Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Floats on the wind => WAFTS
6 Across: Campus houses => FRATS
11 Across: ¿Qué pasa? => SUP
14 Across: Assign, as time for a job => ALLOT
15 Across: Columbus' birth city => GENOA
16 Across: Spanish a => UNA
17 Across: Tend, as a fire => STOKE
18 Across: Great __ Mountains => SMOKY
19 Across: Fresh Air airer => NPR
20 Across: The quaking aspen is one => POPLAR
22 Across: Yucatán years => ANOS
23 Across: First-aid organizer => KIT
24 Across: Vintage violin => AMATI
26 Across: Bad way to act => RUDELY
28 Across: Cartwright son, in a TV Western => HOSS
31 Across: Coffee server => URN
32 Across: Words after hole or all => INONE
33 Across: __ Maria => AVE
34 Across: Restrictive type of ceiling => GLASS
36 Across: Music holders, briefly => CDS
37 Across: Unleavened bread => MATZO
39 Across: Hockey's Stanley __ => CUP
40 Across: Lindsay of Mean Girls => LOHAN
43 Across: No-winner result => TIE
44 Across: Bowie's weapon => KNIFE
46 Across: Put on __: postpone => ICE
47 Across: Washer cycle => RINSE
49 Across: Sis may have one => BRO
50 Across: Gush => SPEW
51 Across: Commercial ambassador => CONSUL
52 Across: Like a feeling of déjà vu => EERIE
54 Across: Witch => HAG
55 Across: Auto parts giant => NAPA
57 Across: Ditch => TRENCH
61 Across: Picks out of a lineup => IDS
62 Across: Tries to lose, in a way => DIETS
64 Across: __ Mio => OSOLE
65 Across: Brookville, N.Y., campus => LIU
66 Across: Stopped playing => ENDED
67 Across: First perfect 10 Olympic gymnast Comaneci => NADIA
68 Across: Cubs' home => DEN
69 Across: They hold your horses => REINS
70 Across: Cleaned the floor => SWEPT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Nasty stinger => WASP
2 Down: Sax type => ALTO
3 Down: Failed venture => FLOP
4 Down: Stein partner Alice B. __ => TOKLAS
5 Down: What's picked up when you accelerate => STEAM
6 Down: NFL threes => FGS
7 Down: Still hasn't lost => REMAINSUNBEATEN
8 Down: Shortly, quaintly => ANON
9 Down: Michener's The Bridges at __ => TOKORI
10 Down: Throws in the towel => SAYSUNCLE
11 Down: Titanic, e.g. => SUNKENSHIP
12 Down: Disentangle after a tackle => UNPILE
13 Down: Political faction => PARTY
21 Down: Castro of Cuba => RAUL
25 Down: Follow the footprints of => TRACK
27 Down: Extinct flightless bird => DODO
28 Down: Bad actor => HAM
29 Down: Egg cells => OVA
30 Down: Daily phenomenon ... and a hint to the puzzle circles => SETTINGSUN
34 Down: Fails, as a business => GOESUNDER
35 Down: Steeple topper => SPIRE
38 Down: Some reds, briefly => ZINS
41 Down: Opening day pitcher => ACE
42 Down: Improved companion? => NEW
45 Down: Sumter or McHenry => FORT
47 Down: Band van traveler => ROADIE
48 Down: Friend of Jerry and George => ELAINE
50 Down: Up-and-down ride => SEESAW
51 Down: 50-Down rider, often => CHILD
53 Down: Wrinkle removers => IRONS
56 Down: Mani mate => PEDI
58 Down: Connecting point => NODE
59 Down: Film excerpt => CLIP
60 Down: Warm up, as food => HEAT
63 Down: Militant '60s campus org. => SDS

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This crossword has 43 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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