Crossword Answers For: Saturday, May 27, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Up state? => GLEE
5 Across: Had kittens => BRED
9 Across: Big hits, for short => HRS
12 Across: Shows emotion => SHEDSATEAR
14 Across: Mary Oliver, e.g. => POET
15 Across: Welcome message to a waiter => NEXTPLEASE
16 Across: Goddess whose temple on Palatine Hill glowed at night => LUNA
17 Across: Wreath that may be stored in a fridge => LEI
18 Across: Got everything? => READY
19 Across: Benched way too long => RUSTY
20 Across: Look that makes waves? => PERM
21 Across: Places to find temples and bridges => FRAMES
23 Across: One of Sue Bird's WNBA record 3,234 => ASSIST
26 Across: Hardest to see => TINIEST
27 Across: Runs across => SPANS
28 Across: Paris native => TEXAN
29 Across: Shepherd's greeting => ARF
31 Across: Shoegaze band Yo La __ => TENGO
32 Across: North Dakota Natives known as the Arikara => REE
33 Across: Cory Booker, once => YALIE
35 Across: Med. condition exhibited by Hannah on Girls => OCD
36 Across: Puts on the line => BAITS
38 Across: Apt rhyme for quake => SHAKE
39 Across: Like a golfer who usually shoots around par => SCRATCH
41 Across: Gave title to => DEEDED
42 Across: Churlish => COARSE
43 Across: __ Paragon: large shopping mall in Bangkok => SIAM
44 Across: Jazz combo set => DRUMS
45 Across: En passant pieces => PAWNS
47 Across: Gives clearance => OKS
50 Across: Fenty Beauty founder, to fans => RIRI
51 Across: Coffee break exchange => IDLEGOSSIP
53 Across: Decides => OPTS
54 Across: Haphazardly => WILLYNILLY
55 Across: Sue Bird's WNBA career 6,803: Abbr. => PTS
56 Across: Autumn stone => OPAL
57 Across: Bit of trouble => SPOT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fat with a very high smoke point => GHEE
2 Down: Golfer Thompson => LEXI
3 Down: Std. that starts every March => EDT
4 Down: Places for hot shots => ESPRESSOBARS
5 Down: Nonstarters => BTEAM
6 Down: Interpretation => READ
7 Down: Basic solutions => EASYFIXES
8 Down: Power role for Rotimi => DRE
9 Down: Soup du jour alternative => HOUSESALAD
10 Down: Complex protest? => RENTSTRIKE
11 Down: Temporary reprieve => STAY
12 Down: NBC show with more than 950 eps => SNL
13 Down: Vigilant => ALERT
14 Down: Column of smoke => PLUME
19 Down: Wet periods => RAINYSEASONS
20 Down: Notify => PING
22 Down: Molecule studied by Joan A. Steitz => RNA
23 Down: Concerning => ASTO
24 Down: Unsolicited screenplay => SPECSCRIPT
25 Down: Beach volleyball spots => SANDCOURTS
26 Down: Nail biters => TEETH
28 Down: Exercise that works the upper body => TRICEPDIP
30 Down: Network signal => FEED
34 Down: Noise before a break-in => AHEM
37 Down: Tags someone on Twitter, e.g. => ATS
40 Down: Groundhog Day director => RAMIS
41 Down: Shabby => DINGY
43 Down: Balloon => SWELL
44 Down: Go down => DROP
46 Down: Pasta __ Norma => ALLA
47 Down: Capital with ferry service to Copenhagen => OSLO
48 Down: Scottish wedding garb => KILT
49 Down: Plant, for one => SPY
51 Down: __ Jima => IWO
52 Down: Small intake => SIP

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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