBE
11 Down: Serious => MAJOR
12 Down: Loses one's footing => SLIPS
14 Down: Football offense position => LINEMAN
15 Down: Little bit => DROP
16 Down: Prepares, in a way, as coffee => PERCOLATES
21 Down: King Richard __ => III
24 Down: With pause => HESITANTLY
25 Down: Sheepshank, e.g. => KNOT
26 Down: Elemental unit => ATOM
27 Down: Dad => PAPA
28 Down: Like Oberlin College since the 1830s => COED
32 Down: Dosage amts. => MGS
33 Down: Gender-neutral pronoun => ONE
34 Down: Doo-wop horn => SAX
35 Down: Works on walls => ART
37 Down: Like a 25-Down => TIED
38 Down: Vague amount => SOME
39 Down: Chip in a pot, maybe => ANTE
41 Down: Billionth: Pref. => NANO
42 Down: Remedied a distribution error => REDEALT
47 Down: Dubbing title => SIR
49 Down: Will focus => ESTATE
50 Down: Loose floorboard sound => CREAK
51 Down: Like anvils => HEAVY
52 Down: Early __ => RISER
53 Down: Mama of music => CASS
54 Down: Sound that starts around => SCHWA
55 Down: Brexit target org. => THEEU
56 Down: Stretch out, maybe => RELAX
60 Down: Don Juan's love => AMOR
61 Down: Do another stint => REUP
62 Down: Former Mach 2 fliers, briefly => SSTS
64 Down: Part of BCE => ERA
66 Down: Scram! => GIT

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 45 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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