Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Unlikely election win, say => UPSET
6 Across: Tidbit in a coffee grinder => BEAN
10 Across: __-washed jeans => ACID
14 Across: Housework task => CHORE
15 Across: French friend => AMIE
16 Across: Medicine amount => DOSE
17 Across: Term of office for Supreme Court justices, e.g. => LIFETENURE
19 Across: Choir song => HYMN
20 Across: __ was saying ... => ASI
21 Across: Quirky => ODD
22 Across: U.K. mil. award => DSO
24 Across: The Silence of the Lambs villain => HANNIBALLECTER
31 Across: Donkey => ASS
32 Across: Part of a tall cake => TIER
33 Across: Selma director DuVernay => AVA
34 Across: Dry shell => HUSK
37 Across: Milky gem => OPAL
39 Across: Archipelago unit => ISLET
41 Across: Investigative department, and what 17-, 24-, 52-, and 64-Across have? => INTERNALAFFAIRS
44 Across: Brief digression => ASIDE
45 Across: Point sets, in math => LOCI
46 Across: Post-WWII alliance => NATO
47 Across: Actor Cariou => LEN
48 Across: Tall shade trees => ELMS
50 Across: Unforgettable singer __ King Cole => NAT
52 Across: Member of an attorney's support staff => LEGALASSISTANT
57 Across: Desert viper => ASP
58 Across: NYC subway org. => MTA
59 Across: Post-WWII alliance => OAS
61 Across: Open just a crack => AJAR
64 Across: Places to pick up diving gear => SCUBASHOPS
68 Across: Glacier fragment => BERG
69 Across: Anna's Frozen sister => ELSA
70 Across: Core belief => TENET
71 Across: __ A Sketch => ETCH
72 Across: Monopoly card => DEED
73 Across: Vase-shaped jugs => EWERS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Sch. near Hollywood => UCLA
2 Down: Jam band with a namesake Ben & Jerry's flavor => PHISH
3 Down: Bulgaria's capital => SOFIA
4 Down: Before, poetically => ERE
5 Down: Grand Wyoming range => TETONS
6 Down: Inn offering a morning meal, briefly => BANDB
7 Down: Ostrichlike bird => EMU
8 Down: Football filler => AIR
9 Down: Tease => NEEDLE
10 Down: Like some committees => ADHOC
11 Down: Artfully shy => COY
12 Down: School-of-thought suffix => ISM
13 Down: Work-from-home space, perhaps => DEN
18 Down: Inventor Thomas => EDISON
23 Down: Printing flourish => SERIF
25 Down: Nude => NAKED
26 Down: Completely flummoxed => ATALOSS
27 Down: Fragrant spring shrub => LILAC
28 Down: Actress Shire => TALIA
29 Down: Tennis great Chris => EVERT
30 Down: Midnight Cowboy role => RATSO
34 Down: Group email starter => HIALL
35 Down: I wish I could __ that!: So gross! => UNSEE
36 Down: Wasp's defense => STING
38 Down: Tropical trees => PALMS
40 Down: Jolly December visitor => SANTA
42 Down: Film spools => REELS
43 Down: Social media account that may provide anonymity => FINSTA
49 Down: Ended, as a subscription => LAPSED
51 Down: One small bite => ATASTE
53 Down: Cry of frustration => AARGH
54 Down: Tough character's claim => IMBAD
55 Down: ... said __ ever => NOONE
56 Down: Slender candle => TAPER
60 Down: Ultrafast 62-Downs => SSTS
61 Down: Actor Vigoda => ABE
62 Down: Fast plane => JET
63 Down: __ de Triomphe => ARC
65 Down: Rock & Roll HoF city => CLE
66 Down: __ as directed => USE
67 Down: Cut down => HEW

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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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