Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 9, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 39-year-old NBA scoring record on Wednesday, finishing the game with 38,390 career points. Rapper Kendrick ___ commented: you had the doubters and the naysayers...you proved them wrong => LAMAR
6 Across: Respectful address => MAAM
10 Across: 1995 title role for Madonna => EVITA
11 Across: A Man Called ___ (2022 Tom Hanks movie) => OTTO
12 Across: Light lunch => SALAD
13 Across: Anchor => MOOR
14 Across: Singer who said of LeBron: I am so grateful to witness this moment in history => RIHANNA
16 Across: Three-color cat => CALICO
19 Across: Body part often torn by baseball pitchers, for short => ACL
20 Across: Aduba who won an Emmy for playing Shirley Chisholm => UZO
21 Across: Walks casually => AMBLES
23 Across: Charles who chimed in earlier this week: LeBron I think has the greatest story, not just in basketball history, in sports history => BARKLEY
25 Across: Protected from the wind, in boating lingo => ALEE
26 Across: Wilson in Senior Year => REBEL
30 Across: One of the tides => NEAP
31 Across: More than on time => EARLY
32 Across: ___ Lake City (Utah's capital) => SALT
33 Across: Rapper who sent a video message: LeBron, what a legendary night in NBA history => DRAKE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ Miserables => LES
2 Down: DuVernay behind the camera => AVA
3 Down: www.navy.___ => MIL
4 Down: Space Invaders makers => ATARI
5 Down: Far from the mainstream => RADICAL
6 Down: Its last letter stands for Art => MOMA
7 Down: Like many Schonberg compositions => ATONAL
8 Down: Right away => ATONCE
9 Down: They end fables => MORALS
15 Down: Knocked one out of the park => HOMERED
16 Down: People of Havana => CUBANS
17 Down: Flowering bush => AZALEA
18 Down: French cosmetics giant => LOREAL
22 Down: Play it ___ (stay flexible) => BYEAR
24 Down: ___ going (didn't stop) => KEPT
27 Down: Sports ___ => BRA
28 Down: Alaska animal => ELK
29 Down: Soapmaking ingredient => LYE

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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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