Crossword Answers For: Monday, June 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Shoot the breeze => CHAT
5 Across: Ladder rung => STEP
9 Across: How-to presentations => DEMOS
14 Across: Lacking color => PALE
15 Across: Blue-green hue => TEAL
16 Across: Poetry muse => ERATO
17 Across: Dance, music, sculpture, etc. => ARTS
18 Across: Tabula __: blank slate => RASA
19 Across: Rolls of fabric => BOLTS
20 Across: Where Clay went to make a ceramic vase? => POTTERYSTUDIO
23 Across: Calligrapher's tool => PEN
24 Across: Selfish shout => MINE
25 Across: Where Penny went to deposit money? => SAVINGSBANK
30 Across: Verbalize => SAY
33 Across: Olympic skater's leap => AXEL
34 Across: Herbal beverage => TEA
35 Across: Stock unit => SHARE
37 Across: Boy, in Spanish => NINO
38 Across: Speed => HASTE
41 Across: Sign me up! => IMIN
42 Across: Talks up => TOUTS
44 Across: Golden yrs. fund => IRA
45 Across: Verse writer => POET
46 Across: Mornings, briefly => AMS
47 Across: Where Viola went to perform with an orchestra? => CONCERTHALL
51 Across: Lose color => FADE
52 Across: Cow's sound => MOO
53 Across: Where Dean went to meet with professors and students? => COLLEGECAMPUS
59 Across: Doctor Who player Whittaker => JODIE
60 Across: Declare => AVER
61 Across: Say grace, say => PRAY
63 Across: Sci-fi visitor => ALIEN
64 Across: Gas holder => TANK
65 Across: Quiche ingredients => EGGS
66 Across: Stately home => MANSE
67 Across: Laryngitis docs => ENTS
68 Across: Film spool => REEL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Tax prep pro => CPA
2 Down: Triangular stringed instrument => HARP
3 Down: Voice above tenor => ALTO
4 Down: Aerospace employee who assesses new aircraft => TESTPILOT
5 Down: Force => STRENGTH
6 Down: Run like the dickens => TEAR
7 Down: Nothing to it! => EASY
8 Down: Blood component => PLASMA
9 Down: Shows to be untrue => DEBUNKS
10 Down: Wear away => ERODE
11 Down: Landlocked African nation west of Niger => MALI
12 Down: Springfield Elementary bus driver => OTTO
13 Down: Help! letters => SOS
21 Down: Number of millimeters in a centimeter => TEN
22 Down: Altoids container => TIN
25 Down: Father Christmas => SANTA
26 Down: Widely accepted truth => AXIOM
27 Down: Five-time Wimbledon singles champion Williams => VENUS
28 Down: Dead __ Scrolls => SEA
29 Down: No-frills => BASIC
30 Down: American __: U.S. territory in the South Pacific => SAMOA
31 Down: Disney mermaid => ARIEL
32 Down: Streisand title role => YENTL
36 Down: Rap devotee => HIPHOPPER
39 Down: Tuscany three => TRE
40 Down: Designates for a specific purpose, as funds => EARMARKS
43 Down: Like triangles with unequal sides => SCALENE
48 Down: __ to Joy: segment of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony => ODE
49 Down: Cancel out => NEGATE
50 Down: Pitcher Seaver who won three Cy Young Awards => TOM
51 Down: Swatter's targets => FLIES
53 Down: Pepsi or Coke => COLA
54 Down: Thor's father => ODIN
55 Down: Dear __ Hansen: 2017 Best Musical Tony winner => EVAN
56 Down: Small change => CENT
57 Down: Strong desire => URGE
58 Down: Poultry herb => SAGE
59 Down: English muffin topper => JAM
62 Down: Monogram of a French fashion house => YSL

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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