Crossword Answers For: Friday, May 19, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: College-level HS English course => APLIT
6 Across: __ and drop => DRAG
10 Across: Party loot => SWAG
14 Across: Place for a bench warmer? => SAUNA
15 Across: Bag => EARN
16 Across: Melodramatic sigh => AHME
17 Across: Building a fire without any charcoal or lighter fluid? => STICKYSITUATION
20 Across: Brain wave readout, for short => EEG
21 Across: Not bumpy => EVEN
22 Across: Hindu spiritual writing => SUTRA
23 Across: Mountain of comfy shoes? => SLIPPERYSLOPE
27 Across: Only cardinal direction not in a state name => EAST
28 Across: Big lug => OAF
29 Across: Dirty word? => MUD
32 Across: Mesopotamian region where cuneiform was invented => SUMER
35 Across: Missay, say => ERR
36 Across: Prefix with dynamic => AERO
37 Across: Artichokes eaten first thing in the morning? => HEARTYBREAKFAST
41 Across: Potato spots => EYES
42 Across: Dawn goddess => EOS
43 Across: Specks => IOTAS
44 Across: Gesture-based communication syst. => ASL
45 Across: Ancient => OLD
46 Across: Designer Gucci => ALDO
48 Across: Should this potted plant go in the dining room window or the bedroom window?, e.g. => SILLYQUESTION
54 Across: Many, casually => LOTSA
56 Across: High Drama singer Lambert => ADAM
57 Across: Premier __: French wine designation => CRU
58 Across: Relinquishing one's noble title? => EARLYRETIREMENT
62 Across: Oxford, but not Cambridge => SHOE
63 Across: Quod __ demonstrandum => ERAT
64 Across: Hilarious => ARIOT
65 Across: Basic math homework => SUMS
66 Across: Autos => CARS
67 Across: Full of fluff => LINTY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pack animals => ASSES
2 Down: Lion Oscar nominee Dev => PATEL
3 Down: Super Mario brother => LUIGI
4 Down: Fortune rival => INC
5 Down: Share => TAKEPART
6 Down: Antarctica, for one => DESERT
7 Down: Unlike a 6-Down => RAINY
8 Down: Quilting, e.g. => ART
9 Down: Serengeti grazer => GNU
10 Down: Broke out of a slump? => SATUP
11 Down: Poultry choice => WHITEMEAT
12 Down: Omnia vincit __ => AMOR
13 Down: Actress Rowlands => GENA
18 Down: Part of YSL => YVES
19 Down: Starting on => ASOF
24 Down: Equals => PEERS
25 Down: Like some subjects => SORE
26 Down: The Practice actress __ Flynn Boyle => LARA
30 Down: __ Minor => URSA
31 Down: Colon units => DOTS
32 Down: __ butter => SHEA
33 Down: One-eighties => UEYS
34 Down: Violent vortex => MAELSTROM
35 Down: Triage ctrs. => ERS
36 Down: In the offing => AFOOT
38 Down: Give a shout-out? => YELL
39 Down: Word with surf or shop => BODY
40 Down: Restaurant offering that may have an age limit => KIDSMEAL
45 Down: Skin care brand => OLAY
46 Down: Open-book exams? => AUDITS
47 Down: Prolific TV producer Norman => LEAR
49 Down: Caribbean spots => ISLES
50 Down: 2022 FIFA World Cup host => QATAR
51 Down: Strand during a ski trip, say => ICEIN
52 Down: ... never mind, then => ORNOT
53 Down: Like brown butter => NUTTY
54 Down: Minus => LESS
55 Down: Diamond Head locale => OAHU
59 Down: __ center => REC
60 Down: Stretch of history => ERA
61 Down: Sports doc's scan => MRI

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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