Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: ___ power (clean energy) => SOLAR
6 Across: Some pens and lighters => BICS
10 Across: Taken for ___ (fooled) => ARIDE
11 Across: ___ Benson Miller (8 Mile and Ballers actor) => OMAR
12 Across: With 6-Down: what tennis great Novak Djokovic was hit on the head with while signing autographs at a tournament in Rome on Friday (a fan had dropped it accidentally) => WATER
13 Across: Popular cuisine => THAI
14 Across: Big bird => EMU
15 Across: John who sings Sacrifice => ELTON
17 Across: Tabloid talk show legend Sally Jessy ___ => RAPHAEL
19 Across: Defeat by a small margin => EDGEOUT
23 Across: Music genre for Marc Anthony => SALSA
25 Across: ___-cone (summertime cooler) => SNO
26 Across: Wavy hairstyle => PERM
27 Across: ___ ___ Red Pajama (kids' book; the same animal goes in each blank space) => LLAMA
29 Across: With 18-Down: what the jokester Djokovic was seen wearing when signing autographs for fans the next day => BIKE
30 Across: Had a crush on => LIKED
31 Across: Abbr. in many job titles => ASST
32 Across: Poet William Butler ___ => YEATS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Person who cuts wood => SAWER
2 Down: Suffix like -fest => ORAMA
3 Down: Became illuminated => LITUP
4 Down: Suffix with lemon or lime => ADE
5 Down: Enjoys again, as a novel => REREADS
6 Down: See 12-Across => BOTTLE
7 Down: My thoughts are... => IMHO
8 Down: James in Misery => CAAN
9 Down: ___ Lanka (South Asian nation) => SRI
16 Down: ___ Blonde 3 (2023 Reese Witherspoon comedy) => LEGALLY
18 Down: See 29-Across => HELMET
20 Down: Naomi who lit the Olympic Torch in Tokyo in 2020 => OSAKA
21 Down: Like challenges no one has addressed => UNMET
22 Down: Pond jumpers => TOADS
23 Down: Number after cinco => SEIS
24 Down: Torah holders => ARKS
26 Down: Org. for athletes who get strikes and spares => PBA
28 Down: Love the Way You ___ (Eminem/Rihanna song) => LIE

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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