Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 3, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: It's not clear => BLUR
5 Across: Strategic corporate name change => REBRAND
12 Across: Expert => PRO
15 Across: Arm bone => ULNA
16 Across: Outshine => ECLIPSE
17 Across: Cornish game __ => HEN
18 Across: Home of the highest terrestrial biodiversity => RAINFORESTCANOPY
21 Across: Partner of mirrors => SMOKE
22 Across: What duct tape has a lot of => USES
23 Across: Computer operating system with a penguin mascot => LINUX
24 Across: Color like khaki => TAN
25 Across: Little helper? => ASST
27 Across: Identify => PEG
28 Across: Texter's segue => BTW
29 Across: Building up => AMASSING
34 Across: 3-Down concern => SCAB
37 Across: ICU hookups => IVDRIPS
40 Across: 19th Greek letter => TAU
41 Across: Airbag, e.g. => PASSIVERESTRAINT
44 Across: Craft measured in cubits => ARK
45 Across: What chefs do often => RETASTE
46 Across: Single-file travelers, at times => ANTS
47 Across: King Arthur's Song musical => SPAMALOT
49 Across: Red or Ross => SEA
51 Across: Were, now => ARE
52 Across: Baja's opposite => ALTA
54 Across: __ Mahal => TAJ
57 Across: Chew out => SCOLD
59 Across: Fast-food option => TOGO
61 Across: Extra => SPARE
63 Across: Superior ... or what this puzzle's circled letters represent? => ACUTABOVETHEREST
66 Across: Relations => KIN
67 Across: Part of the CMYK color model => MAGENTA
68 Across: Bassoon cousin => OBOE
69 Across: It can cover a lot of ground => SOD
70 Across: Specter => PHANTOM
71 Across: Puts on => DONS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Rupture => BURST
2 Down: Cub : bear :: cria : ___ => LLAMA
3 Down: Group with a rep => UNION
4 Down: Arrange in order => RANK
5 Down: Rock's __ Speedwagon => REO
6 Down: Beige relatives => ECRUS
7 Down: Hallowed => BLEST
8 Down: What yeast makes dough do => RISE
9 Down: Bldg. units => APTS
10 Down: Situation Room gp. => NSC
11 Down: You're on! => DEAL
12 Down: Do the minimum => PHONEITIN
13 Down: Vile => REPUGNANT
14 Down: Black stone => ONYX
19 Down: Bowling a 300, e.g. => FEAT
20 Down: Pinches => NIPS
26 Down: Turn while seated => SWIVEL
28 Down: MLB scorecard entries => BBS
29 Down: Wonder Woman adversary => ARES
30 Down: Drops above the ground => MIST
31 Down: H.S. exam for college credit => APTEST
32 Down: Georgia, once: Abbr. => SSR
33 Down: Courage => GUTS
34 Down: Apt rhyme for aahs => SPAS
35 Down: Italian dish of thinly sliced raw meat or fish => CARPACCIO
36 Down: Do some informal polling => ASKAROUND
38 Down: Quash => VETO
39 Down: Fiddlesticks! => DRAT
42 Down: George's musical brother => IRA
43 Down: Energizer size => AAA
48 Down: Liquefy => MELT
50 Down: State of comfort => EASE
52 Down: Secret __ => AGENT
53 Down: Numbers game => LOTTO
54 Down: Fitness portmanteau => TAEBO
55 Down: Burning issue? => ARSON
56 Down: Ballet leaps => JETES
57 Down: Upscale retailer => SAKS
58 Down: Slightly soggy => DAMP
59 Down: Frat party costume => TOGA
60 Down: One may be self-cleaning => OVEN
62 Down: Spur => PROD
64 Down: Cry of disgust => BAH
65 Down: Western omelet morsel => HAM

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 45 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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