Crossword Answers For: Friday, May 28, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hardly inept => ABLE
5 Across: Informal get-together => MEETUP
11 Across: UFO occupants => ETS
14 Across: Law enforcement tactic => RAID
15 Across: Midsize Kia => OPTIMA
16 Across: Howard who directed Willow (1988) => RON
17 Across: YENOH => INVERTSUGAR
19 Across: Pretend to be => APE
20 Across: Slangy denial => NAH
21 Across: __ Plaines => DES
22 Across: Eponym for a Queens stadium => ASHE
23 Across: Support wear => BRA
26 Across: GOC => REVERSEGEAR
29 Across: Engine leak-preventing device => OILSEAL
31 Across: Arranges meaningfully => SORTS
32 Across: Storied bear name => POOH
33 Across: Q neighbor => TAB
35 Across: Greek T => TAU
36 Across: TAR => TURNEDTRAITOR
41 Across: McKellen knighted in 1991 => IAN
42 Across: Formerly held the position of => WAS
43 Across: E-reader option => IPAD
45 Across: Basket willow => OSIER
48 Across: You can come out now => ITSSAFE
50 Across: CBA => BACKCHANNEL
54 Across: Spot for burners and beakers => LAB
55 Across: GPS displays => AVES
56 Across: Dating initials => BCE
57 Across: __ Is Rage 2: Lil Uzi Vert album => LUV
59 Across: Needy cry from the playroom => MOM
60 Across: NEMO => COUNTERSIGN
65 Across: Altar constellation => ARA
66 Across: Goes along => AGREES
67 Across: Approve => OKAY
68 Across: Case, for example: Abbr. => SYN
69 Across: Crows => BOASTS
70 Across: Hall of Famer known as O Rei do Futebol => PELE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: NFL's Cardinals, on scoreboards => ARI
2 Down: Prohibit => BAN
3 Down: Actress Tyler => LIV
4 Down: Paradise => EDEN
5 Down: Full of holes => MOTHEATEN
6 Down: Short mus. releases => EPS
7 Down: Piece for practicing technique => ETUDE
8 Down: National animal of Malaysia => TIGER
9 Down: It has a med school in Worcester => UMASS
10 Down: Expected result => PAR
11 Down: Writing tool => ERASER
12 Down: Accessory for Mr. Monopoly => TOPHAT
13 Down: Nasty looks => SNEERS
18 Down: Not seen much => RARE
22 Down: Rabbitlike rodents => AGOUTIS
23 Down: Rap on the head => BOP
24 Down: Real hoot => RIOT
25 Down: Baseball family name => ALOU
27 Down: Guerrero or Guerrero Jr. of baseball => VLAD
28 Down: Morales of Criminal Minds => ESAI
30 Down: High-pitched cries => SHRIEKS
34 Down: Incidentally, in texts => BTW
35 Down: Unseasoned, maybe => TASTELESS
37 Down: Undercover figure => NARC
38 Down: Pour, say => RAIN
39 Down: Milky white kind of glass => OPAL
40 Down: The King of Clay, familiarly => RAFA
44 Down: Ball honoree, perhaps => DEB
45 Down: 2000s first family => OBAMAS
46 Down: Food Network adjective => SAVORY
47 Down: Nickname for a clutch player => ICEMAN
49 Down: Speak indistinctly => SLUR
51 Down: Former U.S. streaming option => HBOGO
52 Down: Upscale auto => ACURA
53 Down: Tijuana tots => NENES
58 Down: Cognac designation => VSOP
60 Down: Lyft alternative => CAB
61 Down: Hanoi holiday => TET
62 Down: 34th prez => IKE
63 Down: Wonder Woman actress Gadot => GAL
64 Down: Emmy-winning scientist => NYE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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