Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 9, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Got out of bed => AROSE
6 Across: I double-dog __ you! => DARE
10 Across: Inventor's need => IDEA
14 Across: Off-the-wall => LOOPY
15 Across: Ill-fated biblical brother => ABEL
16 Across: Front page material => NEWS
17 Across: All-you-can-eat restaurant regular? => BUFFETBUFF
19 Across: Discovery Channel's Shark __ => WEEK
20 Across: Water and Wall in NYC => STS
21 Across: Sunset locale => WEST
22 Across: Bit of advice => TIP
23 Across: Urge => YEN
24 Across: I like it! => SUITSME
28 Across: Cemetery connoisseur? => HEADSTONEHEAD
31 Across: Asparagus unit => SPEAR
33 Across: IOUs => CHITS
34 Across: Software-made FX => CGI
35 Across: Late-night TV pioneer Jack => PAAR
36 Across: Capital city near the Sphinx => CAIRO
37 Across: __-a-brac => BRIC
38 Across: Earth Day mo. => APR
39 Across: Carried => BORNE
40 Across: Campaign poster imperative => ELECT
41 Across: Obsessive Christmas-season ballet attendee? => NUTCRACKERNUT
44 Across: Fill to the brim => SATIATE
45 Across: The A of IPA => ALE
46 Across: Elev. => HGT
47 Across: Epic story => SAGA
49 Across: In the past => AGO
52 Across: Greek queen of heaven => HERA
54 Across: Trumpet flourish aficionado? => FANFAREFAN
57 Across: Baking soda target => ODOR
58 Across: Deceitful sort => LIAR
59 Across: Monty Python and the Holy __ => GRAIL
60 Across: Taverns => PUBS
61 Across: Former constellation named for a mythological ship => ARGO
62 Across: Before the deadline => EARLY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Priestly robes => ALBS
2 Down: Embarrassing loss => ROUT
3 Down: Punch-in-the-gut reactions => OOFS
4 Down: Sunscreen letters => SPF
5 Down: Glasses, monocles, etc. => EYEWEAR
6 Down: Applies gently => DABS
7 Down: Be next to => ABUT
8 Down: NFL arbiter => REF
9 Down: Will Ferrell Christmas film => ELF
10 Down: A crony of => INWITH
11 Down: Closely held confidence => DEEPSECRET
12 Down: Lamb nurser => EWE
13 Down: That's a pretty big __ => ASK
18 Down: Be inclined (to) => TEND
22 Down: Bolos and ascots => TIES
23 Down: 52 19-Acrosses => YEAR
24 Down: Evening party => SOIREE
25 Down: Do __ others ... => UNTO
26 Down: Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing __ of Tidying Up => MAGIC
27 Down: Official order => EDICT
28 Down: Hunk on a magazine cover, e.g. => HEARTTHROB
29 Down: Hard to find => SCARCE
30 Down: Rack one's brains => THINK
31 Down: Extends across => SPANS
32 Down: __ New Guinea => PAPUA
36 Down: Dredge in flour before cooking, e.g. => COAT
37 Down: Cookie Monster's color => BLUE
39 Down: Ill-behaved child => BRAT
40 Down: Make bigger => ENLARGE
42 Down: Stogies => CIGARS
43 Down: Anoushka Shankar's music genre => RAGA
47 Down: Minor impediment => SNAG
48 Down: Frequent hairstyle for Diana Ross and Tracee Ellis Ross => AFRO
49 Down: Off in the distance => AFAR
50 Down: Wonder Woman comic book writer Simone => GAIL
51 Down: Mere => ONLY
52 Down: Imitate a bunny => HOP
53 Down: Academic address ending => EDU
54 Down: Ga. neighbor => FLA
55 Down: Balloon filler => AIR
56 Down: Stat for a pitcher => ERA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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