Crossword Answers For: Thursday, June 17, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Branch of Buddhism => ZEN
4 Across: Scott with the forthcoming album Utopia => TRAVIS
10 Across: A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away... => AGO
11 Across: ___ and Beezus (2010 Selena Gomez movie) => RAMONA
12 Across: At the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Texas 8th-grader Emmanuel Rimocal correctly defined this word, which means Pertaining to the Pope => PONTIFICAL
14 Across: Beret, for example => HAT
15 Across: Prez on pennies => ABE
16 Across: ___ metabolic rate => BASAL
19 Across: Fatboy ___ (Praise You singer) => SLIM
20 Across: Begin ___ (go back to square one) => ANEW
21 Across: Doesn't eat, as for a holiday => FASTS
22 Across: 30 Rock's town => NYC
23 Across: Vereen or Stiller => BEN
24 Across: At the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday, Pennsylvania 7th-grader Tom Velik correctly spelled this Italian cheese => GORGONZOLA
29 Across: Like short plays, often => ONEACT
30 Across: Donnelly of American Housewife => MEG
31 Across: Salary after deductions => NETPAY
32 Across: I never realized that before! => GEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Ray gun's sound effect, in comics => ZAP
2 Down: Nwodim of SNL fame => EGO
3 Down: ___-binary => NON
4 Down: Court TV event => TRIAL
5 Down: Simple water vessel => RAFT
6 Down: What ___ trying to say... => AMI
7 Down: Backup ___ (some singing parts) => VOCALS
8 Down: Soon => INABIT
9 Down: ___ Lot (Stephen King book mentioned by Eminem in Lose Yourself) => SALEMS
13 Down: Take out of the freezer => THAW
16 Down: Play, as bongos => BANGON
17 Down: Is it ___ I know? => ANYONE
18 Down: Whispered information => SECRET
19 Down: Horatio of SNL fame => SANZ
21 Down: Rihanna's last name => FENTY
23 Down: ___ Burger (food named for a city in Florida) => BOCA
25 Down: Chain with khakis => GAP
26 Down: You've got to be kidding! when texting => OMG
27 Down: Spike who directed Da 5 Bloods => LEE
28 Down: 41 for Venus Williams, as of today => AGE

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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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