Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Outdated marriage vow word => OBEY
5 Across: lol => HEHE
9 Across: Religious divisions => SECTS
14 Across: Renown => FAME
15 Across: Odd's opposite => EVEN
16 Across: Backless slippers => MULES
17 Across: Spot for holiday decorations => FRONTYARD
19 Across: Loud, as a crowd => AROAR
20 Across: As an example => SAY
21 Across: Tons => OODLES
23 Across: Pep squad cheer => RAH
26 Across: Component of many a 1980s dance performance => MOONWALKING
30 Across: Like dark clouds => OMINOUS
32 Across: Pizza __: pie without tomato sauce => BIANCA
33 Across: Proofreader's catch, hopefully => TYPO
34 Across: Volume of maps => ATLAS
37 Across: Gooey lump => GOB
38 Across: Persevere, or a hint to the ends of the answers to 17-, 26-, 53-, and 62-Across => STICKWITHIT
42 Across: __ Bath & Beyond => BED
44 Across: Hang gracefully => DRAPE
45 Across: Farm tower => SILO
48 Across: Phrase from Juliet's balcony scene => OROMEO
50 Across: Language arts teacher's concern => GRAMMAR
53 Across: Fruit-flavored loaf => BANANABREAD
56 Across: Potato growth => EYE
57 Across: Dot over an i => TITTLE
58 Across: Golf peg => TEE
60 Across: Quartet in many a string orchestra => CELLI
62 Across: Sometimes you feel like a nut candy => ALMONDJOY
67 Across: Short-lived => BRIEF
68 Across: Boyfriend => BEAU
69 Across: Minecraft or Fortnite => GAME
70 Across: Run-down => SEEDY
71 Across: Now!, in the ICU => STAT
72 Across: Future platypuses => EGGS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Away from work => OFF
2 Down: Happy hour locale => BAR
3 Down: My Chemical Romance genre => EMO
4 Down: Strong longings => YENS
5 Down: Psst! => HEYYOU
6 Down: Girl in Progress actress Mendes => EVA
7 Down: Long-legged wader => HERON
8 Down: Fund on an ongoing basis => ENDOW
9 Down: Sorta tiny => SMALLISH
10 Down: Shout of discovery => EUREKA
11 Down: Semisonic hit with the lyrics You don't have to go home / But you can't stay here => CLOSINGTIME
12 Down: Tazo beverage => TEA
13 Down: 20th century map inits. => SSR
18 Down: __-shanter: Scottish cap => TAMO
22 Down: Blot with a tissue => DABAT
23 Down: Biodegrade => ROT
24 Down: Advice columnist Dickinson => AMY
25 Down: Shakira's only #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 => HIPSDONTLIE
27 Down: 2019 and 2021 Australian Open winner Naomi => OSAKA
28 Down: Staff sgt., e.g. => NCO
29 Down: Gift of __ => GAB
31 Down: __ on my watch! => NOT
35 Down: County div. => TWP
36 Down: Feudal lord => LIEGE
39 Down: Call by name => IDENTIFY
40 Down: Zagreb native => CROAT
41 Down: Belief system suffix => ISM
42 Down: Short cut => BOB
43 Down: Memorable historical period => ERA
46 Down: Install, as tiles => LAY
47 Down: Mined metal => ORE
49 Down: Sent, as a postcard => MAILED
51 Down: Snitch on => RATOUT
52 Down: Yemen's Gulf of __ => ADEN
54 Down: Says too much => BLABS
55 Down: Find a new tenant for => RELET
59 Down: One of 12 on a cube => EDGE
60 Down: Blue Bloods TV network => CBS
61 Down: Before, in classic poetry => ERE
63 Down: Goat's bleat => MAA
64 Down: High-end British car, for short => JAG
65 Down: No. Way. => OMG
66 Down: That's right => YES

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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