Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 16, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Wedding party escort => USHER
6 Across: Witch's incantation => SPELL
11 Across: Image file suffix => JPG
14 Across: Garden-guarding spirit => GNOME
15 Across: Free-for-all => MELEE
16 Across: Poetic before => ERE
17 Across: Fingers crossed! => HERESHOPING
19 Across: Golf starting point => TEE
20 Across: Cattle identifier => EARTAG
21 Across: Puts dressing in, as a turkey => STUFFS
23 Across: Painter or sculptor => ARTIST
24 Across: American addition to Chinese cuisine => CHOPSUEY
26 Across: Face cover => VEIL
27 Across: Hawaii's Mauna __ => LOA
28 Across: Watch over => TEND
29 Across: Shakespearean rumpus => ADO
30 Across: Sad on the Seine? => BLEU
32 Across: Migratory salmon => SMOLTS
34 Across: Vessel carrying soldiers => TROOPSHIP
36 Across: Directs (to), as a specialist => REFERS
39 Across: Fibbed => LIED
40 Across: __ moment: revelation => AHA
43 Across: Yemeni port => ADEN
44 Across: Bumped into => MET
45 Across: Hoity-toity sort => SNOB
46 Across: Steph Curry hoops specialty => JUMPSHOT
49 Across: Draw idly => DOODLE
51 Across: College grounds => CAMPUS
52 Across: Lighthearted banter => LEVITY
53 Across: See 53-Down => PAL
54 Across: Earth-friendly retailer ... and a hint to the circled letters => RECYCLESHOP
57 Across: Consumed => ATE
58 Across: Stay away from => AVOID
59 Across: Offends the nose => REEKS
60 Across: Spot on! => YES
61 Across: Dots on a map => TOWNS
62 Across: Doctrinal belief => TENET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: This tastes awful! => UGH
2 Down: Smiled with disdain => SNEERED
3 Down: Fictional captain Hornblower => HORATIO
4 Down: Bam! chef => EMERIL
5 Down: Takes ten => RESTS
6 Down: Air quality issue => SMOG
7 Down: __ talk: team motivator => PEP
8 Down: Happy Endings actress Cuthbert => ELISHA
9 Down: Largo relative => LENTO
10 Down: Assistance, with a => LEGUP
11 Down: Propellant for a flying fighter => JETFUEL
12 Down: Roll call response => PRESENT
13 Down: Who knew? => GEE
18 Down: __ trick: hockey player's three goals in a game => HAT
22 Down: SLR setting => FSTOP
23 Down: Selma director DuVernay => AVA
24 Down: Rhyming pair => COUPLET
25 Down: NFL stats => YDS
27 Down: Zodiac feline => LEO
30 Down: Turn on the heat! => BRR
31 Down: __ Angeles => LOS
32 Down: ... __ loves me not => SHE
33 Down: Prefix with night => MID
34 Down: Local news hr. => TENPM
35 Down: Obedience school command => SIT
36 Down: Friend of TV's Sheldon and Leonard => RAJ
37 Down: Provide schooling for => EDUCATE
38 Down: Ewes and does => FEMALES
40 Down: Subsequently ... => ANDTHEN
41 Down: Mount __: oldest Seven Sisters college => HOLYOKE
42 Down: Civil War prez => ABE
44 Down: Red Square city => MOSCOW
45 Down: It's pretty obvious => SOISEE
47 Down: Nursery rhyme dieter => SPRAT
48 Down: Spanish omelet ingredient => HUEVO
49 Down: Joe Biden's st. => DEL
50 Down: Unconcealed => OVERT
52 Down: Certain TV screens => LCDS
53 Down: With 53-Across, money transfer app => PAY
55 Down: Yang's counterpart => YIN
56 Down: Wash. winter hours => PST

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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