Crossword Answers For: Monday, March 27, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Airer of a story about this puzzle's subject => NPR
4 Across: Forbid, as a book which is then featured on 1-Across => BAN
7 Across: Bitter beers => ALES
9 Across: All-nighter, of a sort => RAVE
10 Across: Marjory the Trash ___ (Fraggle Rock oracle) => HEAP
11 Across: Famous last words? => OBIT
12 Across: With 15-Across, young adult memoir by George M. Johnson => ALLBOYS
14 Across: Smash cashews, say => EAT
15 Across: See 12-Across => ARENTBLUE
21 Across: You might hear muzak when you're on it => HOLD
22 Across: One way to take it => EASY
23 Across: In addition => ALSO
24 Across: Word you could use over and over at the end of a paper to reach the assigned word count => EVER
25 Across: Big, bearded gay guy => BEAR
26 Across: Like meat before much heat => RARE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pass => NAH
2 Down: Word before deal or bargain => PLEA
3 Down: ___ Genius => REAL
4 Down: Maltby/Shire musical with the song Fatherhood Blues => BABY
5 Down: Name on an airport shuttle => AVIS
6 Down: Court partition => NET
8 Down: Strategy card game with weighted poker chips that represent gemstones => SPLENDOR
9 Down: Dad's specialty => ROOTBEER
13 Down: Fruit ___ (reforester of Atiwa) => BAT
15 Down: Melville's whale chaser => AHAB
16 Down: Part of the film industry => ROLE
17 Down: Cyrokinetic queen => ELSA
18 Down: Bad thing for the floor to actually be => LAVA
19 Down: Manual reader, perhaps => USER
20 Down: Light-sounding governess of literature => EYRE

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This crossword has 15 across clues and 16 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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