Crossword Answers For: Friday, May 24, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Home of S.D. and the O.C. => SOCAL
6 Across: Cardinals gp. => NFL
9 Across: Hall of Famer Piazza who caught the ceremonial last pitch at Shea Stadium => MIKE
13 Across: __ myrtle => CRAPE
14 Across: MSN rival => AOL
15 Across: Country with one of the highest life expectancies in the world => JAPAN
16 Across: Dried poblano => ANCHO
17 Across: Stellar essay? => PROSEGOLD
19 Across: Zero-stress period => METIME
21 Across: Cyberhandle => USERID
22 Across: Modest proposal? => PRUDEREMARK
24 Across: Never gonna happen, laddie! => NAE
27 Across: Pt. of 61-Across => SYS
28 Across: Use a straw => SIP
29 Across: Go around => BYPASS
31 Across: Spotter's confirmation => ISEEIT
34 Across: Can do! => ONIT
35 Across: Compliment a nice thatching job? => PRAISETHEROOF
39 Across: Eldest Brady boy => GREG
40 Across: Sea salt => SAILOR
41 Across: Hit Ctrl+R, say => RELOAD
44 Across: Little gripe => NIT
45 Across: Fig. on a mountaintop sign => ALT
48 Across: Waste watchers org. => EPA
49 Across: June celebrant's social media posts? => PRIDESHARES
53 Across: Harangue => TIRADE
55 Across: Singer-songwriter Billie => EILISH
56 Across: Comparison shop at BevMo? => PRICEWINE
59 Across: Martini's vermouth partner => ROSSI
60 Across: Tackle box supply => HOOKS
61 Across: Pre-Sierra Mac platform => OSX
62 Across: Subsequently => AFTER
63 Across: Refuse => DENY
64 Across: Satisfied, as expectations => MET
65 Across: Turn on => START

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Rapscallions => SCAMPS
2 Down: Like Scrooge => ORNERY
3 Down: Flora that's tricky to transplant => CACTUS
4 Down: Garden pest eaten by hoverfly larva => APHID
5 Down: 2022 World Cup Golden Ball winner => LEOMESSI
6 Down: Power __ => NAP
7 Down: Rome landmark => FORUM
8 Down: Writer Mario Vargas __ => LLOSA
9 Down: Christmas trio => MAGI
10 Down: Big little tech release of 2005 => IPODNANO
11 Down: Actor Penn => KAL
12 Down: Turn off => END
15 Down: Dried meat snack => JERKY
18 Down: Balkan native => SERB
20 Down: Native Ohioans => ERIES
23 Down: L'escrime equipment => EPEES
25 Down: Never gonna happen, bud => ASIF
26 Down: Repair shop fig. => EST
30 Down: __ Things: Oscar-winning Lanthimos film => POOR
31 Down: Who Othello declares is most honest => IAGO
32 Down: Give __ go! => ITA
33 Down: Yours, biblically => THINE
35 Down: Get ready to cook => PREP
36 Down: Many a wedding guest => RELATION
37 Down: Name in a Beethoven title => ELISE
38 Down: Untaxed investment options => ROTHIRAS
39 Down: Hurdle for M.A. hopefuls => GRE
42 Down: __-ski => APRES
43 Down: Lure => DRAW
45 Down: Label founded by Clive Davis => ARISTA
46 Down: __ of two evils => LESSER
47 Down: Part of a summer camp uniform => TSHIRT
50 Down: Kick to the curb, for one => IDIOM
51 Down: Crowded => DENSE
52 Down: Like a kite => ALOFT
54 Down: Totally gross => ICKY
56 Down: Deg. held by Wilson, but no other U.S. president => PHD
57 Down: Tuna tartare topper => ROE
58 Down: Tel. no. addition => EXT

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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