Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: PM Boris Johnson announced earlier this week that, beginning on Monday, Brits will be allowed to legally give each other these for the first time since Covid struck; we're so excited that we're giving each of you one in the two long entries => HUGS
5 Across: Head covering => HIJAB
10 Across: Open-and-___ case => SHUT
11 Across: It's only ___! (phrase spoken when someone flips over the Catan board in rage) => AGAME
12 Across: ___ From Queens (Awkwafina series) => NORA
13 Across: Spanish for Cut that out! => NOMAS
14 Across: British actor in Notting Hill and About a Boy => HUGHGRANT
16 Across: ABBA hit with the line The love you gave me, nothing else can save me => SOS
17 Across: Leaving ___ Vegas (Sheryl Crow song) => LAS
18 Across: Tax pro => CPA
21 Across: Right this second! => NOW
23 Across: Britain's sizable population of these religious refugees mostly came over from France in the 16th and 17th centuries => HUGUENOTS
27 Across: Some golf clubs => IRONS
28 Across: ___ a run for it => MAKE
30 Across: ___ badges (Girl Scouts can earn them) => MERIT
31 Across: Lighted sign in a movie theater => EXIT
32 Across: Earthy-tasting, as whisky => PEATY
33 Across: Singer Simone => NINA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: QVC rival => HSN
2 Down: Whoops... => UHOH
3 Down: Wise person => GURU
4 Down: Deer that are male => STAGS
5 Down: Doesn't let go => HANGSON
6 Down: Dr. Frankenstein's assistant, in many movies => IGOR
7 Down: The Resident actor Malcolm-___ Warner => JAMAL
8 Down: Maker of refrigerators and microwaves => AMANA
9 Down: Personal records, as in the gym => BESTS
15 Down: Liar's lack => HONESTY
18 Down: Human's relative, for short => CHIMP
19 Down: Blender setting => PUREE
20 Down: Marketplace, in ancient Greece => AGORA
22 Down: 24 U.S. Senators, at the moment => WOMEN
24 Down: Storage ___ => UNIT
25 Down: Shout from people who don't have the Lyft or Uber app => TAXI
26 Down: Apple or potato cover => SKIN
29 Down: Greek letter H => ETA

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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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