Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 15, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Whale newborn => CALF
5 Across: Mallorcan seaport => PALMA
10 Across: Jazz Samba guitarist Charlie => BYRD
14 Across: Stench => ODOR
15 Across: Neptune's realm => OCEAN
16 Across: Show the way => LEAD
17 Across: *Striped marine predator => TIGERSHARK
19 Across: Tucson school, for short => UOFA
20 Across: Adjoining, in hotel lingo => ENSUITE
21 Across: Portal => GATEWAY
23 Across: Words after boy or so => DOI
24 Across: Rooted in real chip brand => TERRA
25 Across: Landlocked Afr. land => ETH
28 Across: Put in the cargo hold => STOW
30 Across: Epic featuring the Trojan Horse => AENEID
34 Across: Bit of sediment => DREG
36 Across: Hits the slopes => SKIS
38 Across: Wide open => AGAPE
39 Across: Like some bonds => IONIC
41 Across: Platform-promoting org. => RNC
42 Across: Grand __ National Park => TETON
43 Across: Bat mitzvah scroll => TORAH
44 Across: Barely open => AJAR
46 Across: Chaps => LADS
47 Across: Kind of column or cord => SPINAL
49 Across: Flightless Aussies => EMUS
51 Across: Mao __-tung => TSE
52 Across: Avocado __ => TOAST
54 Across: Fleeting trend => FAD
56 Across: Modern Library title, e.g. => CLASSIC
59 Across: Players with possession => OFFENSE
63 Across: Overthrow => OUST
64 Across: Pass coverage tactic ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues => DOUBLETEAM
66 Across: Song often sung in Italian => ARIA
67 Across: Loosen, as laces => UNTIE
68 Across: Send forth => EMIT
69 Across: King with three daughters => LEAR
70 Across: Bay Area-based coffee company => PEETS
71 Across: Towel holders => RODS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: République de __ d'Ivoire => COTE
2 Down: Deuce follower => ADIN
3 Down: Enters in a record book => LOGS
4 Down: Anna who was an early pioneer of psychoanalytic child psychology => FREUD
5 Down: Colorful reminders => POSTITS
6 Down: Feel yesterday's workout, say => ACHE
7 Down: Grassy ground => LEA
8 Down: Simpson with a blue do => MARGE
9 Down: Turkish metropolis => ANKARA
10 Down: *Navy stunt pilot => BLUEANGEL
11 Down: That smarts! => YEOW
12 Down: Tennis nickname => RAFA
13 Down: WWII turning point => DDAY
18 Down: Kia subcompacts => RIOS
22 Down: Pup's reward => TREAT
24 Down: *Boeing 737, for one => TWINJET
25 Down: Prepares to publish => EDITS
26 Down: Scout group => TROOP
27 Down: Artist Matisse => HENRI
29 Down: Fried side => OKRA
31 Down: Bother greatly => EATAT
32 Down: Devices with earbuds => IPODS
33 Down: Thick => DENSE
35 Down: *Pollux, for one => GIANTSTAR
37 Down: Con => SCAM
40 Down: Disorderly state => CHAOS
45 Down: Ridged chips => RUFFLES
48 Down: Under the weather => LAIDUP
50 Down: Call at home => SAFE
53 Down: Quick bread that may have raisins => SCONE
55 Down: Try to stop => DETER
56 Down: Steamboat fuel => COAL
57 Down: It may be at the end of the line => LURE
58 Down: The Bosporus borders it => ASIA
59 Down: Parting words? => OBIT
60 Down: Missing fish in a Pixar film => NEMO
61 Down: Voiced => SAID
62 Down: Ambulance pros => EMTS
65 Down: Sporty truck, briefly => UTE

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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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