Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 23, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sitcom character originally called Kessler in the pilot episode => KRAMER
7 Across: Impounds, maybe => TOWSAWAY
15 Across: Very silly => APISH
20 Across: Charge => IONIZE
21 Across: Asthma sufferers' aids => INHALERS
22 Across: Not a sparkling finish => MATTE
23 Across: Easy-to-hit pitch in Stockholm? => SWEDISHMEATBALL
25 Across: Apple tablets => IPADS
26 Across: Home and nickname of The University of the South => SEWANEE
27 Across: Pet __ => PEEVE
28 Across: Touch => FEEL
29 Across: Anna __, 18th-/19th-century poet called the Swan of Lichfield => SEWARD
32 Across: 1973 Judy Blume novel => DEENIE
34 Across: Swell => RISE
37 Across: Johannesburg's land: Abbr. => RSA
40 Across: Precisely => TOAT
42 Across: Classical and Romantic => ERAS
44 Across: Grass bristle => AWN
45 Across: Minor matter in Manchester? => ENGLISHTRIFLE
52 Across: Steamed state => IRE
53 Across: Just kidding! => NOT
54 Across: Shakespearean title city => VERONA
55 Across: Caulking materials => SEALANTS
57 Across: More than dislike => ABHOR
59 Across: London classic, with The => SEAWOLF
61 Across: Gung-ho => RAHRAH
62 Across: Big Little Lies co-star with Nicole, Shailene, Laura and Zoë => REESE
63 Across: How dividends might be paid => PRORATA
66 Across: Dustin's Midnight Cowboy role => RATSO
68 Across: Toledo's lake => ERIE
69 Across: __ facto => IPSO
72 Across: PC storage stats => MEGS
73 Across: Colombian cat => GATO
74 Across: Agile deer => ROES
75 Across: Fuzzy fruit => KIWI
76 Across: Online memo => ENOTE
78 Across: Flips, in a way => RESELLS
80 Across: __ Isle: Ireland nickname => ERINS
82 Across: Lindsay's Broadway writing partner => CROUSE
84 Across: Brothers of old Hollywood => WARNERS
88 Across: Stitch temporarily => BASTE
89 Across: Being a nuisance to => HARRYING
92 Across: Research => LOOKUP
93 Across: @@@@ => ATS
94 Across: Fish often fried => COD
96 Across: Argument in Ulaanbaatar? => MONGOLIANBEEF
98 Across: IBM competitor => NEC
99 Across: Chicago daily, familiarly => TRIB
101 Across: Nair rival, once => NEET
102 Across: Radical '60s org. => SDS
103 Across: Tennis immortal => ASHE
105 Across: Times to remember => EPOCHS
109 Across: Pioneer 35mm cameras => LEICAS
113 Across: Outback birds => EMUS
115 Across: Realizes => REAPS
117 Across: 121-Across maker => NABISCO
121 Across: Sandwich cookies => OREOS
123 Across: Rent money in Mumbai? => INDIANFLATBREAD
126 Across: Tomato __ => PASTE
127 Across: Devotions => FEALTIES
128 Across: Honduras hundred => CIENTO
129 Across: Rough suit fabric => TWEED
130 Across: In a bind? => CORSETED
131 Across: Dave of Storage Wars => HESTER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Contact between two billiard balls => KISS
2 Down: Investment firm T. __ Price => ROWE
3 Down: From square one => ANEW
4 Down: King with a gilt complex? => MIDAS
5 Down: Web mag => EZINE
6 Down: Alter, in a way => RESEW
7 Down: Mystic River Oscar winner Robbins => TIM
8 Down: Indivisible => ONE
9 Down: Sound of a hit => WHAP
10 Down: Totally full => SATED
11 Down: Tiny Alice playwright => ALBEE
12 Down: Emulate Silas Marner => WEAVE
13 Down: Garfield's gal pal => ARLENE
14 Down: Fashion initials => YSL
15 Down: Gallic girlfriend => AMIE
16 Down: Staples supply => PAPER
17 Down: Medal recipient in Milan? => ITALIANHERO
18 Down: Typical: Abbr. => STD
19 Down: Fellows => HES
24 Down: The Return of the Native setting => HEATH
28 Down: Sweat => FEAR
30 Down: Goes bad => ROTS
31 Down: Challenge => DARE
33 Down: Worried state in Dublin? => IRISHSTEW
35 Down: Two-time Tony winner Kurtz => SWOOSIE
36 Down: Menu heading => ENTREES
37 Down: Guns => REVS
38 Down: Old-time knife => SNEE
39 Down: Uttar Pradesh tourist city => AGRA
41 Down: Princess topper => TIARA
43 Down: Scorch => SEAR
46 Down: Starting place for a comeback => LOWPOINT
47 Down: Are we going __ not? => INOR
48 Down: Strauss opera => SALOME
49 Down: Where St. Pete is => FLA
50 Down: First actor who sang If I Were King of the Forest => LAHR
51 Down: Tick off => ENRAGE
56 Down: Byes => TATAS
58 Down: Brewpub bragger, often => BEERSNOB
60 Down: Dance move in Dijon? => FRENCHDIP
64 Down: Greek marketplace => AGORA
65 Down: Weather forecast shorthand => TSTORM
67 Down: Fan-cee! => OOLALA
69 Down: Japanese floral art => IKEBANA
70 Down: Hook and Silver => PIRATES
71 Down: Inferior items in Zurich? => SWISSCHEESE
77 Down: German capital => EURO
78 Down: Have the throne => REIGN
79 Down: Scientology founder Hubbard => LRON
81 Down: Religious offshoot => SECT
83 Down: Prefix with fuel => SYN
85 Down: Squeezes (out) => EKES
86 Down: Wished undone => RUED
87 Down: Sunscreen nos. => SPFS
90 Down: Caroling standard => NOEL
91 Down: __ club => GLEE
95 Down: Metal-yielding minerals => ORES
97 Down: Book that spawned the film What's Love Got to Do With It => ITINA
100 Down: Island administered by three countries => BORNEO
104 Down: Play too broadly => EMOTE
106 Down: Moth-repellent wood => CEDAR
107 Down: Flags down => HAILS
108 Down: Sudden outpouring => SPATE
110 Down: Trick => CATCH
111 Down: Yippie Hoffman => ABBIE
112 Down: Stud farm residents => SIRES
114 Down: Likely to be discounted => USED
116 Down: Foul mood => SNIT
118 Down: Posted => SENT
119 Down: Blanchett of Elizabeth => CATE
120 Down: You may get a whiff of one => ODOR
121 Down: Select => OPT
122 Down: __ bar => RAW
123 Down: Portlandia network => IFC
124 Down: Tax prep charge => FEE
125 Down: Trippy '60s drug => LSD

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This crossword has 64 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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