Crossword Answers For: Sunday, August 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: More than a little unkind => MEAN
5 Across: Tolkien monsters => ORCS
9 Across: One hanging in a 2000 election => CHAD
13 Across: Tiny tweet => PEEP
17 Across: Leaking slowly, as a faucet => ADRIP
19 Across: Pacific salmon => COHO
20 Across: Juno's Greek counterpart => HERA
21 Across: Sassy Cheers waitress => CARLA
22 Across: Prime growing month for a citrus fruit? => KUMQUATMAY
24 Across: Culturally affected => ARTY
25 Across: Broadcast booth sign => ONAIR
26 Across: Sources of current information => OCEANMAPS
27 Across: Recon pro => SCOUT
28 Across: Take a dip => BATHE
29 Across: Belgrade resident => SERBIAN
30 Across: Song sung by a French fruit lover? => MYCHERRYAMOUR
33 Across: First fruit site => EDEN
35 Across: Fields for fillies => LEAS
36 Across: New Balance rival => AVIA
37 Across: Fast-food chain with a cowboy hat logo => ARBYS
41 Across: Starts the show => OPENS
43 Across: Gulf of __: Arabian Sea arm => ADEN
44 Across: Comics impact => BAM
47 Across: No juice in my mojito, please? => HOLDTHELIME
50 Across: Duck Hunt console, briefly => NES
51 Across: Trait carrier => GENE
52 Across: Chef lead-in => SOUS
53 Across: Midwest native => OTOE
54 Across: Mideast potentate => EMIR
56 Across: Masters of allusion => POETS
57 Across: Verse sometimes sung => ODE
58 Across: Kid's punishment => NOTV
59 Across: Mosquito mating maneuver => SWARM
61 Across: Not too sharp, as an image => LOWRES
62 Across: Vintner's prospects? => GRAPEEXPECTATIONS
66 Across: Lack on some gowns => STRAPS
68 Across: Toy line? => LEASH
69 Across: Temporary pause => LULL
70 Across: Styron protagonist Turner => NAT
73 Across: Visually rapt => AGAZE
74 Across: 1987 Best New Artist Grammy winner Watley => JODY
75 Across: Tortilla dough => MASA
76 Across: Carpe diem, in textspeak => YOLO
77 Across: Wood shop tool => VISE
78 Across: Paul on guitar => LES
79 Across: One removing fuzz from fuzzy fruit? => PEACHCOMBER
82 Across: Leadoff double? => EFS
83 Across: Bit of power => WATT
84 Across: How some items are auctioned => BYLOT
85 Across: Explorer da Gama => VASCO
86 Across: Sorority letters => PHIS
87 Across: Intangible quality => AURA
88 Across: Drink brand with a lizard logo => SOBE
91 Across: Fruit farm's cash flow? => CURRANTINCOME
96 Across: Little Shop of __ => HORRORS
101 Across: First African-American major-league coach Buck => ONEIL
102 Across: General and private => RANKS
103 Across: Hip-hop label co-founded by Jay-Z => ROCAFELLA
105 Across: Barrel component => STAVE
106 Across: Painter Nolde => EMIL
107 Across: Write-up on a fruit? => PEARREVIEW
108 Across: Solution strength => TITER
109 Across: Busy as __ => ABEE
110 Across: Cream color => ECRU
111 Across: Kirsten of Spider-Man => DUNST
112 Across: Reserved __ => SEAT
113 Across: Fail to make contact with => MISS
114 Across: VA concern => PTSD
115 Across: Chile money => PESO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Mighty sharks => MAKOS
2 Down: Draw out => EDUCE
3 Down: Emmy-winning producer of The Fugitive Alan __ => ARMER
4 Down: Muslim face covering => NIQAB
5 Down: Pump figure => OCTANE
6 Down: Runaway victory => ROMP
7 Down: Deep fissure => CHASM
8 Down: Vegan protein source => SOY
9 Down: Dances with shuffle steps => CHACHAS
10 Down: Medal awardees => HEROES
11 Down: Keyboard contemporary of Vladimir => ARTUR
12 Down: Market speculator => DAYTRADER
13 Down: Hat that originated in Ecuador, strangely => PANAMA
14 Down: Keats' Muse => ERATO
15 Down: Yale of Yale fame => ELIHU
16 Down: Fruit lover's gadget => PARER
18 Down: Most weak => PUNIEST
21 Down: Kurt of Nirvana => COBAIN
23 Down: Make __ dash => AMAD
27 Down: Play setting => SCENE
31 Down: Primordial substance, in physics => YLEM
32 Down: Designer __ Saint Laurent => YVES
34 Down: Bad blood => NOLOVELOST
37 Down: I get it => AHSO
38 Down: Crucifix => ROOD
39 Down: Lawn choice => BLUEGRASS
40 Down: Abbr. on a teeing ground sign => YDS
42 Down: Fruit-filled dessert, often => PIE
43 Down: Circus highlights => ANIMALACTS
44 Down: Self-appointed pub experts => BEERSNOBS
45 Down: Pay to play => ANTE
46 Down: It calls for sweeping action => MESS
48 Down: Court game => HOOPS
49 Down: Kitchen add-on? => ETTE
51 Down: One may come with a train => GOWN
54 Down: Apiece => EACH
55 Down: I pity the fool speaker => MRT
56 Down: Billiards type => POOL
58 Down: It's at one end of the back => NAPE
59 Down: Do a vet's job => SPAY
60 Down: Jazz guitarist Montgomery => WES
61 Down: Purple hue => LILAC
63 Down: Wreck with a ball => RAZE
64 Down: Marked on a ballot => XED
65 Down: Behind => TUSH
66 Down: File menu option => SAVE
67 Down: Letters for one with weekend plans => TGIF
71 Down: Knighted Guinness => ALEC
72 Down: Snowblower maker => TORO
74 Down: So-called river of wind => JETSTREAM
75 Down: Little Red Book writer => MAO
76 Down: Vocalist Sumac => YMA
78 Down: Placed => LAIN
79 Down: Compulsive fire starters, informally => PYROS
80 Down: Jack of old oaters => ELAM
81 Down: Like plump pets, perhaps => OVERFED
83 Down: Pequod, for one => WHALER
84 Down: Belt parts => BUCKLES
86 Down: Ornamental hedge shrub => PRIVET
87 Down: __ Song: John Denver hit => ANNIES
89 Down: Dang it! => OHCRUD
90 Down: Dull-sounding critter => BOAR
91 Down: Runs, moneywise => COSTS
92 Down: Let loose => UNTIE
93 Down: Spanish lasso => REATA
94 Down: Poetic pairs => IAMBI
95 Down: Build => ERECT
97 Down: Gun, as an engine => REVUP
98 Down: NFL pass blockers as a unit, in football lingo => OLINE
99 Down: Like Harvard Yard, as spoken by some locals => RLESS
100 Down: Took care of => SAWTO
104 Down: Scull crew => OARS
107 Down: Get-up-and-go => PEP

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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