Crossword Answers For: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Go against => DEFY
5 Across: Faction => SECT
9 Across: Mesoamerican pyramid builders => MAYAS
14 Across: Cozy room => DEN
17 Across: Pelee Island's Great Lake => ERIE
18 Across: Same here! => SODOI
19 Across: When the moon hits your eye feeling => AMORE
20 Across: Dublin-born singer/activist => BONO
21 Across: Traveling puppet show featuring talking melons? => CANTALOUPETROUPE
24 Across: Sign of aging => RUST
25 Across: Add zest to, e.g. => SEASON
26 Across: Skipping school => TRUANT
27 Across: One of 10 in Exodus => PLAGUE
29 Across: Org. with an elephant mascot => GOP
30 Across: German gent => HERR
31 Across: Squirt __ => GUN
33 Across: Hearth debris => ASHES
34 Across: Coffee vessel with a broken handle? => UNSAFECARAFE
39 Across: Scat! => BEATIT
41 Across: H.H. Munro's pen name => SAKI
42 Across: Trauma ctrs. => ERS
43 Across: Anchors __: Navy fight song => AWEIGH
45 Across: Classic TV brand => RCA
48 Across: Man of La Mancha => SPANIARD
51 Across: Mystery writer Nevada => BARR
53 Across: Talk enthusiastically in a nerdy way => GEEKOUT
55 Across: Chinese zodiac animal before the Ox => RAT
56 Across: Men never eat flaky pastry for brunch, e.g.? => QUICHECLICHE
59 Across: Ringlet => CURL
60 Across: D-Day fleet => LSTS
61 Across: Carol opener => ADESTE
62 Across: Taj Mahal city => AGRA
63 Across: Remote hiding place? => SOFA
66 Across: Pay attention to => HEED
68 Across: Colorful Hindu festival => HOLI
71 Across: Matthew of HBO's Perry Mason => RHYS
72 Across: Male deer => HART
73 Across: Media revenue source => ADSALE
77 Across: Burden => ONUS
79 Across: All right already! => OKOK
80 Across: Result of an orchard's promotional deal with a bakery? => FRUITBISCUIT
83 Across: Former Fed chair Bernanke => BEN
86 Across: Website known for feminist cultural criticism => JEZEBEL
88 Across: Microwave alert => BEEP
89 Across: Competence in a specific field => LITERACY
91 Across: United => ONE
92 Across: Not on edge => ATEASE
94 Across: Scouring pad brand => SOS
95 Across: Goofs up => ERRS
96 Across: Credit cards only => NOCASH
98 Across: Lobster soup that's a little too spicy? => RISQUEBISQUE
103 Across: Increase => ADDTO
105 Across: One of the fam => SIS
107 Across: Stunning defeat => ROUT
108 Across: Fish-to-be => ROE
109 Across: Sings soothingly => CROONS
111 Across: Teahouse mat => TATAMI
113 Across: Papier-mâché party item => PINATA
116 Across: Labyrinth => MAZE
117 Across: Rule for adding toppings to french fries? => POUTINEGUIDELINE
121 Across: Some sheep => EWES
122 Across: Bath-loving Muppet => ERNIE
123 Across: Striped stone => AGATE
124 Across: Objectives => ENDS
125 Across: Obj. of identity theft => SSN
126 Across: Campus list-makers => DEANS
127 Across: Russian turndown => NYET
128 Across: __ of yore => DAYS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Solstice mo. => DEC
2 Down: Timeline units => ERAS
3 Down: __ print => FINE
4 Down: One more time => YETAGAIN
5 Down: Before long => SOON
6 Down: School domain => EDU
7 Down: Whirlybirds, for short => COPTERS
8 Down: Earth, en español => TIERRA
9 Down: Last name of acting sisters Rooney and Kate => MARA
10 Down: Interspersed with => AMONG
11 Down: Video-sharing site => YOUTUBE
12 Down: Abstract art pioneer Jean => ARP
13 Down: Leak slowly => SEEP
14 Down: Unconventional spot for breadmaking? => DOUGHTROUGH
15 Down: Follow logically => ENSUE
16 Down: Takes down => NOTES
18 Down: Sledding spot => SLOPE
20 Down: Luca of The Godfather => BRASI
22 Down: Beginning on => ASOF
23 Down: Grounds crew concern => TURF
28 Down: Wood-shaping tool => LATHE
30 Down: Metallic finish? => HARDC
32 Down: Pastoral sound => NEIGH
34 Down: Cold War initials => USSR
35 Down: California wine valley => NAPA
36 Down: 32-card game => SKAT
37 Down: Cherry red => CERISE
38 Down: Some British peers => EARLS
40 Down: A Death in the Family Pulitzer winner James => AGEE
44 Down: Squirms => WRITHES
46 Down: Last name of NBA brothers Steph and Seth => CURRY
47 Down: Map collection => ATLAS
49 Down: Brightness stats? => IQS
50 Down: Writer: Abbr. => AUTH
51 Down: Place to retire => BED
52 Down: Blackjack card => ACE
54 Down: Some 1980s Chryslers => KCARS
57 Down: Called Shotgun!, say => HADDIBS
58 Down: Corp. leader => CEO
60 Down: Potato pancake => LATKE
63 Down: Manga made for adolescent girls => SHOJO
64 Down: Like some chardonnay barrels => OAKEN
65 Down: Box of donuts kept on ice? => FROZENDOZEN
67 Down: __ de cologne => EAU
69 Down: Novelist Erdrich => LOUISE
70 Down: Still competing => INIT
74 Down: Take turns? => STEER
75 Down: Vigoda of Fish => ABE
76 Down: __ service => LIP
78 Down: 4x4, briefly => UTE
80 Down: Greek salad topper => FETA
81 Down: Like non-oyster months, traditionally => RLESS
82 Down: Pull => CLOUT
83 Down: Root beer eponym => BARQ
84 Down: Neutral tone => ECRU
85 Down: CNBC topic => NYSE
87 Down: Club ingredient => BACON
90 Down: Zipped again => RESEALED
93 Down: Sashimi fish => AHITUNA
94 Down: Lenny's pal on Laverne & Shirley => SQUIGGY
97 Down: Native Nebraskans => OTOES
99 Down: Persia, today => IRAN
100 Down: Not nice! => SOMEAN
101 Down: Wedding party => BRIDE
102 Down: Skye of La Brea => IONE
103 Down: Capstones => ACMES
104 Down: Sketches => DRAWS
106 Down: Nightie fabric => SATIN
110 Down: Zipped => SPED
112 Down: Associations => TIES
113 Down: Surname of two British prime ministers => PITT
114 Down: Queen Sugar actress Lifford => TINA
115 Down: Comedian Richter => ANDY
118 Down: Mine extraction => ORE
119 Down: OPEC member => UAE
120 Down: Tee preceder => ESS

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This crossword has 68 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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