Crossword Answers For: Saturday, May 29, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: 153-year-old group that became unisex nationally in 1995 => ELKS
5 Across: Core muscles => ABS
8 Across: Get some air => INHALE
14 Across: Assuring word on a cleaning product label => NONTOXIC
16 Across: Fuel-carrying ship => COALER
17 Across: The Sound of Music song opener => DOEADEER
18 Across: Stronger-than-steel material => KEVLAR
19 Across: Like protozoans => ONECELLED
21 Across: Prefix with motor => SERVO
22 Across: Casablanca café => RICKS
23 Across: Sushi bar fare => EEL
25 Across: Cruise stop => PIER
26 Across: Salt sources => SEAS
27 Across: Quirks => MANNERISMS
30 Across: Second sight, say, briefly => ESP
31 Across: Perfectly executed => DONETOATEE
32 Across: All peachy! => JUSTDANDY
33 Across: Targets of some blocking software => ADULTSITES
35 Across: Adobe file format => PDF
38 Across: Dangerous things to be behind => ENEMYLINES
39 Across: Jazzman Saunders => MERL
40 Across: Instruction unit => STEP
41 Across: Sure! => YEP
42 Across: Salt's companion => MATEY
43 Across: Drink with a 2021 Peeps variety => PEPSI
45 Across: 2019 pop biopic => ROCKETMAN
48 Across: Cowering => INFEAR
50 Across: As it happens => REALTIME
51 Across: Cause to lose it => ENRAGE
52 Across: Like a clean shave => CLOSECUT
53 Across: Seat of Ohio's Montgomery County => DAYTON
54 Across: Growth chart nos. => HTS
55 Across: Sales crew members => REPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Score some political points for => ENDORSE
2 Down: Canadian coins => LOONIES
3 Down: Shinbone neighbor => KNEECAP
4 Down: IHOP servings => STACKS
5 Down: Jump on the ice => AXEL
6 Down: The Sinner Golden Globe winner Jessica => BIEL
7 Down: Insect-resistant home feature => SCREENEDINPORCH
8 Down: Gross! => ICK
9 Down: Vetoes => NOES
10 Down: Feel sorry for, with on => HAVEPITY
11 Down: Apt slogan on merchandise featuring MLB slugger Aaron Judge => ALLRISE
12 Down: I need solitude => LEAVEME
13 Down: Slips => ERRORS
15 Down: Works with rhyming props? => ODES
20 Down: Having teeth => DENTATE
24 Down: African currency whose singular form is part of its country's name => LEONES
27 Down: Pretty much => MOSTLY
28 Down: Less likely to chillax => ANTSIER
29 Down: Roentgen cousins => RADS
31 Down: Noted starter? => DULY
32 Down: Foldable auto convenience => JUMPSEAT
33 Down: Aerial => ANTENNA
34 Down: Cook with batter, usually => DEEPFRY
35 Down: Loved cheese lovers? => PETMICE
36 Down: Visualize => DREAMUP
37 Down: Bug stoppers => FLYNETS
38 Down: Glimpsed => ESPIED
39 Down: Have some impact => MATTER
42 Down: Two of the Spice Girls => MELS
44 Down: Shakespearean standard-bearer => IAGO
46 Down: Gael, for one => CELT
47 Down: Foe of CONTROL on Get Smart => KAOS
49 Down: The Last Jedi villain => REN

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 34 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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