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Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2022 Answers

Monday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Themed Crossword May 16 2022 answers. The Monday puzzle has 68 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Chest boneRIB3Across1 Urban hazeSMOG4Across4 Place for an exfoliation treatmentSPA3Across8 Praise in verseODE3Across11 Presses some clothes, sayIRONS5Across12 Rooster's partnerHEN3Across14 "___ Trip," 2020 song by Kid Cudi that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsBEAUTIFUL9Across15 Baseball Hall of Famer MelOTT3Across17 ___ Grey teaEARL4Across18 Beekeeper in a 1997 filmULEE4Across19 2016 song by Beyonce and James Blake that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsFORWARD7Across21 Sin, ___, and TanCOS3Across26 "Beauty and a ___," song by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki MinajBEAT4Across29 Burden to be carriedLOAD4Across30 Start of a dance count, maybeONE3Across34 Live on the ___ (take many risks)EDGE4Across35 Be behind on billsOWE3Across36 "Little ___," 1964 song covered by The Womenfolk that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsBOXES5Across37 "Pen-Pineapple-___Pen," 2016 song by Pikotaro that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsAPPLE5Across39 Director Anderson of "The French Dispatch"WES3Across41 File a lawsuit against, saySUE3Across43 Appease, as an appetiteSATE4Across44 "Old ___," 2019 song by Lil Nas X that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts: 2 wds.TOWNROAD8Across47 Election day in the US, for shortTUE3Across52 Former Yankees pitcher EddieLOPAT5Across53 Sport-___ (multi-terrain vehicle)UTE3Across54 Brewer's outputALE3Across55 Equally matched, as in a competitionEVEN4Across56 Popular motor oil additive: Abbr.STP3Across57 NFL distances, for shortYDS3Across58 "___ the Halls," song by Nat King Cole that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsDECK4Across59 Style of dance that uses the floor as percussionTAP3Across60

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Post-bath attireROBE4Down1 Germ of a discoveryIDEA4Down2 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy ___," 1957 song by Elvis Presley that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsBEAR4Down3 ___ back and relaxSIT3Down4 Diagnostic scan: Abbr.MRI3Down5 Punch reaction, in comicsOOF3Down6 Wildebeest from AfricaGNU3Down7 Loafer or sneaker, e.g.SHOE4Down8 "___ Davidson," 2018 song by Ariana Grande that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsPETE4Down9 Picnic crasherANT3Down10 Talk drunkenlySLUR4Down13 Electromagnetic wave range used for communication in mines: Abbr.ULF3Down16 "Bad" cholesterol lettersLDL3Down20 Extremely overweightOBESE5Down22 Taylor Swift's album that is a primary colorRED3Down23 Friendly dog's greetingWAG3Down24 Gobbled up the cake, sayATE3Down25 Corn on the ___COB3Down26 Musical YokoONO3Down27 "___ Education," Netflix seriesSEX3Down28 Alley-___ (basketball play)OOP3Down31 Cobbler's pointy toolAWL3Down32 Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba ___)"DEE3Down33 Fleece sourceEWE3Down38 Petunia, to Harry PotterAUNT4Down39 The "P" in RPMPER3Down40 Necessary apparatus for cookingSTOVE5Down42 "Fatale" actress HilarySWANK5Down43 1960 song by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard chartsSTAY4Down44 "___ Lang Syne"AULD4Down45 Casual shirtsTEES4Down46 Group for major oil-producing nations: Abbr.OPEC4Down48 Kick out from office, sayOUST4Down49 "___ girl!"ATTA4Down50 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" actor JohnnyDEPP4Down51 Took charge ofLED3Down53

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Themed crossword published on Monday, May 16, 2022. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.