Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Play divisions => ACTS
5 Across: Citrus coolers => ADES
9 Across: Caroline, to Bobby Kennedy => NIECE
14 Across: Site of many a college party => FRAT
15 Across: Vatican leader => POPE
16 Across: Garden trimming gadget => EDGER
17 Across: Singer __ Amos => TORI
18 Across: Stuffed shirt => PRIG
19 Across: Pastry with tea => SCONE
20 Across: Bach mini comic opera about a beverage addiction => COFFEECANTATA
23 Across: Pillow filler => FOAM
24 Across: Anthem contraction => OER
25 Across: Modern car receivers => SATELLITERADIOS
33 Across: Letter-shaped plumbing trap => UBEND
34 Across: Shade tree => ELM
35 Across: Layer on a stagnant pond => SCUM
36 Across: Opp. of 56-Down => MAN
37 Across: Secretly => SUBROSA
41 Across: Denver-to-Chicago dir. => ENE
42 Across: Beginning on => ASOF
44 Across: Hide-hair connector => NOR
45 Across: German camera => LEICA
47 Across: He played the interviewer in Interview With the Vampire => CHRISTIANSLATER
51 Across: Yellowfin tuna => AHI
52 Across: Very often => ALOT
53 Across: Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across => FINALFAREWELL
59 Across: Liberty Bell flaw => CRACK
60 Across: Artificial bait => LURE
61 Across: The First __: holiday song => NOEL
63 Across: Voices Carry co-songwriter Mann => AIMEE
64 Across: Perched on => ATOP
65 Across: Impulse => URGE
66 Across: Models strike them => POSES
67 Across: Acknowledges applause => BOWS
68 Across: Mexican bread? => PESO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Back on board => AFT
2 Down: Gator's cousin => CROC
3 Down: Poi source => TARO
4 Down: React to an insult, maybe => STIFFEN
5 Down: Legal challenge => APPEAL
6 Down: Scale starters => DOREMI
7 Down: Grand-scale production => EPIC
8 Down: Genesis creator => SEGA
9 Down: Snapple rival => NESTEA
10 Down: They're often swiped at work => IDCARDS
11 Down: Entertainment awards acronym => EGOT
12 Down: Wrestler John => CENA
13 Down: Prior to, in poems => ERE
21 Down: Tosses in one's cards => FOLDS
22 Down: Expected outcomes => NORMS
25 Down: The poison type contains the skin irritant urushiol => SUMAC
26 Down: Disconcert => ABASH
27 Down: Pavarotti, for one => TENOR
28 Down: Earth, to Cato => TERRA
29 Down: Xanadu rock gp. => ELO
30 Down: Seal the deal => ICEIT
31 Down: Prevention measure? => OUNCE
32 Down: Makeup streak => SMEAR
38 Down: Open __ 9 p.m.: store sign => UNTIL
39 Down: Avril Lavigne's Sk8er __ => BOI
40 Down: Give permission => ALLOW
43 Down: Bride-to-be => FIANCEE
46 Down: Wiped out by excess costs, as profits => EATENUP
48 Down: Burger joint drinks => SHAKES
49 Down: Limited in scope => NARROW
50 Down: Grabs some shuteye => SLEEPS
53 Down: Cold, in Cádiz => FRIO
54 Down: Brand with a paw print in its logo => IAMS
55 Down: Love handles, so to speak => FLAB
56 Down: Works-by-itself setting => AUTO
57 Down: Old stories => LORE
58 Down: Relay race segments => LEGS
59 Down: Spending limit => CAP
62 Down: Sign of summer => LEO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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