Crossword Answers For: Saturday, May 7, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fit => ABLE
5 Across: Van Halen icon => HAGAR
10 Across: Shortening in some cookie recipes => TBSP
14 Across: Keep talking ... => TELLMEMORE
16 Across: Fade => WANE
17 Across: House blends, e.g. => TABLEWINES
18 Across: Likely story => IBET
19 Across: Trap during January, maybe => ICEIN
20 Across: Euphoria actor Eric => DANE
21 Across: Nej : Swedish :: __ : Russian => NYET
22 Across: Doesn't work hard => COASTS
24 Across: Sabermetrics input => DATA
26 Across: Hosp. scan => MRI
27 Across: The Boys of My Youth writer Jo __ Beard => ANN
28 Across: Jolly good => AOK
30 Across: Lock => SHOOIN
32 Across: United in a cause => ALLIED
35 Across: Word with string or sing => ALONG
36 Across: Focus of a diary in some sleep therapy sessions => LUCIDDREAMING
39 Across: Campus group => SOPHS
40 Across: Yellowish pink => SALMON
41 Across: And all that => ETCETC
43 Across: Forrest player => TOM
44 Across: Bitey dog => CUR
47 Across: Unlikely to pipe up => SHY
48 Across: Buckwheat noodle => SOBA
51 Across: Chemical synthesized in the liver => KETONE
53 Across: Sail a zigzag course => TACK
55 Across: Résumé concerns => GAPS
57 Across: Put a handle on => NAMED
58 Across: Gardner of mystery => ERLE
59 Across: Chow from a halal cart, e.g. => STREETMEAT
61 Across: Caught up to, in a way => TIED
62 Across: Yoga class respite => CHILDSPOSE
63 Across: Covers up a plot? => SODS
64 Across: Five Pillars faith => ISLAM
65 Across: Taylor-Joy of The Queen's Gambit => ANYA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Aegean peninsula => ATTICA
2 Down: Boston street where Cheers is located => BEACON
3 Down: Retailer with Outdoor Discovery programs => LLBEAN
4 Down: Golden Globe winner Tracee __ Ross => ELLIS
5 Down: Fell => HEW
6 Down: During => AMID
7 Down: Reproductive gland => GONAD
8 Down: __ rock => ARENA
9 Down: Starts over => RESETS
10 Down: Either Twelfth Night sibling => TWIN
11 Down: Vacay for parents-to-be => BABYMOON
12 Down: Disdainful => SNEERING
13 Down: __ zoo => PETTING
15 Down: Experts who prefer open-minded people? => MENTALISTS
23 Down: No need to convince me => SOLD
25 Down: Flashes of insight => AHAMOMENTS
29 Down: Ribs => KIDS
31 Down: Chocolat actress => OLIN
32 Down: Aleve target => ACHE
33 Down: Cy Young stat => ERA
34 Down: Muscle worked by a reverse fly, for short => DELT
36 Down: Rake => LOTHARIO
37 Down: Repurposed creatively, as trash => UPCYCLED
38 Down: Wildly => AMOK
39 Down: Elements of Petrarchan sonnets => SESTETS
42 Down: Mind field, for short => COGSCI
44 Down: That can't possibly be true => COMEON
45 Down: Weirded out => UNEASY
46 Down: Herbal brew => REDTEA
49 Down: Mikvehs, e.g. => BATHS
50 Down: National Scrabble Day month => APRIL
52 Down: City across from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge => TAMPA
54 Down: Shoe brand with a Kate Spade New York collection => KEDS
56 Down: Actress Ward => SELA
60 Down: Genre that includes techno => EDM

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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