Crossword Answers For: Saturday, May 22, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Erotica, derogatorily => SMUT
5 Across: The Country Girls author O'Brien => EDNA
9 Across: Say, Yeah, I bet => SCOFF
14 Across: Lose on purpose => TANK
15 Across: Dress like at a Halloween party => GOAS
16 Across: Cause of sleeplessness => WORRY
17 Across: ... approximately => ORSO
18 Across: Darkwave listener, maybe => GOTH
19 Across: Two-for-one deal, e.g. => OFFER
20 Across: Pianist Alice Sara ___ => OTT
21 Across: Musical ending => CODA
22 Across: Heath bar base => TOFFEE
23 Across: 1D shape, both geometrically and orthographically => DIAGONALLINE
26 Across: Record of a single year => ANNAL
27 Across: Speed ___ => DIAL
28 Across: Gradually goes down => EBBS
32 Across: Counterpart of a yoni, in Hinduism => LINGAM
34 Across: Actress Falco => EDIE
36 Across: Country with seven sheikhs, briefly => UAE
37 Across: Sash for a kimono => OBI
38 Across: 2D shape, both geometrically and orthographically => DIAMOND
40 Across: Screening org. => TSA
41 Across: Britton who had an affair with Warren G. Harding => NAN
42 Across: It gets the grease => AXLE
43 Across: Jake ___ (Jack Nicholson's role in Chinatown) => GITTES
45 Across: Therefore => ERGO
47 Across: Part of an office tangle => CORD
49 Across: Workout program with a portmanteau name => TAEBO
50 Across: 3D shape, both geometrically and orthographically => DODECAHEDRON
53 Across: Big books => FOLIOS
56 Across: (Pay) attention => HEED
57 Across: Substance collected from maples => SAP
58 Across: Phrase that's not to be taken literally => IDIOM
59 Across: Curses! => DAMN
60 Across: Bit of Turkish cash => LIRA
61 Across: Absorb with a piece of bread => SOPUP
62 Across: Privy to => INON
63 Across: What are the ___? => ODDS
64 Across: Absolutely terrible => TRASH
65 Across: One of the sixteen Decade Volcanoes => ETNA
66 Across: What you might settle for => LESS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Had no peers => STOODALONE
2 Down: Place that stocks a lot of olives => MARTINIBAR
3 Down: Deciding to stop supporting as a fan => UNSTANNING
4 Down: Ref's declaration in the ring => TKO
5 Down: Goad into action => EGGON
6 Down: Thingamajig => DOODAD
7 Down: Rock musician who fronted 10,000 Maniacs => NATALIEMERCHANT
8 Down: Bonfire remnants => ASH
9 Down: Have an attack of Bieber fever? => SWOON
10 Down: Classic first-date option => COFFEE
11 Down: Carmina Burana composer => ORFF
12 Down: Not busy right now => FREE
13 Down: Disastrous 2017 festival => FYRE
21 Down: Piña ___ => COLADA
22 Down: Bathroom flooring, often => TILING
24 Down: Running ___ => GAG
25 Down: Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name => LADO
29 Down: Part of your toast that you hope lands up => BUTTERSIDE
30 Down: Pieces of molding near the floor => BASEBOARDS
31 Down: Regular visitor's purchase => SEASONPASS
33 Down: Romantic gifts that were popular in the 2000s => MIXCDS
35 Down: Not raw => EDITED
39 Down: Plant with many medicinal uses => ALOE
44 Down: Small amount => TAD
46 Down: Despicable => ODIOUS
48 Down: MAILER-___ (sender of bounce messages) => DAEMON
51 Down: Sex appeal => OOMPH
52 Down: Beard dye for some Muslims => HENNA
53 Down: Something to shake while yelling Get off my lawn! => FIST
54 Down: Smell => ODOR
55 Down: Boys Will Be Boys singer Dua => LIPA
59 Down: Run out of juice => DIE
60 Down: Alternative to a laugh react => LOL

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 34 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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