Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pacific island host of two Survivor seasons => PALAU
6 Across: Caustic solution => LYE
9 Across: Indeed.com listings => JOBS
13 Across: Maker of Glide floss => ORALB
14 Across: Blacken a bit => SEAR
15 Across: Luminous glow => AURA
16 Across: Roughly => GIVEORTAKE
18 Across: Military group => UNIT
19 Across: SoCal cop squad => LAPD
20 Across: Machu Picchu builders => INCAS
21 Across: Like medicine not requiring a prescription => OVERTHECOUNTER
27 Across: Truth alternative, in a game => DARE
28 Across: Like rice and potatoes => STARCHY
29 Across: Homeric epic => ILIAD
31 Across: Wipe the slate clean => ERASE
32 Across: Stat for Clayton Kershaw => ERA
35 Across: With 37-Across, Election Day practice ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme => SECRET
37 Across: See 35-Across => BALLOT
39 Across: Screeners at ORD => TSA
40 Across: Like nostalgic art forms => RETRO
44 Across: Fitness system incorporating martial arts => TAEBO
45 Across: Mozart rival => SALIERI
47 Across: Part of, as a plot => INON
48 Across: Debater for the opposition, at times => DEVILSADVOCATE
51 Across: Smear with ink? => LIBEL
52 Across: __ the Parents: 2000 film => MEET
53 Across: Revered pop star, say => IDOL
54 Across: Place sheltered from reality => IVORYTOWER
60 Across: Chunky Monkey buy => PINT
61 Across: Name of 12 popes => PIUS
62 Across: Conjure up => EVOKE
63 Across: Eyelid ailment => STYE
64 Across: Fitting => APT
65 Across: __ over the coals => RAKED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Faddish '90s disc => POG
2 Down: All Things Considered host Shapiro => ARI
3 Down: Loo => LAV
4 Down: Pub drink => ALE
5 Down: A bike lock may be shaped like one => UBOLT
6 Down: Indy pacesetter => LEADCAR
7 Down: Tibetan beast => YAK
8 Down: Middle of the Able-Elba palindrome => ERE
9 Down: Lively => JAUNTY
10 Down: Part of a pound => OUNCE
11 Down: Prickly shrub => BRIAR
12 Down: Coll. entrance exams => SATS
14 Down: Fla. coastal city => STPETE
17 Down: Cheers at a bowl => RAHS
20 Down: Ready to mate => INHEAT
21 Down: Writer of poetic praise => ODIST
22 Down: Lowlands => VALES
23 Down: CNN journalist Hill => ERICA
24 Down: Backside => REAR
25 Down: 60 minuti => ORA
26 Down: State school near L.A. => UCSB
30 Down: Get off the track => DERAIL
32 Down: Justice Kagan => ELENA
33 Down: R2-D2, for one => ROBOT
34 Down: Make up (for) => ATONE
36 Down: Poker player's giveaway => TELL
38 Down: Of the flock => LAIC
41 Down: Apt it's anagram => TIS
42 Down: Read the riot act => REAMOUT
43 Down: Cooks fill them => ORDERS
45 Down: Gracefully slender => SVELTE
46 Down: Tony winner Judith => IVEY
48 Down: Finished the work => DIDIT
49 Down: Magazine that has had Lena Horne and Michelle Obama on its cover => EBONY
50 Down: River mammal => OTTER
51 Down: Kissers => LIPS
54 Down: Pub drink, briefly => IPA
55 Down: Skybox guest => VIP
56 Down: Eggs in a lab => OVA
57 Down: Stir-fry pan => WOK
58 Down: Squeeze (out) => EKE
59 Down: Like Rupert Grint's hair => RED

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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