Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Object from a much earlier time => RELIC
6 Across: Wild guesses => STABS
11 Across: __ Blinded Me With Science: 1983 hit => SHE
14 Across: Barn-raising sect => AMISH
15 Across: 14-inch paper size => LEGAL
16 Across: Triumphed => WON
17 Across: Machine Gun Kelly or Pretty Boy Floyd => PUBLICENEMY
19 Across: JFK posting => ETD
20 Across: Slipped up => ERRED
21 Across: Bit of staircase babyproofing => GATE
22 Across: Musician's asset => EAR
25 Across: Former name of Denver's Ball Arena => PEPSICENTER
29 Across: Pests whose name means fly in a Bantu language => TSETSES
31 Across: Bottomless brunch drinks => MIMOSAS
32 Across: Melt => THAW
33 Across: Wildly excited => MANIC
34 Across: Breathtaking regimen? => AEROBICEXERCISE
41 Across: Strand at the airport, say => FOGIN
42 Across: Worked the soil => HOED
43 Across: Very few => NOTALOT
46 Across: Like some decorative glass => STAINED
49 Across: Underwater shocker => ELECTRICEEL
51 Across: One with a code name => SPY
52 Across: Bordeaux, say => WINE
53 Across: Loads => HEAPS
55 Across: Longoria of Desperate Housewives => EVA
56 Across: Get a delicate dialogue started ... and a hint to 17-, 25-, 34- and 49-Across => BREAKTHEICE
62 Across: Transgression => SIN
63 Across: Flat contract => LEASE
64 Across: Quell => ALLAY
65 Across: Bit of ink => TAT
66 Across: Spud => TATER
67 Across: Soothing balm => SALVE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Missy Elliott genre => RAP
2 Down: Big Aussie bird => EMU
3 Down: Women's __ => LIB
4 Down: Key in the water => ISLE
5 Down: Tweets => CHIRPS
6 Down: Goes into low-power mode => SLEEPS
7 Down: Cares for, as a garden => TENDS
8 Down: Mature => AGE
9 Down: Loud comics sound => BAM
10 Down: Foxy => SLY
11 Down: Jogging wear => SWEATS
12 Down: Soothing cuppa => HOTTEA
13 Down: See 24-Down => ENDERS
18 Down: Manitoba tribe => CREE
21 Down: Italian dumplings => GNOCCHI
22 Down: R&B great James => ETTA
23 Down: Activist and tennis legend Arthur => ASHE
24 Down: With 13-Down, collisions from behind => REAR
26 Down: Big-screen format => IMAX
27 Down: Cannes subject => CINE
28 Down: Qatari leader => EMIR
30 Down: Batman villain who carries a double-headed coin => TWOFACE
33 Down: R&B's Boyz II __ => MEN
35 Down: Hightail it => BOLT
36 Down: Horror movie helper => IGOR
37 Down: Big name in banking => CITI
38 Down: + or - particles => IONS
39 Down: Slip slowly through the cracks => SEEP
40 Down: Whirlpool => EDDY
43 Down: State-of-the-art => NEWEST
44 Down: Booksmart director Wilde => OLIVIA
45 Down: Renter => TENANT
46 Down: Explorer => SEEKER
47 Down: Suckling spot => TEAT
48 Down: Top dogs => ALPHAS
50 Down: Run after => CHASE
54 Down: Sisters star Ward => SELA
56 Down: Sandwich letters => BLT
57 Down: Stephen of V for Vendetta => REA
58 Down: Put away => EAT
59 Down: Under the weather => ILL
60 Down: LeBron until 2010, for short => CAV
61 Down: Private __ => EYE

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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