Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 15, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Side of a doorway => JAMB
5 Across: Band with the albums Powerage and Power Up => ACDC
9 Across: Circus insect => FLEA
10 Across: Pelvic bones => ILIA
11 Across: If Books Could ___ (podcast about airport bestsellers) => KILL
12 Across: Place for an anchor store => MALL
13 Across: Having no real-life significance => ACADEMIC
15 Across: ___ Zeppelin => LED
16 Across: Extraordinarily muscular guy in memes => GIGACHAD
21 Across: Steamed cake made with rice and lentils => IDLI
22 Across: Inventor's need => IDEA
24 Across: Prominent feature of a hornbill => BEAK
25 Across: Underwater breathing aid => GILL
26 Across: Anarchist Goldman who founded the journal Mother Earth => EMMA
27 Across: First ___ (only portion of the alphabet used in this puzzle's grid) => HALF

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Airport serving NYC => JFK
2 Down: Shawkat of Arrested Development => ALIA
3 Down: Spice Girl whose last name is Chisholm => MELC
4 Down: Russian string instrument shaped like a triangle => BALALAIKA
5 Down: Aspired to greatness => AIMEDHIGH
6 Down: Chowder ingredient => CLAM
7 Down: Capital of East Timor, and an anagram of 21-Across => DILI
8 Down: Math class with limits, casually => CALC
14 Down: 12th mo. => DEC
16 Down: Cutting remark => GIBE
17 Down: The same as before, in a footnote => IDEM
18 Down: ___ rock (glittery genre) => GLAM
19 Down: Sarah McLachlan song whose name is an opera backward => ADIA
20 Down: PC brand => DELL
23 Down: Cat-eating sitcom alien => ALF

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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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