Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: ... where the sun / Came peeping in at __: Thomas Hood => MORN
5 Across: Willie Mays, twice => MVP
8 Across: Bowler's test => SPLIT
13 Across: Carpet calculation => AREA
14 Across: China setting => ASIA
15 Across: Soccer star Rossi => PAOLO
16 Across: *Old bowling alley employee => PINSETTER
18 Across: Cry of dismay => OYVEY
19 Across: Country singer Womack => LEEANN
20 Across: Even things => ATONE
22 Across: Part of ESL: Abbr. => ENG
23 Across: *Pass prevention strategy => ZONEDEFENSE
28 Across: Editor's change of heart => STET
30 Across: I agree! => AMEN
31 Across: It's north of Afr. => EUR
32 Across: Not very exciting => HOHUM
35 Across: Seasickness symptom => NAUSEA
38 Across: Cautionary workplace axiom ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues => SAFETYFIRST
40 Across: Elk => WAPITI
42 Across: Pre-discount prices => LISTS
43 Across: Not well => ILL
44 Across: Dollop => GLOB
46 Across: Pacino's voice, at times => RASP
50 Across: *Bad homes for critics? => GLASSHOUSES
55 Across: Golf standard => PAR
56 Across: Deal with => SEETO
57 Across: Capitol feature => CUPOLA
59 Across: Like four Sandy Koufax games => NOHIT
61 Across: *One-on-one golf competition => MATCHPLAY
64 Across: It's good in Chile => BUENO
65 Across: Agree with => ECHO
66 Across: Shoppe modifier => OLDE
67 Across: Shakespearean forest => ARDEN
68 Across: 2000s TV forensic technician, to pals => DEX
69 Across: Fly high => SOAR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Breakfast condiment sources => MAPLES
2 Down: Get one's bearings => ORIENT
3 Down: Go back on a promise => RENEGE
4 Down: Org. in the biodrama Hidden Figures => NASA
5 Down: WY winter hrs. => MST
6 Down: Compete => VIE
7 Down: Pre-Rose Bowl tradition => PARADE
8 Down: Many an SNL skit => SPOOF
9 Down: Two-time U.S. Open winner Stewart => PAYNE
10 Down: Illicit rendezvous site => LOVENEST
11 Down: La Corse, par exemple => ILE
12 Down: Play (with) => TOY
14 Down: 53 for I, e.g. => ATNO
17 Down: Split __: New Zealand band => ENZ
21 Down: Court sport => TENNIS
24 Down: Astro's finish? => NAUT
25 Down: Harris of country => EMMYLOU
26 Down: Take to court => SUE
27 Down: Stat for Justin Verlander => ERA
29 Down: Spicy cuisine => THAI
33 Down: Time and again, to Yeats => OFT
34 Down: Driver's license datum => HEIGHT
36 Down: Poetic verb => ART
37 Down: Cold War letters => USSR
38 Down: Made waves? => SPLASHED
39 Down: Slight fabrications => FIBS
40 Down: Freak (out) => WIG
41 Down: Every bit => ALL
45 Down: Rose ominously => LOOMED
47 Down: Swing era Harlem hot spot => APOLLO
48 Down: Tea since 1892 => SALADA
49 Down: Supplication => PRAYER
51 Down: River to the English Channel => SEINE
52 Down: Resolute about => SETON
53 Down: Danish shoe brand => ECCO
54 Down: NFL defensive end Ndamukong __ => SUH
58 Down: Med. plan options => PPOS
59 Down: Home to Kings: Abbr. => NBA
60 Down: __ Gang => OUR
62 Down: Versatile card => ACE
63 Down: Much appreciated, in texts => THX

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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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