Crossword Answers For: Friday, October 2, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Twinings product => PEKOE
6 Across: Spare tire => FLAB
10 Across: Market aggressively => PUSH
14 Across: Immortal Detroit sportscaster Harwell => ERNIE
15 Across: Yarn => TALE
16 Across: Wild about => INTO
17 Across: One of 26 in the Maldives => ATOLL
18 Across: *Maximum number of jousters allowed in a Ren faire tournament? => KNIGHTCAP
20 Across: Not touch => LETBE
21 Across: Entomologist's tool => NET
22 Across: Old enough => OFAGE
23 Across: Honker in old comedy films => HARPO
25 Across: Unsubstantial => MEAGER
26 Across: Silent All These Years singer Tori => AMOS
28 Across: Radiate => EXUDE
31 Across: Minus => LESS
32 Across: Put down => DEMEAN
34 Across: Step on it => PEDAL
36 Across: United => ONE
37 Across: *One who really, really knows how to spin a yarn? => KNITWIT
39 Across: Chic retreat => SPA
42 Across: Uh-oh. Better get ... collision repair company => MAACO
43 Across: Showed surprise => GASPED
45 Across: Rum-soaked cake => BABA
48 Across: High-scoring club? => MENSA
50 Across: Suds => HEAD
51 Across: Urgent order => ATONCE
53 Across: Fiber-__ cable => OPTIC
55 Across: Sportscast embellishment => COLOR
56 Across: Trifle => SOU
58 Across: Poppy product => OPIUM
61 Across: *Excelled at filling in historical timelines? => KNEWYEARS
63 Across: Wolfgang Puck chain => SPAGO
64 Across: Trillion: Pref. => TERA
65 Across: It's often steamed => RICE
66 Across: What Ma knows well => CELLO
67 Across: Baking soda target => ODOR
68 Across: Word of woe => ALAS
69 Across: The Kominsky Method co-star => ARKIN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Toll => PEAL
2 Down: Deco master => ERTE
3 Down: *Tree trunk? => KNOTHOME
4 Down: Primer type => OILBASE
5 Down: Sushi bar supplier => EELER
6 Down: Ky. army post => FTKNOX
7 Down: Country __ => LANE
8 Down: Touched down => ALIT
9 Down: Ask to be excused, with off => BEG
10 Down: Hidden danger => PITFALL
11 Down: Set free => UNCAGE
12 Down: Puts on => STAGES
13 Down: Ones who never lose faith => HOPERS
19 Down: Manual weed whacker => HOE
24 Down: George Eliot, e.g. => PENNAME
25 Down: Supplemental health insurance => MEDIGAP
26 Down: Brouhaha => ADO
27 Down: Of Mice and __ => MEN
29 Down: Kate on the cover of Vanity Fair's 100th anniversary issue => UPTON
30 Down: Wet blanket => DEW
33 Down: Dossier letters => AKA
35 Down: __ discount => ATA
38 Down: Bar staple => ICE
39 Down: Total alternative ... and a feature of the answers to starred clues? => SPECIALK
40 Down: Wasabi-coated snack => PEA
41 Down: Recipe verb => ADD
42 Down: Thoroughbred grandfather of Seabiscuit => MANOWAR
44 Down: Amazon, for one => SHIPPER
45 Down: __ basics => BACKTO
46 Down: Made up (for) => ATONED
47 Down: Short jacket => BOLERO
49 Down: Drunks => SOUSES
52 Down: Shout => CRY
54 Down: Teatro Costanzi premiere of 1900 => TOSCA
56 Down: Yacht outing => SAIL
57 Down: Whale also called a blackfish => ORCA
59 Down: Not-cute fruit => UGLI
60 Down: Night light => MOON
62 Down: Stretch often named for a music genre => ERA

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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