Crossword Answers For: Sunday, April 7, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Oldest Simpson kid => BART
5 Across: Casino convenience => ATM
8 Across: Model plane wood => BALSA
13 Across: Motor City pro => PISTON
19 Across: State with an astronaut on its quarter => OHIO
20 Across: Aunt, in Acapulco => TIA
21 Across: Lures => BAITS
22 Across: Knock, knock! => IMHERE
23 Across: Tactful one => DIPLOMAT
25 Across: *Accidentally scorch the appetizers? => CHARTACOURSE
27 Across: Basket maker, e.g. => SCORER
29 Across: Gibbs of The Jeffersons => MARLA
30 Across: Stomped (on) => TROD
31 Across: *You can't wrestle a chimney sweep and come out clean, e.g.? => SOOTHSAYING
36 Across: D.C. VIPs => POLS
37 Across: Typeface word => SANS
38 Across: Displace => UPROOT
39 Across: 3D ring shape => TORUS
41 Across: Amarillo-to-Austin dir. => SSE
43 Across: Very small => ITTY
44 Across: *Mission of the Blue Origin rockets carrying William Shatner and Michael Strahan? => STARESINTOSPACE
51 Across: Unknown degree => NTH
52 Across: Burn soother => ALOE
54 Across: Only Time artist => ENYA
55 Across: Fervency => ARDOR
56 Across: *Finish a crossword with a spelling error? => GOOFFTHEGRID
61 Across: The Hangover role for Ed Helms => STU
63 Across: Eureka! elicitor => IDEA
64 Across: Golden Fleece seeker => ARGONAUT
65 Across: Colleague => PEER
66 Across: Drawbacks => CONS
67 Across: Unlikely to be discussed => TABOO
69 Across: Classic Ford, familiarly => TBIRD
71 Across: Takes turns? => SPINS
73 Across: Credit => CITE
74 Across: Airbnb alternative => VRBO
77 Across: Twice-monthly shoreline occurrence => NEAPTIDE
80 Across: Minnesota representative Ilhan => OMAR
81 Across: Aquaman's domain => SEA
82 Across: *Say no to a date? => PASSIONFRUIT
86 Across: Arctic seal refuges => BERGS
88 Across: __'acte => ENTR
90 Across: Lamb mamas => EWES
91 Across: Package opening? => PRE
92 Across: *Run-ins with soft cheese? => BRIEFENCOUNTERS
97 Across: Watery defense => MOAT
98 Across: Srsly!? => OMG
99 Across: Corp. hierarchy modification => REORG
100 Across: Like => AKINTO
102 Across: Fitbit unit => STEP
106 Across: Darlin' => BABE
108 Across: *Exhale in a game of hide-and-seek? => SIGHTUNSEEN
111 Across: Posh => LUXE
112 Across: Not just once => AGAIN
114 Across: Pan-fries => SAUTES
115 Across: *Florists who specialize in purple bouquets? => IRISHSETTERS
119 Across: Took control of, as a competition => BLEWOPEN
123 Across: Olympic projectile => DISCUS
124 Across: Sarnia's lake => HURON
125 Across: Simu of Barbie => LIU
126 Across: Hostile => UGLY
127 Across: Tangible thing => ENTITY
128 Across: Sewing kit item => SPOOL
129 Across: Mo. before May => APR
130 Across: With this puzzle's circled letters, exercise a certain constitutional right, and how to answer each starred clue => TAKE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Figure, casually => BOD
2 Down: Pacific tuna => AHI
3 Down: Paper problem => RIP
4 Down: War and Peace novelist => TOLSTOY
5 Down: Tops => ATMOST
6 Down: Pageant crown => TIARA
7 Down: Chum on a boat? => MATEY
8 Down: Telly channel => BBC
9 Down: Apt rhyme for spa => AAH
10 Down: Youngest Hemsworth brother => LIAM
11 Down: Gets ready for a ride => STRAPSIN
12 Down: Space City pro => ASTRO
13 Down: Cubism pioneer => PICASSO
14 Down: Texter's qualifier => IMO
15 Down: Closes => SHUTS
16 Down: Earth, in some sci-fi => TERRA
17 Down: Director Welles => ORSON
18 Down: Cries out for => NEEDS
24 Down: Calle __: street in Miami's Little Havana => OCHO
26 Down: You're in good hands sloganeer => ALLSTATE
28 Down: EGOT winner Moreno => RITA
31 Down: Taking to court => SUING
32 Down: Decide one will => OPTTO
33 Down: Gardening brand => ORTHO
34 Down: Neither companion => NOR
35 Down: Ph.D. seeker's test => GRE
40 Down: Cheaper, perhaps => USED
42 Down: Hockey great Tikkanen => ESA
44 Down: West End district => SOHO
45 Down: Many a YA hero => TEEN
46 Down: Where Ferrari is RACE => NYSE
47 Down: Like business vis-à-vis coach => PRICIER
48 Down: Extra option => ADDON
49 Down: True Grit filmmakers => COENS
50 Down: Historical chapters => ERAS
52 Down: Prefix with futurism => AFRO
53 Down: Newsom and Hochul, once: Abbr. => LTGOVS
57 Down: Jeweler to the Romanovs => FABERGE
58 Down: Spanish cat => GATO
59 Down: Spice mixture => RUB
60 Down: Turner memoir => ITINA
62 Down: Bearlike => URSINE
65 Down: Smartphone precursors, for short => PDAS
67 Down: Proctor's tool => TIMER
68 Down: Nintendo rival => ATARI
70 Down: Hi-__ audio => RES
72 Down: Many e-forms => PDFS
73 Down: __ salad => COBB
75 Down: Come back to the table => REENGAGE
76 Down: Judge's seat => BANC
78 Down: Fishing spot => PIER
79 Down: Helps to water-ski => TOWS
82 Down: Leith of The Great British Baking Show => PRUE
83 Down: Barely leading => UPONE
84 Down: Seeing red => IRATE
85 Down: Grand peak => TETON
87 Down: Airport near San Jose, Calif. => SFO
89 Down: Did exceedingly well => TOREITUP
93 Down: 23-Across's base => EMBASSY
94 Down: Many stats => NOS
95 Down: TNT start => TRI
96 Down: Many pieces by 57-Down => EGGS
97 Down: Skip an epic party, say => MISSOUT
100 Down: Filmmaker with a distinctive style => AUTEUR
101 Down: Was sure => KNEW
102 Down: Playground feature => SLIDE
103 Down: Italy's first capital => TURIN
104 Down: Be => EXIST
105 Down: Joe of Bupkis => PESCI
107 Down: Jacuzzis, e.g. => BATHS
109 Down: Se __ español => HABLA
110 Down: Spring bloom => TULIP
113 Down: Fictional sleuth Wolfe => NERO
116 Down: Modest digs => HUT
117 Down: Down Under hopper => ROO
118 Down: NBC skit show, for short => SNL
120 Down: Tour gp. => PGA
121 Down: Large deer => ELK
122 Down: Bill for education? => NYE

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This crossword has 65 across clues and 80 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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