Crossword Answers For: Friday, October 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Ancient wizard => MAGE
5 Across: Serbian-born NBA center __ Jokic => NIKOLA
11 Across: Fella => BRO
14 Across: Speck => ATOM
15 Across: Bordeaux wine => CLARET
16 Across: Narrow inlet => RIA
17 Across: Grasslands around Dakar? => SENEGALLEAS
19 Across: Petition => ASK
20 Across: High ranges => SIERRAS
21 Across: Holder of 61 NHL records => GRETZKY
23 Across: Chamber group => TRIO
24 Across: Comet relative => BONAMI
25 Across: Retire => TURNIN
28 Across: Jessica of Dark Angel => ALBA
31 Across: Winter vacation purchase => SKIPASS
33 Across: Part of a late 1900s demographic => GENYER
35 Across: The Simpsons storekeeper => APU
36 Across: Feature of a map of Baghdad? => IRAQKEY
38 Across: MD treating canals => ENT
39 Across: Oklahoma tribe => PAWNEE
41 Across: Accidental => UNMEANT
43 Across: Genesis twin => ESAU
44 Across: Middle of a three-part start => GETSET
45 Across: Subtly points out => INFERS
48 Across: Present time? => XMAS
51 Across: Uniform concern, maybe => HATSIZE
53 Across: Late author whose daughter wrote, As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y => GRAFTON
56 Across: Behave => ACT
57 Across: Laid-back attitude in Hanoi? => VIETNAMEASE
59 Across: Charlotte of The Facts of Life => RAE
60 Across: Bivouac => ENCAMP
61 Across: Times past => ERAS
62 Across: Uma's Pulp Fiction role => MIA
63 Across: Perceived to be => SEENAS
64 Across: Caesar and others => SIDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: One side of a physics equivalence principle => MASS
2 Down: Bit the dust => ATEIT
3 Down: One with no hope => GONER
4 Down: Honored retirees => EMERITI
5 Down: Indiana-based sports org. => NCAA
6 Down: Troubles => ILLS
7 Down: Penn of House => KAL
8 Down: Crater Lake locale => OREGON
9 Down: Hear (of) => LEARN
10 Down: Without a clue => ATSEA
11 Down: Longing in São Paulo? => BRAZILYEN
12 Down: Take a shot at => RISK
13 Down: Wine nuance word => OAKY
18 Down: Exuberant fan => GROUPIE
22 Down: IRS agent => TMAN
24 Down: Fish restaurant offerings => BISQUES
26 Down: Unusual => RARE
27 Down: Eavesdropping org. => NSA
29 Down: Twisted => BENT
30 Down: Focus for some collectors => ART
31 Down: Watering holes => SPAS
32 Down: Hot spot in Al Ahmadi? => KUWAITTEA
33 Down: Masterpieces => GEMS
34 Down: Test involving gradually longer lines => EYEEXAM
35 Down: Mimic => APE
37 Down: Round Table VIP => KNT
40 Down: Creatures of habit? => NUNS
42 Down: Some bank acct. charges => ATMFEES
44 Down: Homer's home => GREECE
46 Down: Fins => FIVES
47 Down: Slate, for one => EZINE
49 Down: Original Flashback games console designer => ATARI
50 Down: What a pity => SOSAD
51 Down: Wrong => HARM
52 Down: Smoothie fruit => ACAI
53 Down: Fed. lending agency => GNMA
54 Down: Criticizes => RAPS
55 Down: Storied loch => NESS
58 Down: Brown shade => TAN

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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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