Crossword Answers For: Thursday, May 30, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Elbows => JABS
5 Across: Tibetan monk => LAMA
9 Across: Brand paired with devil horns for a Halloween costume => PRADA
14 Across: Yeah, sure => IBET
15 Across: Hertz rival => AVIS
16 Across: Like highways and running tracks => LANED
17 Across: Radio City, for one => MUSICHALL
19 Across: In the lead => AHEAD
20 Across: Gait between a walk and a canter => TROT
21 Across: Held on to => KEPT
23 Across: Verizon acquisition of 2006 => MCI
24 Across: Stop on a crawl => PUB
26 Across: __ the season ... => TIS
28 Across: Beach problem => EROSION
30 Across: Accord, perhaps => TRUCE
32 Across: Arizona people => HOPI
34 Across: Drink mix made popular by NASA => TANG
35 Across: Cooper of CNN => ANDERSON
37 Across: Poetic tribute => ODE
39 Across: Basis of comparison for many innovations that's depicted four times in this puzzle => SLICEDBREAD
42 Across: Sign of summer => LEO
43 Across: Petroleum jelly brand => VASELINE
46 Across: Dynamic start? => AERO
49 Across: Neat as a pin => TIDY
51 Across: Pre-univ. warmup exams => PSATS
52 Across: Dressed for work, perhaps => INASUIT
54 Across: Fam member => SIS
56 Across: Psychoactive constituent of cannabis => THC
57 Across: OB-GYNs, e.g. => MDS
58 Across: Like some Fr. nouns => MASC
60 Across: Warm, so to speak => NEAR
62 Across: Saint __: Caribbean island => LUCIA
64 Across: Army unit => BATTALION
68 Across: Exams often given by committee => ORALS
69 Across: Way, way off => AFAR
70 Across: Up to the task => ABLE
71 Across: The War of the Worlds writer => WELLS
72 Across: Product preview => DEMO
73 Across: Absolutely must have => NEED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Parsons of Hidden Figures => JIM
2 Down: __ Dhabi => ABU
3 Down: Chums => BESTBUDS
4 Down: Step in a sauce recipe => STIR
5 Down: Actress Christine => LAHTI
6 Down: Janelle's Abbott Elementary role => AVA
7 Down: Latte ingredient => MILK
8 Down: Out like a light => ASLEEP
9 Down: Allegory of the cave philosopher => PLATO
10 Down: Stadium cheer => RAH
11 Down: Iron deficiency => ANEMIA
12 Down: Church minister => DEACON
13 Down: __ machine => ADDING
18 Down: Clique => COTERIE
22 Down: Monastic leaders => PRIORS
24 Down: School org. => PTA
25 Down: Self-serve dispenser => URN
27 Down: Steve Madden creation => SHOE
29 Down: Moves without a sound => STEALS
31 Down: Large strings => CELLOS
33 Down: Like some movie rentals => ONDVD
36 Down: Nova __ => SCOTIA
38 Down: Bathysphere realm => DEEPSEA
40 Down: Dark horses => BAYS
41 Down: Rant => DIATRIBE
44 Down: Advanced degree? => NTH
45 Down: Key above ~ => ESC
46 Down: Temper expectations => AIMLOW
47 Down: Put up with => ENDURE
48 Down: Rogue => RASCAL
50 Down: Things don't look good => ITSBAD
53 Down: Amherst campus, familiarly => UMASS
55 Down: Overture => INTRO
59 Down: Bistro => CAFE
61 Down: Actor Ruck => ALAN
63 Down: Under the weather => ILL
65 Down: Hat that may match a kilt => TAM
66 Down: Part of a World Cup chant => OLE
67 Down: Game of Thrones patriarch Stark => NED

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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