Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Prickly desert plants => CACTI
6 Across: Oolong and rooibos => TEAS
10 Across: The Problem With __: documentary about Indian stereotypes on The Simpsons => APU
13 Across: In order to => SOTHAT
14 Across: Puts on edge => UNNERVES
16 Across: Springs for dinner => TREATS
17 Across: Almost! => NOTQUITE
18 Across: Distant => AFAR
19 Across: Gorillas in the Mist animal => APE
21 Across: Answering to => UNDER
22 Across: Bargain hunter's event => RUMMAGESALE
26 Across: Dairy farm animal => COW
27 Across: Majestic homes => PALACES
32 Across: As good as it gets => IDEAL
36 Across: News inits. => UPI
37 Across: __ Beds National Monument => LAVA
38 Across: Rush hour woe => COMMUTERTRAFFIC
42 Across: Actress Falco => EDIE
43 Across: I'm __ ears! => ALL
44 Across: Iona College athletes => GAELS
45 Across: Major plot twist in The Wizard of Oz? => TORNADO
47 Across: Happy __ clam => ASA
49 Across: Lingers => HANGSAROUND
55 Across: Permit => ALLOW
59 Across: Syst. with hand gestures => ASL
60 Across: Away from shore => ASEA
61 Across: Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters => BOOKENDS
64 Across: Ludicrous => ABSURD
66 Across: Response to someone saying 65-Down, perhaps => BUNDLEUP
67 Across: Hairstyle that may be maintained by a professional loctician => DREADS
68 Across: Had a bite => ATE
69 Across: Relay race segments => LEGS
70 Across: R u for real? => SRSLY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Resort island in the Ionian Sea => CORFU
2 Down: First-stringers => ATEAM
3 Down: __ City: Baltimore's nickname => CHARM
4 Down: Skin art, for short => TAT
5 Down: We're on! => ITSAGO
6 Down: Melodies => TUNES
7 Down: Roxy Music co-founder Brian => ENO
8 Down: __-Man and the Wasp => ANT
9 Down: Title with a II, maybe => SEQUEL
10 Down: Passionate => AVID
11 Down: Transportation Secretary Buttigieg => PETE
12 Down: Icon tapper => USER
13 Down: Polaris or Betelgeuse => STAR
15 Down: Part of RBI => RUN
20 Down: Chapel bench => PEW
23 Down: Rights advocacy org. => ACLU
24 Down: Datebook entry: Abbr. => APPT
25 Down: Wild animal's home => LAIR
28 Down: Communications code word for A => ALFA
29 Down: Casual eatery => CAFE
30 Down: Really, really bad => EVIL
31 Down: Biological pouches => SACS
32 Down: Rhyme Pays rapper => ICET
33 Down: Knucklehead => DODO
34 Down: Dubai dignitary => EMIR
35 Down: Right on! => AMEN
36 Down: http follower => URL
39 Down: And here it is! => TADA
40 Down: Musk of SpaceX => ELON
41 Down: Seaweed gelatin => AGAR
46 Down: Can't be helped => AHWELL
47 Down: Pack animal => ASS
48 Down: Light lunches => SALADS
50 Down: Oh my gosh! reactions => GASPS
51 Down: Fertile desert spots => OASES
52 Down: Garden-variety => USUAL
53 Down: Square => NERDY
54 Down: Both parents, in some families => DADS
55 Down: Mamma Mia! pop group => ABBA
56 Down: Boor => LOUT
57 Down: Only => LONE
58 Down: Approved, briefly => OKD
62 Down: Word before a maiden name => NEE
63 Down: Really grooved on => DUG
65 Down: It's c-c-cold => BRR

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 46 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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