Crossword Answers For: Friday, June 21, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Insect-preserving resin => AMBER
6 Across: Kick in or kick off => START
11 Across: Crunch targets => ABS
14 Across: Coupe de __: classic Cadillac => VILLE
15 Across: Airport structure => TOWER
16 Across: Shot chaser? => PUT
17 Across: Excellent rendition of a Belafonte hit? => ONEFINEDAYO
19 Across: Time for the history books => ERA
20 Across: Oyster bed? => ICE
21 Across: Shabby => SEEDY
22 Across: Novelist Louise who created the fictional police inspector Armand Gamache => PENNY
24 Across: Removed from power => DEPOSED
26 Across: Bearing => MIEN
27 Across: Help a former first lady feel better? => NURSEJACKIEO
32 Across: Red-hatted figure in Travelocity ads => GNOME
35 Across: Group before millennials => XERS
36 Across: Catch => NAB
37 Across: More than fancy => LOVE
38 Across: Push (for) => LOBBY
40 Across: In this case => HERE
41 Across: Bravo, mi amigo! => OLE
42 Across: Squabble => TIFF
43 Across: Always ready to order? => BOSSY
44 Across: Gala for the cops? => PARTYOFFIVEO
48 Across: Crunch's rank => CAPN
49 Across: Some UPS Store customers => SENDERS
53 Across: Japanese room divider => SHOJI
55 Across: As a soloist => ALONE
57 Across: Cut (off) => LOP
58 Across: Pursue romantically => WOO
59 Across: Give a cool cat a thorough bath? => SCRUBDADDYO
62 Across: Beseech => ASK
63 Across: Small crown => TIARA
64 Across: Foot the bill => TREAT
65 Across: You got it => YES
66 Across: Weapon in a scabbard => SABER
67 Across: Chucks => HURLS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Dance around => AVOID
2 Down: __ words => MINCE
3 Down: Censor => BLEEP
4 Down: Rivendell resident => ELF
5 Down: Second edition => REISSUE
6 Down: Knight mares => STEEDS
7 Down: Figure skating great Eldredge => TODD
8 Down: On the road => AWAY
9 Down: Lightsaber-wielding heroine => REY
10 Down: Torrid Zone region => TROPICS
11 Down: Italian mountain range => APENNINES
12 Down: Waste => BURN
13 Down: Don't leave! => STAY
18 Down: Poetic contraction => NEER
23 Down: Cry from one atop a chair => EEK
25 Down: That's a new one __ => ONME
26 Down: The Pink Sash painter Cassatt => MARY
28 Down: Split personality? => EXBFF
29 Down: Laura Bush's brother-in-law => JEB
30 Down: Glasses holders => EARS
31 Down: Follow => OBEY
32 Down: Mushy bowlful => GLOP
33 Down: French Quarter city, familiarly => NOLA
34 Down: Stays on the range too long => OVERCOOKS
38 Down: Sphinx, mostly => LION
39 Down: Clocked out => OFF
40 Down: Piece of academic regalia => HOOD
42 Down: Keyboard pros => TYPISTS
43 Down: Outranked by => BENEATH
45 Down: __ Mahal => TAJ
46 Down: Weather map line => ISOBAR
47 Down: Peddle => VEND
50 Down: Church leader => ELDER
51 Down: __ flush => ROYAL
52 Down: Catches => SPOTS
53 Down: Influence => SWAY
54 Down: Kiddie pool filler => HOSE
55 Down: Many an Emirati => ARAB
56 Down: Tackle box gadget => LURE
60 Down: Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos => CIA
61 Down: Gru's long-lost twin brother in Despicable Me 3 => DRU

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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