Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Freaks and ___(Judd Apatow sitcom with a cult following) => GEEKS
6 Across: Grand ___ (hit that earns 4 RBI) => SLAM
10 Across: Janelle who performed at the 2020 Oscars => MONAE
11 Across: Russell of 2019's Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker => KERI
12 Across: NYC mayoral candidate who caught flak earlier this week for cursing in a city church while speaking to a group of voters => ANDREWYANG
14 Across: Naked ___ jaybird => ASA
15 Across: Grunt from Homer Simpson => DOH
16 Across: Slightly => ABIT
19 Across: One of a clown's pair => STILT
21 Across: Iowa senator Joni who's defended Lynne Cheney this week as Republicans try to oust her from her leadership post => ERNST
23 Across: ___ 500 (big race) => INDY
24 Across: Get ___ of (throw out) => RID
25 Across: Laptop key missing the letters ape => ESC
27 Across: I moved here as a 21-year-old law student at Columbia. ___ s***. (Quote that 12-Across caught flak for) => IDIDNTKNOW
32 Across: Shepard who became the first American in space 60 years ago this month => ALAN
33 Across: Wonderland girl => ALICE
34 Across: Waithe of Ready Player One and Westworld => LENA
35 Across: ___ by Dre => BEATS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Today rival, for short => GMA
2 Down: Period equivalent to one billion years => EON
3 Down: This Is the ___ (2013 Seth Rogen comedy) => END
4 Down: Units of purity => KARATS
5 Down: Gets a look at => SEES
6 Down: Paraglider's place => SKY
7 Down: Take to the living room, say => LEADIN
8 Down: Patrick Schwarzenegger's dad => ARNOLD
9 Down: ___ Morphin Power Rangers => MIGHTY
13 Down: What ___ I saying? => WAS
16 Down: Like photographs taken by drones => AERIAL
17 Down: Equipment seen at the Kentucky Derby => BRIDLE
18 Down: ___ Ocean (where the remains of a Chinese rocket splashed down on Sunday) => INDIAN
20 Down: Make laugh, in a way => TICKLE
22 Down: ___ Things I Hate About You => TEN
26 Down: Random guess => STAB
28 Down: Material sought by 23andme.com => DNA
29 Down: Vardalos who's currently working on My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 => NIA
30 Down: Halloween's mo. => OCT
31 Down: The French Dispatch director Anderson => WES

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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