Crossword Answers For: Saturday, May 4, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Knock on wood => RAP
4 Across: Do your ___! => WORST
9 Across: Screenplay framework => PLOT
13 Across: Regulatory agcy. => EPA
14 Across: Franklin who performed at Obama's first inauguration => ARETHA
16 Across: Hercules, for one => HERO
17 Across: Parenthood actor who hosts the podcast Armchair Expert (1975–) => DAXSHEPARD
19 Across: Singer ___ Pop => IGGY
20 Across: When Romeo sees Juliet => ACTI
21 Across: Simple earlobe adornments => STUDS
23 Across: Urban way around town => CAB
24 Across: Guitar lesson basics => CHORDS
27 Across: Cunning => SLY
28 Across: Card game similar to crazy eights => UNO
29 Across: Hamilton's bill => TEN
30 Across: Purple Haze singer (1942–1970) => JIMIHENDRIX
34 Across: Less-jolting joe => DECAF
35 Across: 'What ___ is new? => ELSE
36 Across: Worked in the nailroom? => FILED
39 Across: Final trio in a well-known series => XYZ
41 Across: Doesn't eat for a while => FASTS
42 Across: Object of adoration => IDOL
43 Across: Fixed a squeaky swing set, say => OILED
45 Across: Bandleader known as the Rumba King (1900–1990) => XAVIERCUGAT
49 Across: Toasting site, at times => BAR
52 Across: When Irish Eyes ___ Smiling => ARE
53 Across: Constellation with Regulus => LEO
54 Across: Sandwich made using a press => PANINI
56 Across: Contact info abbr. => TEL
57 Across: Baked biscuit, basically => SCONE
60 Across: Objects of a spring hunt => EGGS
61 Across: Egyptian goddess of fertility => ISIS
63 Across: Longtime host of Jeopardy! (1940–2020) => ALEXTREBEK
66 Across: Boors => OAFS
67 Across: End of story => PERIOD
68 Across: ___ Lilly => ELI
69 Across: No, in Russian => NYET
70 Across: ___ on (fusses over) => DOTES
71 Across: Washington player, briefly => NAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Edit a document for legal reasons => REDACT
2 Down: Southwestern people => APACHE
3 Down: Apollo 13 star Bill => PAXTON
4 Down: Comic strip cry => WAH
5 Down: It's mined => ORE
6 Down: Sen. majority in 2023 => REPS
7 Down: Without delay, in the ER => STAT
8 Down: Sweet-singing bird => THRUSH
9 Down: Honorary society letter => PHI
10 Down: Lower-body exercises => LEGCURLS
11 Down: Church musician, maybe => ORGANIST
12 Down: Places for playthings => TOYBOXES
15 Down: Discombobulate => ADDLE
18 Down: Title for Arthur Conan Doyle => SIR
22 Down: Wd. in a thesaurus => SYN
25 Down: Played tunes at a party => DJED
26 Down: [Error in the original] => SIC
31 Down: Limit, informally => MAX
32 Down: ___ say so! => IFYOU
33 Down: I'm ___ (That's hilarious) => DEAD
34 Down: Sandwich supplier => DELI
36 Down: Obsession => FIXATION
37 Down: It seems to me ... => IDARESAY
38 Down: Romantic status => LOVELIFE
40 Down: Sudden change of course => ZIG
41 Down: Greek dairy product => FETA
44 Down: Running measure => LAP
46 Down: Golf Hall of Famer Ernie => ELS
47 Down: Cover the highlights => RECAP
48 Down: Lost interest => COOLED
49 Down: A-pealing Londoner? => BIGBEN
50 Down: Lansbury of Murder, She Wrote => ANGELA
51 Down: Take a chance => RISKIT
55 Down: Born, in marriage announcements => NEE
58 Down: Camelot actor Franco => NERO
59 Down: Goal of a maze => EXIT
62 Down: Fast jet, for short => SST
64 Down: Little piggy => TOE
65 Down: Some postal rtes. => RDS

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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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