Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 1, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Old storyteller => BARD
5 Across: __ value => FACE
9 Across: Worthless stuff => DROSS
14 Across: Eager => AVID
15 Across: Muslim community leader => IMAM
16 Across: Time of one's life => YOUTH
17 Across: Pops => BOSTONORCHESTRA
20 Across: Female bighorn => EWE
21 Across: Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton's Star Trek: TNG role => WESLEY
22 Across: Tasteless gruel => SLOP
23 Across: Trio from Don Giovanni? => ENS
24 Across: Flow slowly => SEEP
26 Across: Manage, with out => EKE
27 Across: Parachute attachment => HARNESS
31 Across: Like it, grammatically => NEUTER
33 Across: Pops => ICECREAMBARS
36 Across: Note from the office => MEMO
37 Across: Buddy => PAL
38 Across: Mild Dutch cheese => EDAM
42 Across: Pops => DADSNICKNAME
47 Across: Hardened => STEELY
50 Across: Replace on the schedule => PREEMPT
51 Across: Poetic contraction => TIS
52 Across: Christmas pudding fruit => PLUM
55 Across: Take in the groceries? => EAT
56 Across: Seal-hunting swimmer => ORCA
58 Across: Protective charm => AMULET
60 Across: 46-Down work => ODE
63 Across: Pops => CARBONATEDSODAS
66 Across: Mound => KNOLL
67 Across: Great start? => MEGA
68 Across: Ceremonial grandeur => POMP
69 Across: Changed course, nautically => YAWED
70 Across: Worshipped image => IDOL
71 Across: Long shot, in hoops lingo => TREY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Sheep herder in a 1995 Best Picture nominee => BABE
2 Down: Swear => AVOW
3 Down: Come to the surface => RISE
4 Down: EPA-banned insecticide => DDT
5 Down: Skillful handling => FINESSE
6 Down: 8th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet => AMOS
7 Down: Western burger franchise __ Jr. => CARLS
8 Down: Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony => EMCEE
9 Down: Turn red, say => DYE
10 Down: Supreme singer? => ROSS
11 Down: Current source => OUTLET
12 Down: One of four on a par-4 => STROKE
13 Down: Metal-cutting machine => SHAPER
18 Down: Proprietor => OWNER
19 Down: Nocturnal scavenger => HYENA
23 Down: Represent in cipher => ENCODE
25 Down: Part of rpm => PER
27 Down: That's the guy! => HIM
28 Down: First-rate player => ACE
29 Down: Sleep cycle => REM
30 Down: Drains of power => SAPS
32 Down: Early online forum => USENET
34 Down: Fellow => MAN
35 Down: Spot on a screen => BLIP
39 Down: Hydroelectric power source => DAM
40 Down: Sound system equipment => AMP
41 Down: Came upon => MET
43 Down: Mountain in the Tour de France route => ALP
44 Down: Subject of the biopic I'm Not There => DYLAN
45 Down: Guided by a statement of faith => CREEDAL
46 Down: The Poetry of earth is never dead poet => KEATS
47 Down: Short and solid => STOCKY
48 Down: Albania's capital => TIRANA
49 Down: Mortgage provision => ESCROW
53 Down: Taste sensation => UMAMI
54 Down: Subtle, as a shade => MUTED
57 Down: Willing partner => ABLE
59 Down: Toy company with theme parks => LEGO
60 Down: Reminder to take out the trash? => ODOR
61 Down: British title => DAME
62 Down: Best Game, e.g. => ESPY
64 Down: Passé => OLD
65 Down: Get off the fence => OPT

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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