Crossword Answers For: Sunday, March 7, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Iranian leader until 1979 => SHAH
5 Across: Gives for free, as a restaurant meal => COMPS
10 Across: Connecting point => NODE
11 Across: We ___ a crossroads => AREAT
12 Across: Off-base, in a way => AWOL
13 Across: Kravitz who crafted a playlist for the March issue of Harper's Bazaar => LENNY
14 Across: National ___ Week (it begins today, celebrating the organization's founding in 1912) => GIRLSCOUT
16 Across: Bow to your ___! => SENSEI
17 Across: Cate Blanchett, e.g. => AUSSIE
22 Across: Cookies one might snarf down an entire sleeve of to celebrate 14-Across (not judging) => THINMINTS
25 Across: Currency of Senegal and Switzerland => FRANC
26 Across: Children's author Lowry => LOIS
27 Across: Like Stephen King movies, mostly => EERIE
28 Across: The moon, in many languages => LUNA
29 Across: Roots for a chef => BEETS
30 Across: Stick around => STAY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Acquires, casually => SNAGS
2 Down: Long or Mandel => HOWIE
3 Down: Beautify => ADORN
4 Down: ___ Kitchen (Gordon Ramsay show) => HELLS
5 Down: Ice cream is a good source of it => CALCIUM
6 Down: Cookie with a special lychee flavor for the lunar new year => OREO
7 Down: Pages with dishes => MENU
8 Down: Breathe after running a 5k, say => PANT
9 Down: Pig's place => STY
15 Down: Attempts to contact the dead => SEANCES
18 Down: Famed soprano Beverly => SILLS
19 Down: Nose in a 9-Down => SNOUT
20 Down: 1986 autobiography by the singer of What's Love Got to Do With It => ITINA
21 Down: Substack piece => ESSAY
22 Down: The Giving ___ (Shel Silverstein book) => TREE
23 Down: Animal with big ears => HARE
24 Down: I'm not ___ for the money => INIT
25 Down: Last mo. => FEB

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 19 down clues. In total 35 clues are solved in the section above.
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