Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 21, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: For that reason => ERGO
5 Across: Mekong River land => LAOS
9 Across: Settle down! => COOLIT
15 Across: Banjo on my knee song of 1848 => OHSUSANNA
17 Across: Weapon for Spain's Philip II => ARMADA
18 Across: Byrd => SOUTHPOLEAVIATOR
20 Across: Frivolous => GIDDY
21 Across: Female beast that sounds like a river => TIGRESS
22 Across: Strengthen => AMPUP
25 Across: __ chi => TAI
26 Across: The Byrds => TURNTURNTURNBAND
35 Across: Top often with an image => TEE
36 Across: Showing presently => ONNOW
37 Across: Power source => SOLAR
38 Across: Gp. with related interests => ASSN
40 Across: Provides a buffet, say => CATERS
43 Across: Disease namesake => LYME
44 Across: Staff figures => CLEFS
46 Across: Object of a detective's quest => PROOF
48 Across: D.C. VIP => SEN
49 Across: The Birds => HITCHCOCKCLASSIC
53 Across: Organ with a hammer => EAR
54 Across: Unwilling => LOATH
55 Across: Root that's a source of tapioca => CASSAVA
59 Across: Hip-hop star Green => CEELO
62 Across: Bird => FLIERINBADMINTON
67 Across: Butcher's offering => CUTLET
68 Across: Many in Caltech's faculty => ENGINEERS
69 Across: Like troublesome mascara => SMEARY
70 Across: Forest grazers => DEER
71 Across: Indian music => RAGA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Aurora's Greek counterpart => EOS
2 Down: P-like letter => RHO
3 Down: Atlanta sch. fielding the Panthers => GSU
4 Down: Defeat => OUTGUN
5 Down: Major Crimes force, briefly => LAPD
6 Down: And giving __, up the chimney ... => ANOD
7 Down: Without siblings => ONLY
8 Down: Encl. to an editor => SAE
9 Down: Eggs on crackers, perhaps => CAVIAR
10 Down: Starting places => ORIGINS
11 Down: Little on The Wire => OMAR
12 Down: Running behind => LATE
13 Down: Loving exchanges => IDOS
14 Down: Works on a route => TARS
16 Down: Mailing label words => SHIPTO
19 Down: Westernmost Aleutian Island => ATTU
22 Down: Join => ATTACH
23 Down: Granola relative => MUESLI
24 Down: Like some hotel thermostats => PRESET
27 Down: Sch. with an Asheville campus => UNC
28 Down: Genetic molecule => RNA
29 Down: Insensitive, in a way => NOTPC
30 Down: Gyrate like Cyrus => TWERK
31 Down: Neighbor of Arg. => BOL
32 Down: Actress Milano => ALYSSA
33 Down: Whatever you want => NAMEIT
34 Down: Spray with a hose => DRENCH
39 Down: It has Giants but not Titans: Abbr. => NFC
41 Down: Mythical aerial menace => ROC
42 Down: Roman sun god => SOL
45 Down: Woolgatherer? => SHEARER
47 Down: Order to soldiers => FALLIN
50 Down: Hollowed-out area => CAVITY
51 Down: Algerian port => ORAN
52 Down: With less delay => SOONER
55 Down: Ozone-depleting chemicals, briefly => CFCS
56 Down: Donor drive target => ALUM
57 Down: Browser's find => SITE
58 Down: Ward of House => SELA
59 Down: Candy __ => CANE
60 Down: Periphery => EDGE
61 Down: Burnoose-wearing leader => EMIR
63 Down: Word with sea or seed => BED
64 Down: Leaves for a spot => TEA
65 Down: 38-Across relative => ORG
66 Down: CIA relative => NSA

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 47 down clues. In total 78 clues are solved in the section above.
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