Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 21, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Chow __: noodle dish => MEIN
5 Across: Sp. girls => SRTAS
10 Across: USDA Choice, e.g. => GRADE
15 Across: Vinegar, chemically => ACID
19 Across: Peak near Catania => ETNA
20 Across: Economical with words => TERSE
21 Across: Collar extension => LAPEL
22 Across: Support staff? => CANE
23 Across: The lazy housekeeper ... => LETTHEDUSTSETTLE
26 Across: Rootless water plant => ALGA
27 Across: Lost in transit inquiry => TRACER
28 Across: Natural gas component => ETHANE
29 Across: Sent through a network => EMAILED
31 Across: Charm => ENCHANT
33 Across: Like some inscriptions => UNDATED
35 Across: WSW reversal => ENE
36 Across: Police dept. title => DET
37 Across: John Bunyan, notably => PURITAN
41 Across: Await decision => PEND
42 Across: Dull brown => DUN
43 Across: The disruptive hairstylist ... => MADEWAVES
46 Across: Leaning => TILTED
48 Across: Hoops player => CAGER
53 Across: First name in Renaissance painting => MONA
54 Across: Singles => ONES
56 Across: Can't help ya => NAH
57 Across: Breakdown of social norms => ANOMIE
59 Across: Former capital of Japan => KYOTO
61 Across: Big cat voiced by Angelina Jolie in Kung Fu Panda => TIGRESS
65 Across: Domed halls => ROTUNDAS
68 Across: Nibbled (at) => PECKED
70 Across: Rush-order letters => ASAP
71 Across: Scrap => ORT
72 Across: The fashionable archaeologist ... => DUGINHERHEELS
76 Across: Color gradation => HUE
77 Across: The Wizard of Oz actor => LAHR
79 Across: New __, Connecticut => CANAAN
80 Across: Part of a wedding toast, maybe => ANECDOTE
82 Across: Summer pest, informally => SKEETER
84 Across: Workbench grips => VISES
87 Across: Moved suddenly => DARTED
88 Across: His Dark Materials cable network => HBO
89 Across: Arctic native => SEAL
91 Across: Math points => LOCI
94 Across: One Minute Man rapper Elliott => MISSY
95 Across: Salt, say => SEASON
98 Across: The overzealous electrician ... => BLEWAFUSE
101 Across: System of connected PCs, for short => LAN
102 Across: Fast-food option => TOGO
104 Across: For all __ and purposes => INTENTS
106 Across: Air traffic org. => FAA
109 Across: Unit of energy => ERG
110 Across: Showed plainly => EVINCED
113 Across: Behind, in a way => TAILING
115 Across: Lumbered => PLODDED
117 Across: Playing fields => ARENAS
121 Across: Farm => GRANGE
122 Across: Vegan protein => TOFU
123 Across: The absent-minded dentist ... => LEFTANIMPRESSION
126 Across: Footnote note => IBID
127 Across: 100 years of improvement retailer => LOWES
128 Across: Burrowing bug => BORER
129 Across: Mineral no longer used in baby powder => TALC
130 Across: Woven fish traps => NETS
131 Across: Fashion journalist __ Leon Talley => ANDRE
132 Across: FaceTime alternative => SKYPE
133 Across: Smite, as a dragon => SLAY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Like cheese in a fondue pot => MELTED
2 Down: Timeless, poetically => ETERNE
3 Down: Still together => INTACT
4 Down: Super casual Sure! => NATCH
5 Down: Breastbone => STERNUM
6 Down: Wine choice => RED
7 Down: Factual => TRUE
8 Down: Support staff member: Abbr. => ASST
9 Down: The Orville star MacFarlane => SETH
10 Down: Mercury Seven astronaut John => GLENN
11 Down: Had status => RATED
12 Down: Fitting => APT
13 Down: Take out => DELETE
14 Down: Periodic-table entry => ELEMENT
15 Down: Berry native to the Amazon rainforest => ACAI
16 Down: The psychic bartender ... => CALLEDTHESHOTS
17 Down: Unworldly young woman => INGENUE
18 Down: Maze setback => DEADEND
24 Down: Messy stack => HEAP
25 Down: Steam room => SAUNA
30 Down: Calculating, in a way => ADDING
32 Down: Theme park shuttle => TRAM
34 Down: Sanctuary section => APSE
38 Down: Words from a promising couple? => IDO
39 Down: 6.2 miles, roughly => TENK
40 Down: Like the White Sox at Fenway Park => AWAY
44 Down: Election Day figure => VOTER
45 Down: Patriarch who walked with God => ENOCH
47 Down: Spencer of Good Morning America => LARA
48 Down: Holiday songs => CAROLS
49 Down: Iditarod wear => ANORAK
50 Down: The fearless trapeze artist ... => GOTTHEHANGOFIT
51 Down: Bird that can run 30 mph => EMU
52 Down: Outer layer => RIND
55 Down: Dutch painter Jan => STEEN
58 Down: Draw forth => EDUCE
60 Down: Starts operating, as a store => OPENS
62 Down: Sat in traffic, e.g. => IDLED
63 Down: Fries in a little butter => SAUTES
64 Down: Quick => SPEEDY
66 Down: Lab gelatins => AGARS
67 Down: Wrongdoing => SIN
69 Down: Hawaii's Mauna __ => KEA
73 Down: __ academy => NAVAL
74 Down: Selassie of Ethiopia => HAILE
75 Down: Fast one => SCAM
78 Down: WNBA stat => REBS
81 Down: Nike's __-fit fabric => DRI
83 Down: Honked => TOOTED
85 Down: Flair => ELAN
86 Down: Like fluffy towels => SOFT
90 Down: Deep black => EBON
92 Down: Prompt => CUE
93 Down: Stevie Wonder's __ She Lovely => ISNT
95 Down: Skipped an early appointment, maybe => SLEPTIN
96 Down: Piercing place => EARLOBE
97 Down: Short work of fiction => NOVELLA
99 Down: Broaden => WIDEN
100 Down: Curio stand => ETAGERE
103 Down: Name seen in many hotels => GIDEON
105 Down: Gentlemen => SIRS
106 Down: Curtain rod decoration => FINIAL
107 Down: Zambia neighbor => ANGOLA
108 Down: Bureau => AGENCY
111 Down: Do lunch? => CATER
112 Down: Wipe clean => ERASE
114 Down: Has legs, so to speak => LASTS
116 Down: Clothing => DUDS
118 Down: Pen points => NIBS
119 Down: Every which way => AMOK
120 Down: Moving with ease => SPRY
124 Down: Start of some subj. lines => FWD
125 Down: N.Y.'s AOC, e.g. => REP

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This crossword has 67 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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