Crossword Answers For: Monday, June 17, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Credit's opposite => DEBIT
6 Across: Like many an irate text => INCAPS
12 Across: Marjoram kin => OREGANO
15 Across: Bright flowers native to Mexico => DAHLIAS
17 Across: Came from behind => RALLIED
18 Across: Do some video game design, say => ANIMATE
19 Across: On the topic of => ASTO
20 Across: Quick meeting? => SESH
22 Across: Freak out => PANIC
23 Across: In need of a map => LOST
25 Across: Copacabana showgirl => LOLA
27 Across: Southernmost Canadian prov. => ONT
28 Across: Couple => DUO
30 Across: Lima's country => PERU
32 Across: Geico's business: Abbr. => INS
34 Across: Gp. that boosts military morale => USO
35 Across: Auld __ Syne => LANG
36 Across: Newspaper bigwig => EDITOR
40 Across: Coca-Cola alternative => PEPSI
42 Across: Act immorally => SIN
44 Across: Aircraft banned in Washington, D.C. => DRONE
45 Across: Like a knockoff purse => ERSATZ
47 Across: Bye-bye! => TATA
49 Across: Gp. that boosts school morale => PTA
50 Across: Agcy. that X-rays bags => TSA
51 Across: October birthstone => OPAL
52 Across: Jazz genre => BOP
53 Across: Detectives like Veronica Mars, for short => PIS
56 Across: Light brown shade => ECRU
58 Across: Land formation on The Road Runner Show => MESA
60 Across: Bit of monkey business => ANTIC
62 Across: __ girl! => ATTA
64 Across: Column to the left of a decimal point => ONES
67 Across: Outerwear that may have anchors on its buttons => PEACOAT
69 Across: Country band named for its home state => ALABAMA
71 Across: Group artistically, as flowers => ARRANGE
72 Across: Backs off => RELENTS
73 Across: Took care of => TENDED
74 Across: Rubbish => TRASH

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bilingual cartoon explorer => DORA
2 Down: Chapters of history => ERAS
3 Down: Features of dress slacks => BELTLOOPS
4 Down: Yeti alternative in the cooler aisle => IGLOO
5 Down: Mai __: rum drink => TAI
6 Down: Western state with a panhandle => IDAHO
7 Down: Grandma, to some => NAN
8 Down: Disney pair who live in a big oak tree => CHIPANDDALE
9 Down: __ mater => ALMA
10 Down: Chopin's instrument => PIANO
11 Down: Glossy fabric => SATIN
13 Down: AriZona rival => NESTEA
14 Down: Respectful poem => ODE
16 Down: Religious splinter group => SECT
21 Down: Fight to the finish => SLUGITOUT
24 Down: Blink of an eye => SPLITSECOND
26 Down: Falsehood => LIE
28 Down: Hoodwink => DUPE
29 Down: App downloader => USER
31 Down: Hosp. caretakers => RNS
33 Down: Knight's title => SIR
37 Down: Head honcho, and a hint to the first word of 3-, 8-, 21-, or 24-Down => TOPBANANA
38 Down: I'm __ your tricks! => ONTO
39 Down: Harvest => REAP
41 Down: Took a chair => SAT
43 Down: Short sleep => NAP
46 Down: Efron of The Greatest Showman => ZAC
48 Down: Husk-steamed Mexican dish => TAMALE
53 Down: Bear with a too-big chair => PAPA
54 Down: Not active => INERT
55 Down: Look steadily (at) => STARE
57 Down: Gave stars to, say => RATED
59 Down: Quite serious => SOBER
61 Down: Volunteer's words => ICAN
63 Down: Driveway goo => TAR
65 Down: Life-saving pros => EMTS
66 Down: Merit badge holder => SASH
68 Down: Grow older => AGE
70 Down: PC space bar neighbor => ALT

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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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