Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Freckle source => MELANIN
8 Across: Puts on, as an accent => AFFECTS
15 Across: Opening => ORIFICE
16 Across: Shipping center => SEAPORT
17 Across: Appointees, collectively => CABINET
18 Across: City just northeast of 48-Across => DECATUR
19 Across: Royally slaying? => REGICIDE
21 Across: Ball pin => TEE
22 Across: Fizz flavor, perhaps => SLOE
25 Across: Airs, for example => IPADS
26 Across: Weight used at a 16-Across => TARE
27 Across: Shrieking danger in The Princess Bride => EEL
28 Across: The word kiwi, e.g. => MAORI
29 Across: Terrible person to make an ambassador => BIGOT
30 Across: Old dresses? => RAIMENTS
32 Across: Identical approach, colloquially => SAMEMO
33 Across: Imbues => INVESTS
34 Across: It should be easy to park => MINICAR
35 Across: Northeast Corridor lines => ACELAS
36 Across: Ring tone? => DINGDONG
37 Across: Gun Oil and Tush Cush, for two => LUBES
38 Across: Numbers => SONGS
39 Across: Manufacturer of the first superhet sets => RCA
40 Across: Urgently consequential => DIRE
41 Across: Nut wrapped in leaves and chewed as a narcotic => BETEL
42 Across: I feel ___ => SEEN
43 Across: Butterfield of Sex Education => ASA
44 Across: Old movie preceder => NEWSREEL
46 Across: Cheap army cutlery => TINWARE
48 Across: City once called the black mecca of the South by Ebony => ATLANTA
52 Across: Data converter => ENCODER
53 Across: Spot on a poster? => LOSTPET
54 Across: Nukes, say => REHEATS
55 Across: Mock silently => SNEERAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Soft shoe, casually => MOC
2 Down: A 19-Across might end one => ERA
3 Down: Freedom, in brief => LIB
4 Down: Lit up => AFIRE
5 Down: Musical based on Fellini's 8 1/2 => NINE
6 Down: Bodies composed mainly of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium => ICEGIANTS
7 Down: Sinus cleansers => NETIPOTS
8 Down: Me too => ASDIDI
9 Down: Livestreams, e.g. => FEEDS
10 Down: Save ___ => FACE
11 Down: Assessor of forever chemicals, briefly => EPA
12 Down: Rural fantasy popularized by social media => COTTAGECORE
13 Down: 1993 cult classic scripted by Quentin Tarantino => TRUEROMANCE
14 Down: Instrument played by a grinder => STREETORGAN
20 Down: Animated hit with the tagline Life is a journey. Enjoy the trip. => CARS
22 Down: Fling enthusiast => SERIALDATER
23 Down: Big name in processed food => LEANCUISINE
24 Down: Peace offering => OLIVEBRANCH
26 Down: Cowing easily => TIMID
28 Down: Vaquero's climbs => MESAS
29 Down: Style that can be an eyeful? => BANGS
31 Down: Wild row => MELEE
32 Down: Boyz n the Hood director John => SINGLETON
34 Down: Natural nutrients => MINERALS
36 Down: Colon parts => DOTS
38 Down: Their work is draining => SEWERS
41 Down: Top for Rembrandt or Thelonious Monk => BERET
42 Down: List => SLATE
44 Down: De ___ (You're welcome) => NADA
45 Down: Otherwise => ELSE
47 Down: State of being down bad? => WOE
49 Down: Pop Culture Happy Hour airer => NPR
50 Down: Gossip, slangily => TEA
51 Down: Ally McBeal, professionally, for one: abbr. => ATT

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 35 down clues. In total 69 clues are solved in the section above.
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