Crossword Answers For: Monday, May 9, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Kid's building block => LEGO
5 Across: Kennedy or Foxx => JAMIE
10 Across: Savory rice cake of India => IDLI
11 Across: To no ___ (fruitlessly) => AVAIL
12 Across: Actress whose memoir Finding Me was chosen recently by Oprah as a selection in her book club => VIOLADAVIS
14 Across: ___ and flow (tide's motion) => EBB
15 Across: Year of the ___ (2020, on the Chinese calendar) => RAT
16 Across: As ___ resort (if all else fails) => ALAST
18 Across: Lincoln and Simpson => ABES
22 Across: Kiss and ___ => TELL
23 Across: ___ donna (opera star) => PRIMA
24 Across: Orangutan, for example => APE
26 Across: Lock opener => KEY
27 Across: Three-point king who recently chose Grace D. Li's adventure novel Portrait of a Thief as the May pick in his book club Literati => STEPHCURRY
31 Across: Not this again... => OHGOD
32 Across: Herb that's got a lot of vitamin K => SAGE
33 Across: Economic uptimes => BOONS
34 Across: Iowa State's city => AMES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Have as one's address => LIVEAT
2 Down: THC-absorption option => EDIBLE
3 Down: Worldwide => GLOBAL
4 Down: Lorenzo's ___ (1992 movie for which Susan Sarandon earned a Best Actress nomination) => OIL
5 Down: Willow Smith's mom => JADA
6 Down: ___: The Way of Water => AVATAR
7 Down: Dallas NBA player, for short => MAV
8 Down: Sundial number => III
9 Down: Golf great Ernie => ELS
13 Down: Science's counterpart => ART
17 Down: Apply quickly, as makeup => SLAPON
19 Down: Hot yoga => BIKRAM
20 Down: Come to the forefront => EMERGE
21 Down: Agree to the proposed terms => SAYYES
23 Down: Chest muscle => PEC
25 Down: Degrees for most profs => PHDS
27 Down: Cry loudly => SOB
28 Down: Despite, for short => THO
29 Down: Self-centered force => EGO
30 Down: Olympic host country of 2028 => USA

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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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