Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Push, as a button => PRESS
6 Across: Scuff, say => MAR
9 Across: Air rifle => BBGUN
14 Across: Mint with a Coca-Cola flavor => TICTAC
16 Across: Language suffix => ESE
17 Across: Russian crepes => BLINI
18 Across: Single-celled creature => AMOEBA
19 Across: Pint equivalent => HALFQUART
21 Across: Yellowjackets actress Purnell => ELLA
23 Across: Customizable Nintendo avatar => MII
24 Across: Actress Falco => EDIE
25 Across: DC Comics' Clown Princess of Crime => HARLEYQUINN
29 Across: Re-re-re-reminds => NAGS
30 Across: Rudy coach Parseghian => ARA
31 Across: WrestleMania win => PIN
32 Across: Facts, for short => INFO
34 Across: Clobbers, quaintly => SMITES
37 Across: __ Buddhism => ZEN
39 Across: Tennis icon Arthur => ASHE
42 Across: Members of royal courts who may be crowned at halftime => HOMECOMINGQUEENS
46 Across: Like a Mega Millions jackpot winner => RICH
47 Across: NYSE debut => IPO
48 Across: Open, as a onesie => UNSNAP
49 Across: Noisy car part => HORN
51 Across: Weekend Update comic Michael => CHE
53 Across: LED TV brand => RCA
54 Across: Ball in a craft store => YARN
57 Across: Deluxe => HIGHQUALITY
61 Across: Mine, in Marseille => AMOI
62 Across: 22-Down monitoring org. => EPA
63 Across: Aquatic mammal => SEAL
64 Across: Feels apprehensive => HASQUALMS
67 Across: Planet orbited by a moon named Margaret => URANUS
71 Across: Outperform => ONEUP
72 Across: Official calling pitch clock violations => UMP
73 Across: City east of Los Angeles => POMONA
74 Across: Desert sanctuaries => OASES
75 Across: Part of LGBTQ+ => GAY
76 Across: Teen sleuth Drew => NANCY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Booster gp. for schools => PTA
2 Down: Crater's edge => RIM
3 Down: __ mode: energy-saving car setting => ECO
4 Down: Iron alloy => STEEL
5 Down: Ferret's cousin => SABLE
6 Down: Not my fave => MEH
7 Down: Same for me => ASAMI
8 Down: Replacing the inner layer of => RELINING
9 Down: Smoky chip flavor, briefly => BBQ
10 Down: Puritanical people => BLUENOSES
11 Down: Celebrity chef De Laurentiis => GIADA
12 Down: Strip of equipment => UNRIG
13 Down: Informal evenings => NITES
15 Down: Caribbean music genre => CALYPSO
20 Down: Literary Huckleberry => FINN
22 Down: Pollution stat => AQI
25 Down: __ browns => HASH
26 Down: Samurai's protection => ARMOR
27 Down: Maguire's Spider-Man director => RAIMI
28 Down: Open, as a gym bag => UNZIP
33 Down: Mythical man-goat => FAUN
35 Down: Method => TECHNIQUE
36 Down: Reverberate => ECHO
38 Down: Father of Methuselah => ENOCH
40 Down: Painter Matisse => HENRI
41 Down: Make into law => ENACT
43 Down: Headphone jack insert => MINIPLUG
44 Down: Get in line => QUEUEUP
45 Down: Fix, at the vet's office => SPAY
50 Down: Actress Seehorn => RHEA
52 Down: Command ctrs., and a description of five answers in this puzzle => HQS
54 Down: Yippee! => YAHOO
55 Down: Appliance maker => AMANA
56 Down: Tokens of love => ROSES
58 Down: Letter before delta => GAMMA
59 Down: Yankee slugger Judge => AARON
60 Down: Peruvian pack animal => LLAMA
65 Down: FedEx rival => UPS
66 Down: Eve in Killing Eve, for one => SPY
68 Down: The N of NFT => NON
69 Down: Mom's bro => UNC
70 Down: May I just __ ... => SAY

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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