Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: ___-take (melodramatic reaction to hearing something shocking) => SPIT
5 Across: Word with space or water => CRAFT
10 Across: Attended => CAME
11 Across: Cabbie's command => HOPIN
12 Across: In a tweet on Thursday, congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged this step that she and her longtime boyfriend Riley Roberts had recently taken => ENGAGEMENT
14 Across: Zero => NIL
15 Across: Female sheep => EWE
16 Across: Make law => ENACT
18 Across: Corporal or general, e.g. => RANK
22 Across: ___ hustle (secondary source of income) => SIDE
23 Across: ___ panels => SOLAR
24 Across: Reed of the Velvet Underground => LOU
26 Across: I wish u hadn't told me that => TMI
27 Across: AOC also acknowledged that Roberts had proposed to her in Puerto Rico about a month ago and she ended another tweet thanking followers for sending her these => WELLWISHES
31 Across: Let me explain... => IMEAN
32 Across: Result of getting hit with a baseball, maybe => WELT
33 Across: Suffix with prom or concert => GOERS
34 Across: Would you allow me to handle that? => MAYI

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ from an Italian Restaurant (Billy Joel's greatest song, per a 2015 New York magazine piece) => SCENES
2 Down: Italian sandwiches => PANINI
3 Down: Nice to hear that => IMGLAD
4 Down: Social drink => TEA
5 Down: Use your molars => CHEW
6 Down: Cesar who played the Joker in the original Batman series => ROMERO
7 Down: Gorilla or gibbon, say => APE
8 Down: Dolphin or shark feature => FIN
9 Down: Explosive letters => TNT
13 Down: How did I ___ roped into this? => GET
17 Down: ___-dweller (team in last place) => CELLAR
19 Down: Gibson who was the first African-American tennis player to win the U.S. Open => ALTHEA
20 Down: To be precise... => NAMELY
21 Down: Skating great Yamaguchi => KRISTI
23 Down: Fashionista Anna => SUI
25 Down: Possesses => OWNS
27 Down: One of many worn by Cher => WIG
28 Down: Like many Shins songs => EMO
29 Down: Spike or Bruce => LEE
30 Down: Abbr. in some personal ads => SWM

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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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