Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 31, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 14-Across, singer/pianist who will perform tonight on PBS's annual Memorial Day Concert (along with Gladys Knight, Alan Jackson, and the Four Tops) => SARA
5 Across: Pinchable body part on a baby => CHEEK
10 Across: Ginger ___ (some sodas) => ALES
11 Across: Cut into two equal parts => HALVE
12 Across: Breaking Bad drug => METH
13 Across: DeGeneres or Cleghorne => ELLEN
14 Across: See 1-Across => BAREILLES
16 Across: Makes beautiful => ADORNS
17 Across: Cease and ___ order => DESIST
22 Across: The show will also include a 70th anniversary remembrance of the 36,914 U.S. soldiers who lost their lives in this conflict => KOREANWAR
25 Across: Prepare to throw into the trash can, as a piece of paper => WADUP
26 Across: Assistant => AIDE
27 Across: Top-level, as a celebrity => ALIST
28 Across: Bend, in ballet class => PLIE
29 Across: Like October, among the months of the year => TENTH
30 Across: Vehicle kids ride on a snow day => SLED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Brazilian music genre => SAMBA
2 Down: Blow ___ (lose when you were winning) => ALEAD
3 Down: Nostalgia-evoking, like a diner's decor => RETRO
4 Down: Shazam! actor ___ Angel => ASHER
5 Down: Hillary's daughter => CHELSEA
6 Down: Rock and Roll ___ of Fame (Cleveland institution) => HALL
7 Down: King or Macpherson => ELLE
8 Down: Nights before big days => EVES
9 Down: Jennings of Jeopardy! fame => KEN
15 Down: Wide-ranging and lengthy, as an interview => INDEPTH
18 Down: Ginger ___ (cookies made with molasses) => SNAPS
19 Down: ___ Always Love You (Whitney Houston hit written by Dolly Parton) => IWILL
20 Down: ___ Hawkins Dance => SADIE
21 Down: Trapped, in a way => TREED
22 Down: ___ chips (healthy snack) => KALE
23 Down: Norse god played by Anthony Hopkins => ODIN
24 Down: Sign of age on a car's body => RUST
25 Down: Angkor ___ (Cambodian temple complex) => WAT

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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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