Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 8, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Above the __: 1994 basketball film => RIM
4 Across: Influence => HEFT
8 Across: African capital on the Gulf of Guinea => ACCRA
13 Across: Tip jar bill => ONE
14 Across: Boo'd Up Grammy winner __ Mai => ELLA
15 Across: Fissile rocks => SHALES
16 Across: Figurative setting for many deals => BACKROOM
18 Across: Locker hangers => PINUPS
19 Across: Bring upon oneself => INCUR
20 Across: Samoan capital => APIA
22 Across: Big name in razors => ATRA
23 Across: Almost at hand => NEAR
24 Across: Alpha Centauri, for one => STARSYSTEM
26 Across: Fizzles out => DIES
28 Across: Hams it up => EMOTES
29 Across: 2008 Visa milestone, briefly => IPO
32 Across: Weho or Soho, in slang => NABE
34 Across: Nostrils => NARES
36 Across: Recyclable item => CAN
37 Across: Terra firma => DRYLAND
40 Across: Brian of ambient music => ENO
41 Across: In __: awaiting delivery => UTERO
43 Across: Arctic sight => FLOE
44 Across: Rehab hurdle => DTS
45 Across: Colorful ring => AREOLA
48 Across: Animal fat => LARD
50 Across: Clash of personalities, say => EGOPROBLEM
52 Across: They may be wild => OATS
56 Across: Grimace => MOUE
57 Across: San Joaquin Valley haze => SMOG
58 Across: Blue Ain't Your Color country singer Keith => URBAN
59 Across: Ill-judged, as a plan => INSANE
61 Across: Colleague ... and, when preceded by the, what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is => WORKMATE
63 Across: Groundbreaking invention => TILLER
64 Across: Art Deco artist => ERTE
65 Across: Comprende? => SEE
66 Across: Final word => SAYSO
67 Across: Turns to gold, perhaps => DYES
68 Across: Zig when one should have zagged, say => ERR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Givens of Riverdale => ROBIN
2 Down: Absurd => INANE
3 Down: Muslim holy city => MECCA
4 Down: Berlin address => HERR
5 Down: Jeff Lynne rock gp. => ELO
6 Down: Passes on a lazy river => FLOATSBY
7 Down: Florida host of the Outback Bowl => TAMPA
8 Down: Sushi-grade tuna => AHI
9 Down: Game with melds => CANASTA
10 Down: Like an untidy desk => CLUTTERED
11 Down: Stand for => REPRESENT
12 Down: Indian silk region => ASSAM
15 Down: Jerk => SPASM
17 Down: Western Asia native => KURD
21 Down: Anger => IRE
24 Down: Scorch => SEAR
25 Down: Over there => YONDER
27 Down: Weatherproof, as a swimming pool => INDOOR
29 Down: Post-op area => ICU
30 Down: Barren region in southern South America => PATAGONIA
31 Down: In a burdensome way => ONEROUSLY
33 Down: Tolkien figure => ELF
35 Down: Help! on the briny => SOS
38 Down: Story with symbolism => ALLEGORY
39 Down: First name in linguistics => NOAM
42 Down: Takes off the books => REPEALS
46 Down: Sore __ => LOSER
47 Down: SDI weapon => ABM
49 Down: Quad building => DORM
50 Down: Gives forth => EMITS
51 Down: Mooed => LOWED
53 Down: Belittle => ABASE
54 Down: Russet, informally => TATER
55 Down: Curled-lip look => SNEER
58 Down: Hawaiian strings => UKES
60 Down: The Matrix hero => NEO
62 Down: GPS suggestion => RTE

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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