Crossword Answers For: Saturday, June 4, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Respond to a reflex test => KICK
5 Across: Pejorative word for pornography => SMUT
9 Across: Spots for pots => SILLS
14 Across: With regard to => INRE
15 Across: Fictional reporter since 1938 => KENT
16 Across: Twitter missive => TWEET
17 Across: 1973 Rolling Stones hit subtitled Heartbreaker => DOODOODOODOODOO
20 Across: Sound from a loud crowd of rowdies => DIN
21 Across: Go downhill fast? => SKI
22 Across: Word before talk or rally => PEP
23 Across: Coproducer of the U2 album The Joshua Tree => ENO
24 Across: Event with Greek origins => OLYMPICS
27 Across: Made last, as a drink => NURSED
29 Across: Obsolete before => ERE
30 Across: Replies to an invitation, briefly => RSVPS
32 Across: Make a stand? => ARISE
35 Across: It may be bookmarked => SITE
36 Across: Stepped on it => SPED
40 Across: Cub Scout subdivision => DEN
41 Across: ___ it up (laugh) => YUK
43 Across: Work unit in physics => ERG
45 Across: ___ Beso (Paul Anka hit whose title means That Kiss) => ESO
46 Across: Reply to a pen pal? => OINK
48 Across: Minor quibbles => NITS
50 Across: ___-Roni (the San Fransisco treat) => RICEA
52 Across: Adjoining hotel accommodations => SUITE
54 Across: First half of an upscale LA neighborhood => BEL
55 Across: Sudden => ABRUPT
58 Across: Talking horse of classic TV => MISTERED
63 Across: In Da Club producer => DRE
64 Across: Spider-Man creator Stan => LEE
66 Across: Trent Reznor band, initially => NIN
67 Across: Former Bolivian president Morales => EVO
68 Across: Repetitive cry to a male parent => DADDADDADDADDAD
72 Across: Heron relative => EGRET
73 Across: Why would ___? => ILIE
74 Across: Tolkien token => RING
75 Across: What warhead and forehead do => RHYME
76 Across: Tic-tac-toe has three => TEES
77 Across: ___-daisy! => UPSY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Friendly nickname for a child => KIDDO
2 Down: How artichokes may be packed => INOIL
3 Down: Close companion => CRONY
4 Down: Half a pair of sneakers? => KED
5 Down: Cook County city whose name means marsh => SKOKIE
6 Down: Ambulance attendant => MEDIC
7 Down: Game with blue, green, red, and yellow cards => UNO
8 Down: Car roof option => TTOP
9 Down: Clog, as a drain => STOPUP
10 Down: Letters from ___ Jima (2006 film) => IWO
11 Down: News article intros => LEDES
12 Down: Sierra ___ (African nation) => LEONE
13 Down: Prepared to sing the national anthem => STOOD
18 Down: Diving fish hawk => OSPREY
19 Down: Capital of the state this puzzle depicts, if you treat the title as instructions => DENVER
25 Down: Month, in Mexico => MES
26 Down: ___ Lanka (country that's off the coast of India) => SRI
28 Down: Online feed letters => RSS
31 Down: Holy Fr. women => STES
32 Down: Uproar => ADO
33 Down: Washington-based sporting goods store => REI
34 Down: Motel alternative => INN
35 Down: Satirical sketch => SKIT
37 Down: Bench press muscle, for short => PEC
38 Down: WNW's opposite => ESE
39 Down: 1950 noir classic => DOA
42 Down: Formed an alliance => UNITED
44 Down: New Orleans suburb => GRETNA
47 Down: Sch. near Topeka => KSU
49 Down: Pro ___ (for now) => TEM
51 Down: Land in the Seine => ILE
53 Down: Still awake at 1 a.m., say => UPLATE
54 Down: Backs of singles => BSIDES
55 Down: Certain venomous snake => ADDER
56 Down: Erin go ___! => BRAGH
57 Down: Put back on the clothesline => REDRY
59 Down: Sundance entry, usually => INDIE
60 Down: Immerse again, as a ladle into a punchbowl => REDIP
61 Down: Bob ___ (restaurant chain) => EVANS
62 Down: Not to be trusted => DODGY
65 Down: Polish up, in a way => EDIT
69 Down: Dose people over dere? => DEM
70 Down: It may be pale => ALE
71 Down: R&B group ___ Hill => DRU

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 45 down clues. In total 85 clues are solved in the section above.
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