Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Something to pay => DEBT
5 Across: Nothing's broken => IMOK
9 Across: Lawn game => BOCCE
14 Across: Fir fellers => AXES
15 Across: Cool off in a shallow stream, say => WADE
16 Across: Weasley family owl => ERROL
17 Across: Substantial return => BANGFORONESBUCK
20 Across: Popeye's nemesis => BLUTO
21 Across: Zagreb native => CROAT
22 Across: Salon creations => DOS
23 Across: NCR product => ATM
24 Across: You betcha => YAH
26 Across: Mohel's rite => BRIS
28 Across: Color named for a dancer => BALLERINAPINK
34 Across: Dodger who befriended Jackie Robinson => REESE
35 Across: Peter of The Maltese Falcon => LORRE
36 Across: Word of regret => ALAS
39 Across: Sudden burst => SALVO
42 Across: 9/11 Commission chair Tom => KEAN
43 Across: Star transports => LIMOS
45 Across: Emulated Van Winkle, after 20 years => AWOKE
47 Across: Bleeping => BLANKETYBLANK
51 Across: Toni Morrison novel => SULA
52 Across: Reluctantly absorb, as a loss => EAT
53 Across: Little bite => NIP
56 Across: Admiral's rear => AFT
59 Across: Toon duck triplet => LOUIE
61 Across: Fame singer Cara => IRENE
63 Across: Making a killing in Vegas ... or what happens in 17-, 28- and 47-Across => BREAKINGTHEBANK
66 Across: Do the Thanksgiving honors => CARVE
67 Across: Start to scope => TELE
68 Across: __ fixe => IDEE
69 Across: Pulled a fast one on => DUPED
70 Across: Beef bourguignonne, for one => STEW
71 Across: Old geopolitical states: Abbr. => SSRS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Flintstone word => DABBA
2 Down: Hold in awe => EXALT
3 Down: Anesthetize => BENUMB
4 Down: Air Force NCO => TSGT
5 Down: __ Jima => IWO
6 Down: Italian noblewoman => MARCHESA
7 Down: Dump feature => ODOR
8 Down: Jedi Master Obi-Wan __ => KENOBI
9 Down: Brutish => BESTIAL
10 Down: Uranus, for one => ORB
11 Down: Scummy deposit => CRUD
12 Down: Gabrielle Chanel, familiarly => COCO
13 Down: Fraternal order => ELKS
18 Down: British detective played by Michael Kitchen => FOYLE
19 Down: Deserve => EARN
25 Down: Lager alternatives => ALES
27 Down: Like many addresses => SPOKEN
29 Down: Incendiary acts => ARSONS
30 Down: Race for four, commonly => RELAY
31 Down: Dander => IRE
32 Down: Gun lobby org. => NRA
33 Down: Jeopardy! whiz Jennings => KEN
36 Down: Priest's white garment => ALB
37 Down: Unlike Abner, really => LIL
38 Down: Geriatrician's gp. => AMA
40 Down: Bug on the road? => VWBEETLE
41 Down: Dancing girl in Return of the Jedi => OOLA
44 Down: Moved stealthily => SKULKED
46 Down: Journalist Couric => KATIE
48 Down: Wells' sci-fi race => ELOI
49 Down: Bully's array => TAUNTS
50 Down: Works with dough => KNEADS
54 Down: Word with tube or circle => INNER
55 Down: Some toys, briefly => PEKES
56 Down: It's sung to the same tune as Twinkle, twinkle => ABCD
57 Down: Lady of the Haus => FRAU
58 Down: Md. athlete => TERP
60 Down: __ a Kick Out of You: Porter song => IGET
62 Down: Slugger's stats => RBIS
64 Down: Latin greeting => AVE
65 Down: Fell, as firs => HEW

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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