Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Beasts of the Southern ___ (2012 movie with a noted fireworks scene) => WILD
5 Across: Lay ___ bit thick (flatter someone) => ITONA
10 Across: ___ little trolling (meme phrase) => IDOA
11 Across: Belly button => NAVEL
12 Across: Gas in many Las Vegas lights => NEON
13 Across: The ___ Gatsby (2013 movie where Leonardo DiCaprio raises a glass of champagne as fireworks explode over his mansion) => GREAT
14 Across: 1991 thriller with a creepy Robert De Niro fireworks scene => CAPEFEAR
16 Across: Ron who played Tarzan => ELY
17 Across: Letters in battleship names => USS
18 Across: Explosive-sounding TV channel => TNT
19 Across: Laundry detergent brand => FAB
22 Across: 1995 animated movie where Buzz Lightyear uses a bottle rocket to speed through traffic => TOYSTORY
24 Across: French goodbye => ADIEU
26 Across: Part of town => AREA
27 Across: 1998 animated movie where the title character uses fireworks to thwart an attacker on a rooftop => MULAN
28 Across: The Fisher ___ (1991 movie that ends with Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges watching a fireworks display naked in Central Park) => KING
29 Across: Robert Frost and Rita Dove, for two => POETS
30 Across: Suffix with novel or kitchen => ETTE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: React to a cringey joke => WINCE
2 Down: Perfect => IDEAL
3 Down: Eccentrically silly => LOOPY
4 Down: Great ___ (dog breed) => DANE
5 Down: Consumes => INGESTS
6 Down: Reid and Lipinski, for two => TARAS
7 Down: No longer in love with => OVER
8 Down: Teacher's org. => NEA
9 Down: Computer key that doesn't do anything by itself => ALT
15 Down: Onion-flavored snack => FUNYUNS
18 Down: Ready-___ (like prepared food) => TOEAT
19 Down: I'm here ___ => FORIT
20 Down: ___ you the one who always said... => ARENT
21 Down: How elementary school students are grouped => BYAGE
22 Down: Scrabble piece => TILE
23 Down: I'll ___ that as a no => TAKE
24 Down: ___ up (make excited) => AMP
25 Down: Hall & Oates or OutKast, e.g. => DUO

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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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