Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 2, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Former Yankee slugger, familiarly => AROD
5 Across: Barrel of laughs => RIOT
9 Across: Joy of Cooking writer Rombauer => IRMA
13 Across: Take away => MINUS
15 Across: Skeleton prefix => ENDO
16 Across: Is sorry about => RUES
17 Across: *Chilled caffeinated drink => ICEDCOFFEE
19 Across: __-lock brakes => ANTI
20 Across: Pt. of HDTV => DEF
21 Across: __ facto => IPSO
22 Across: Moby-Dick ship => PEQUOD
24 Across: Slim woodwind => OBOE
26 Across: Not well => ILL
27 Across: Star Wars pilot Dameron => POE
28 Across: *Cold War barrier => IRONCURTAIN
32 Across: Blueprints => PLANS
33 Across: Orderly => NEAT
34 Across: Comply with => OBEY
38 Across: Frying liquids => OILS
39 Across: Holy book => BIBLE
40 Across: Small valley => DALE
41 Across: Ward on FBI => SELA
42 Across: Brazilian berry => ACAI
43 Across: Medicinal units => PILLS
44 Across: *Close-knit, influential group => INNERCIRCLE
47 Across: Legal org. => ABA
50 Across: Lummox => OAF
51 Across: Peters out => DIES
52 Across: Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut => MYGIRL
54 Across: Ceramics oven => KILN
56 Across: __ the season ... => TIS
59 Across: Radar screen spot => BLIP
60 Across: *English name of a West African republic => IVORYCOAST
63 Across: Refrain syllables => LALA
64 Across: Majorino of Veronica Mars => TINA
65 Across: Cosmetician Lauder => ESTEE
66 Across: Meadow moms => EWES
67 Across: Affirmative votes => YEAS
68 Across: Pass (through) slowly => SEEP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: In the thick of => AMID
2 Down: Risotto grain => RICE
3 Down: Part of the Three Musketeers' credo => ONEFORALL
4 Down: Lemon => DUD
5 Down: NFL officials => REFS
6 Down: The 411 => INFO
7 Down: __ of Girls' Things: poem by Sharon Olds => ODE
8 Down: Metal tab that protects a shoe => TOEPLATE
9 Down: Baghdad's country => IRAQ
10 Down: Accumulate, as charges => RUNUP
11 Down: Same here! => METOO
12 Down: All kidding __ ... => ASIDE
14 Down: Descendants => SCIONS
18 Down: Oil cartel acronym => OPEC
23 Down: Riverdale actor Goree => ELI
25 Down: Tiny potted tree => BONSAI
26 Down: Slanted, as a typeface => ITALIC
28 Down: 1970s tennis star Nastase => ILIE
29 Down: Worldwide humanitarian gp. => UNICEF
30 Down: Concrete-reinforcing rod => REBAR
31 Down: Sorry, can't help ya => NODICE
32 Down: Spots to buy stamps: Abbr. => POS
35 Down: Mid-American Conference university in Indiana => BALLSTATE
36 Down: Actress Fanning => ELLE
37 Down: Of course! => YES
39 Down: Triteness => BANALITY
43 Down: Royal son => PRINCE
45 Down: Fin. neighbor => NOR
46 Down: In a lazy way => IDLY
47 Down: Saunter => AMBLE
48 Down: Internal regulation for a club => BYLAW
49 Down: Nimble => AGILE
53 Down: Hoppy brews, briefly => IPAS
54 Down: Beer company based in Hawaii => KONA
55 Down: Some nest eggs, for short => IRAS
57 Down: Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues => ISEE
58 Down: Dance move => STEP
61 Down: C'est la __! => VIE
62 Down: CIA predecessor => OSS

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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