Crossword Answers For: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Department concerned with wages => LABOR
6 Across: Word => IDIG
10 Across: Kazakhstan's North __ Sea => ARAL
14 Across: D-Day beach name => OMAHA
15 Across: Sushi wrapper => NORI
16 Across: Get a better rate, for short => REFI
17 Across: *Opera buffa by Mozart => LENOZZEDIFIGARO
20 Across: Your point being? => AND
21 Across: They mean nothing => ZEROS
22 Across: End zone marker => PYLON
23 Across: Leaves at the altar => JILTS
24 Across: Tropical trees => PALMS
25 Across: Vegan milk source => ALMOND
28 Across: Mountainous region of the Levant => JUDEA
29 Across: *Landscape options in dry climates => ROCKGARDENS
32 Across: CSI evidence => DNA
35 Across: __ in handy => COME
36 Across: Missay, say => ERR
37 Across: God of love => EROS
38 Across: Swanky hotel amenity => SPA
39 Across: *One skilled at manipulating characters => ASCIIARTIST
43 Across: Memos => NOTES
45 Across: Crow's-nest cry => LANDHO
46 Across: Race town near Windsor Castle => ASCOT
47 Across: Red carpet brand => PRADA
49 Across: Pertaining to bees => APIAN
50 Across: __ Sound Machine => MIAMI
51 Across: Explosive letters => TNT
54 Across: Not quite!, and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue => CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR
57 Across: Get your own! => MINE
58 Across: Free of fizz => FLAT
59 Across: Protein-building acid => AMINO
60 Across: Online crafts site => ETSY
61 Across: __ up: tell all => FESS
62 Across: Lite => LOFAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Kirke of Mozart in the Jungle => LOLA
2 Down: Preach! => AMEN
3 Down: Boston or Chicago => BAND
4 Down: Cry of discovery => OHO
5 Down: Poking fun at => RAZZING
6 Down: Like noble gases => INERT
7 Down: Long-extinct flightless birds => DODOS
8 Down: Eye part => IRIS
9 Down: Many a moving meme => GIF
10 Down: Sock pattern => ARGYLE
11 Down: La Liga team that plays in Santiago Bernabéu Stadium => REALMADRID
12 Down: Curly hairstyles => AFROS
13 Down: Wildebeest hunter => LION
18 Down: Nintendo princess => ZELDA
19 Down: Tablets at some checkout counters => IPADS
23 Down: Routine element => JOKE
24 Down: Many a 23-Down => PUN
25 Down: Circle parts => ARCS
26 Down: Roller coaster feature => LOOP
27 Down: Supersize suburban homes => MCMANSIONS
28 Down: Ryan of Bosch => JERI
30 Down: Suggestions, informally => RECS
31 Down: Soft & __ => DRI
33 Down: Have a snack => NOSH
34 Down: Apropos of => ASTO
37 Down: Sicilian mount => ETNA
39 Down: Back up an apology, say => ATONE
40 Down: Gel => SET
41 Down: Avis rival => ALAMO
42 Down: Far beyond the norm => RADICAL
44 Down: Irish dramatist Seán => OCASEY
46 Down: College-level HS English course => APLIT
47 Down: Falafel holders => PITAS
48 Down: Tirades => RANTS
49 Down: Cartoon maker of Invisible Paint and Instant Road => ACME
50 Down: Stubborn beast => MULE
51 Down: Yay, the weekend's almost here! => TGIF
52 Down: Grandmother's nickname => NANA
53 Down: Moderate gait => TROT
55 Down: Lifelong pal, briefly => BFF
56 Down: If u ask me ... => IMO

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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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