Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Meat on a skewer => KABOB
6 Across: Better mtge. deal => REFI
10 Across: Subtle Look this way => PSST
14 Across: Gulf of __: Red Sea inlet => AQABA
15 Across: Horror movie helper => IGOR
16 Across: Healthy => HALE
17 Across: Albacore and yellowfin => TUNAS
18 Across: Darn it! => SONOFAGUN
20 Across: Ingredient in some Tibetan cheese => YAKMILK
22 Across: Genealogy aid => DNATEST
23 Across: Pie-mode link => ALA
24 Across: Cut out early => BAIL
25 Across: Heavenly! => AHH
26 Across: Mont Blanc, e.g. => ALP
29 Across: Beatles' meter maid => RITA
31 Across: Hunk of dirt => CLOD
33 Across: Lea plea => MAA
34 Across: Fast-food chain named for its founders, the Raffel Brothers => ARBYS
36 Across: Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Michael => IRVIN
39 Across: Splendor => ECLAT
41 Across: Maple extract => SAP
42 Across: Born yesterday, so to speak => NAIVE
43 Across: Female folklore deity => NYMPH
44 Across: Part of a plug => PRONG
46 Across: Word with pool or park => CAR
47 Across: First name in country => REBA
49 Across: List-ending abbr. => ETAL
50 Across: Finish => END
51 Across: Crayon shade => HUE
53 Across: Legendary Greek mount => OSSA
55 Across: Drink with scones => TEA
57 Across: Ideal way to work, teamwise => ASAUNIT
59 Across: No idea => BEATSME
63 Across: Living labyrinth => HEDGEMAZE
65 Across: Time off, informally => VACAY
66 Across: The Clan of the Cave Bear author Jean => AUEL
67 Across: Kitchen cooker => OVEN
68 Across: Clear the board => ERASE
69 Across: Nimble => SPRY
70 Across: Let off steam => VENT
71 Across: Drops below the horizon => SINKS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pop singer Perry => KATY
2 Down: Water color => AQUA
3 Down: River border => BANK
4 Down: Hawaiian-born president => OBAMA
5 Down: Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 15 movies => BASILRATHBONE
6 Down: Gamble => RISK
7 Down: __ trip => EGO
8 Down: On Golden Pond actor or actress => FONDA
9 Down: Dramatically twisty => IRONIC
10 Down: Awesome, in '90s slang => PHAT
11 Down: Wise counsel => SAGEADVICE
12 Down: Blizzard remains => SLUSH
13 Down: Grade for a soph => TENTH
19 Down: Autumn occurrence, and a hint to the start of the other four longest Down answers => FALLINGLEAVES
21 Down: Bandit's hideout => LAIR
24 Down: Silicon Valley region => BAYAREA
26 Down: You got that right! => AMEN
27 Down: Like many doilies => LACY
28 Down: Interpreter of lines => PALMREADER
30 Down: Recipe amt. => TBSP
32 Down: ... boy __ girl? => ORA
35 Down: Predicament => SPOT
37 Down: Lendl of tennis => IVAN
38 Down: Uncool one => NERD
40 Down: Copy => APE
45 Down: Kid-lit's __ the Great => NATE
48 Down: I, Robot author => ASIMOV
51 Down: Comedy club sounds => HAHAS
52 Down: Exhaust => USEUP
54 Down: Ward (off) => STAVE
56 Down: Gaming giant => ATARI
58 Down: Hideous => UGLY
59 Down: Like knees during a squat => BENT
60 Down: MRI image => SCAN
61 Down: Face concealer => MASK
62 Down: Focus group? => EYES
64 Down: Buddhist sect => ZEN

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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