Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Make a splashy attempt => GOBIG
6 Across: Cartoon cry of alarm => ACK
9 Across: Beer ingredient => MALT
13 Across: Expert in resolving tense situations? => EDITOR
15 Across: __ favor: please, in Spanish => POR
16 Across: Conversely, briefly => OTOH
17 Across: Mark in the margin => NOTATE
18 Across: Polish brand at a nail salon => OPI
19 Across: Egg on => URGE
20 Across: Hard core exercise? => PLANKPOSITION
23 Across: Syst. of hand symbols => ASL
25 Across: Photographer Goldin => NAN
26 Across: Beehive State resident => UTAHAN
27 Across: Conference room activity => STAFFMEETING
30 Across: Tofu source => SOYA
31 Across: Right-angle bend => ELL
32 Across: Actress Sarandon => SUSAN
36 Across: Daredevil Knievel => EVEL
37 Across: Angioplasty tube => STENT
40 Across: Land unit => ACRE
41 Across: Succinct => TERSE
43 Across: Neither here __ there => NOR
44 Across: Oblong tomato => ROMA
45 Across: Portal to another level => ELEVATORDOOR
49 Across: Sneezer's need => TISSUE
51 Across: Feel bad about => RUE
52 Across: Best 5K times, e.g. => PRS
53 Across: Postgraduate pursuit => MASTERSDEGREE
56 Across: Constellation bear => URSA
57 Across: Buckeye State sch. => OSU
58 Across: Not so fast!, or what one can do with 20-, 27-, 45-, and 53-Across => HOLDIT
61 Across: Tart-tasting => SOUR
62 Across: Writing tool => PEN
63 Across: To the max => SOMUCH
64 Across: 13-Across's override => STET
65 Across: Yellowstone ruminant => ELK
66 Across: Matter of debate => TOPIC

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: __ Z: Zoomers => GEN
2 Down: Automotive prefix with meter => ODO
3 Down: Performer with a small role => BITPLAYER
4 Down: Slanted type, for short => ITAL
5 Down: Failed, in a way => GOTANF
6 Down: Informal pricing words => APOP
7 Down: Flimsy excuse => COPOUT
8 Down: Figure skater Yamaguchi => KRISTI
9 Down: Device that protects teeth and gums => MOUTHGUARD
10 Down: Bright and airy areas of some malls => ATRIA
11 Down: Connect after entering credentials => LOGON
12 Down: And __ what happened? => THEN
14 Down: Gives a new handle to, as a rescue pet => RENAMES
21 Down: Prepared to propose, possibly => KNELT
22 Down: Writers McEwan and Fleming => IANS
23 Down: Money in the bank, say => ASSET
24 Down: Hot appliance => STOVE
28 Down: Sprinter's before-the-gun error => FALSESTART
29 Down: Kagan of the Supreme Court => ELENA
33 Down: Grabbed with both hands => SCOOPEDUP
34 Down: Knight's suit => ARMOR
35 Down: Comes close => NEARS
38 Down: The Hunchback of __ Dame => NOTRE
39 Down: Slop holders on a farm => TROUGHS
42 Down: Otherwise => ELSE
46 Down: Liechtenstein's continent => EUROPE
47 Down: Boat or gravy boat => VESSEL
48 Down: Propagate anew => REROOT
49 Down: Divination deck with 78 cards => TAROT
50 Down: Matter of debate => ISSUE
53 Down: Dishevel, with up => MUSS
54 Down: Action with a basketball or a cookie => DUNK
55 Down: Ticklish Muppet => ELMO
59 Down: Here, in Québec => ICI
60 Down: CBD-like compound in some edibles => THC

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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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