Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Archaeological sites => DIGS
5 Across: Farm trough contents => FEED
9 Across: Gambler's calculation => RISK
13 Across: Right now! letters => ASAP
14 Across: Home for monks => ABBEY
16 Across: Lake with Canada's southernmost point => ERIE
17 Across: Sacred, as a promise => INVIOLABLE
19 Across: Labyrinthine => MAZY
20 Across: How a sharp incline rises => STEEPLY
21 Across: Steak orders => TBONES
23 Across: Confer knighthood on => DUB
24 Across: Homer's story of 67-Across => ILIAD
26 Across: __ XING: crosswalk sign => PED
29 Across: Full of attitude => SASSY
31 Across: Appear => SEEM
34 Across: Woodshed tools => AXES
36 Across: University leader => CHANCELLOR
39 Across: Join (in) => PARTAKE
41 Across: Be worthy of => DESERVE
42 Across: High-ranking foreign diplomat => AMBASSADOR
44 Across: Bump off => DOIN
45 Across: Part of GPS: Abbr. => SYST
46 Across: Goes on a tirade => RANTS
48 Across: __-haw! => YEE
49 Across: 28-Down entrant => HORSE
51 Across: Ready, __, fire! => AIM
53 Across: Our thoughts are with you => WECARE
56 Across: Museum contents => FINEART
60 Across: Swear to be true => AVOW
61 Across: Ensemble playing in this puzzle's circles => STRINGTRIO
64 Across: Storm relief org. => FEMA
65 Across: Woven fabric => TWILL
66 Across: TV award => EMMY
67 Across: Helen's city => TROY
68 Across: Carry out instructions => OBEY
69 Across: Dark or marble breads => RYES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Orator's platform => DAIS
2 Down: __ that special? => ISNT
3 Down: Contributed to the cause => GAVE
4 Down: Did undercover work => SPIED
5 Down: Alternative plans => FALLBACKS
6 Down: Online auction site => EBAY
7 Down: Retreat, as the tide => EBB
8 Down: Md. neighbor => DEL
9 Down: Updated, as a kitchen => REMODELED
10 Down: Tehran's land => IRAN
11 Down: 7 or 11, say, in shoes => SIZE
12 Down: Piano's 88 => KEYS
15 Down: Aptly named brand of coolers => YETI
18 Down: 27, for Beethoven's Moonlight => OPUS
22 Down: Bags on a diamond => BASES
24 Down: This __ test => ISA
25 Down: President before Richard => LYNDON
26 Down: Nickname for Hemingway => PAPA
27 Down: Finals, say => EXAMS
28 Down: Annual Kentucky race => DERBY
30 Down: Wool clippers => SHEARS
32 Down: Youngest Jetson => ELROY
33 Down: Motion picture => MOVIE
35 Down: Set aside for later use => STASHAWAY
37 Down: Of course! => CERTAINLY
38 Down: The Son of Man painter Magritte => RENE
40 Down: Noted fur tycoon => ASTOR
43 Down: Lost actor Daniel __ Kim => DAE
47 Down: Perform in a choir => SING
50 Down: Take a breather => REST
52 Down: Taxi calculator => METER
53 Down: Float, as an aroma => WAFT
54 Down: Happily-after link => EVER
55 Down: Crooner Perry => COMO
56 Down: Put in a folder => FILE
57 Down: Force to be reckoned with => ARMY
58 Down: Frosty coating => RIME
59 Down: Mattel specialty => TOYS
62 Down: Tango need, so they say => TWO
63 Down: Spare bone? => RIB

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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