Crossword Answers For: Saturday, July 6, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Speaking engagement? => CHAT
5 Across: Finger or tail movement => WAG
8 Across: Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, who doesn't appear in the original Mary Shelley novel => IGOR
12 Across: Letter used to label an angle => THETA
13 Across: Apt for neophytes => EASY
14 Across: Less than slim, idiomatically => NONE
15 Across: Southern US city where 54-Across began his pro baseball career, for a team called the Black Barons => BIRMINGHAM
17 Across: Judge => DEEM
18 Across: Female salmon => HEN
19 Across: Teamwork barrier => EGO
20 Across: ___ Monica Parker, influential blues and soul artist => SISTA
21 Across: Descriptor used for 54-Across's skill set on the baseball diamond => FIVETOOLPLAYER
26 Across: Defunct Swedish automaker with a sad-sounding name => SAAB
27 Across: ___ Song (2006 Taylor Swift hit) => OUR
28 Across: Noah's vessel => ARK
29 Across: Dry sweeping tool => DUSTMOP
33 Across: Limbs used for bear hugs => ARMS
34 Across: Position for 54-Across => CENTERFIELD
36 Across: Letter-shaped construction piece => LBAR
38 Across: Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast => ANTALYA
39 Across: Celestial ball => ORB
40 Across: ___ Jabeur, highest-ranked African and Arab tennis in rankings history => ONS
41 Across: Modern and Classical periods => ERAS
44 Across: Award named after 54-Across, which debuted a year after 54-Across's famous basket catch in the 1954 Fall Classic => WORLDSERIESMVP
49 Across: Tough woolen cloth => TWEED
50 Across: Word indicating a tie score => ALL
51 Across: Words before Sasha Fierce on a Beyoncé album title => IAM
53 Across: Airing in primetime, say => ONTV
54 Across: Baseball legend nicknamed the Say Hey Kid, who died at age 93 on June 18, 2024 => WILLIEMAYS
58 Across: Bread for shawarma => PITA
59 Across: Knee joint stabilizers, for short => ACLS
60 Across: Sacred tribal emblem => TOTEM
61 Across: Cook rapidly => SEAR
62 Across: Star Wars Jedi played by Daisy Ridley => REY
63 Across: Under the covers => ABED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Tribal leaders => CHIEFS
2 Down: Heavy lifting injury => HERNIA
3 Down: Right now, in texts => ATM
4 Down: Mai ___ => TAI
5 Down: Colloquialism for a University of Virginia student => WAHOO
6 Down: The A in A. Philip Randolph, labor and civil rights leader => ASA
7 Down: Where many PE classes are held => GYM
8 Down: Cricket power that won the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2024 => INDIA
9 Down: Homers, in baseball jargon => GOESYARD
10 Down: Six years, in the US Senate => ONETERM
11 Down: Comments => REMARKS
12 Down: Candidly, in text shorthand => TBH
13 Down: Frozen waffle maker => EGGO
16 Down: Earn => NET
20 Down: Camera variety, initially => SLR
22 Down: Darth ___ (Star Wars villain) => VADER
23 Down: ___ Sodipo, London-based artist whose work focuses on Black trans people => EBUN
24 Down: Bathroom sponge => LOOFA
25 Down: Student => PUPIL
30 Down: Obsessive fans => STANS
31 Down: Past or present, grammatically => TENSE
32 Down: Mohawk-sporting star of The A-Team => MRT
33 Down: Chili hotness measure => ALARM
34 Down: Type of leather often used for golf gloves => CABRETTA
35 Down: Pair covered by a sleep mask => EYES
36 Down: Adidas's Stan Smiths, e.g. => LOWTOPS
37 Down: ___ point (credit for good work) => BROWNIE
40 Down: Eccentric => ODD
42 Down: Operate a Cessna => AVIATE
43 Down: Fixed, in a way => SPAYED
45 Down: Reading Rainbow host Burton => LEVAR
46 Down: Make a recovery => RALLY
47 Down: Societal woes => ILLS
48 Down: Name that means my God in Hebrew => ELI
52 Down: Big newspapers and TV networks, collectively: Abbr. => MSM
54 Down: It's good for absolutely nothing, per an Edwin Starr No. 1 hit => WAR
55 Down: Clinch victory => ICE
56 Down: Passenger pick-up info, for short => ETA
57 Down: Swarm around => MOB

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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