Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Word often spoken three times in a row => BLAH
5 Across: ___ for the best => HOPED
10 Across: Turturro in The Sopranos => AIDA
11 Across: Triangular road sign => YIELD
12 Across: Here's a ___ trick... => NEAT
13 Across: Prepare to remove, as a shoelace => UNTIE
14 Across: Sully star whose debut novel dropped yesterday => TOMHANKS
16 Across: That's better left ___ => UNSAID
17 Across: Eric B. & ___ (hip-hop duo) => RAKIM
21 Across: The ___ Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (title of 14-Across's novel) => MAKINGOF
24 Across: Birth city of William H. Macy and Wilmer Valderrama => MIAMI
26 Across: Night author Wiesel => ELIE
27 Across: Leaves the car in neutral => IDLES
28 Across: ___ Yourself (Eminem song) => LOSE
29 Across: Nickels and dimes, e.g. => COINS
30 Across: Tater ___ (food featured in Napoleon Dynamite) => TOTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: African language group that includes Zulu and Swahili => BANTU
2 Down: Use, as a mattress => LIEON
3 Down: Bryan or Ryan => ADAMS
4 Down: Yoga branch from the Sanskrit for force => HATHA
5 Down: Tucson and Palisade automaker => HYUNDAI
6 Down: Sound from a sty => OINK
7 Down: Family members of a different species => PETS
8 Down: The Book of ___ (Denzel Washington drama) => ELI
9 Down: Prez before JFK => DDE
15 Down: Part of a Hollywood hello => AIRKISS
18 Down: Prepared to propose => KNELT
19 Down: Cooler brand => IGLOO
20 Down: Famously annoying word => MOIST
21 Down: Country of famed musician Ali Farka Touré => MALI
22 Down: 1990s sitcom starring Sherman Hemsley => AMEN
23 Down: Charges for a service => FEES
24 Down: Open ___ night => MIC
25 Down: One-fifth of an ABBA hit => IDO

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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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