Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Technical details => SPECS
6 Across: Roadie's load => AMPS
10 Across: World's best-selling cookie => OREO
14 Across: Superhero sound effect => KAPOW
15 Across: Are in the past? => WERE
16 Across: Home to il Colosseo => ROMA
17 Across: Ouzo flavoring => ANISE
18 Across: Drywall material => SHEETROCK
20 Across: Won't you be __ and ... : polite request words => ADEAR
22 Across: School fundraising gp. => PTA
23 Across: Filmmaker Brooks => MEL
24 Across: Freezer aisle treat => ICECREAMPOP
27 Across: Spelling showdown => BEE
28 Across: Sleep stage => REM
29 Across: Sound like an ass => BRAY
30 Across: Piece of cake! => EASY
31 Across: Chill => LAIDBACK
34 Across: Syrup source => SAP
36 Across: Instruction to start playing ... or a hint to the end of 18-, 24-, 49- and 56-Across => CUETHEMUSIC
39 Across: Eagle or evil organ => EYE
40 Across: Unrecoverable expense, in economics => SUNKCOST
43 Across: Cat's warning => HISS
46 Across: Seek, as a compliment, with for => FISH
47 Across: Argo spy org. => CIA
48 Across: Total: Abbr. => AMT
49 Across: Similar but unspecified things => ALLTHATJAZZ
53 Across: Unwinding spot => SPA
54 Across: 2016 Olympics city => RIO
55 Across: Outline, maybe => TRACE
56 Across: Peepers of a certain color, affectionately => BABYBLUES
60 Across: Lyric poem => EPODE
62 Across: Get up in arms => RILE
63 Across: Crafts go-with => ARTS
64 Across: French greeting => SALUT
65 Across: Finds in mines => ORES
66 Across: Ink cartridge color => CYAN
67 Across: Digital I've got it! gestures => SNAPS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Jamaican genre => SKA
2 Down: Cure-all => PANACEA
3 Down: Marked by widespread growth => EPIDEMIC
4 Down: Trig ratio => COSEC
5 Down: Promise with one hand on the Bible => SWEAR
6 Down: Cuteness reactions => AWS
7 Down: I could go either way => MEH
8 Down: Like Ivy League clothing styles => PREPPY
9 Down: Sort out => SEETO
10 Down: Catch-22 pilot => ORR
11 Down: iRobot vacuum => ROOMBA
12 Down: Award show hosts => EMCEES
13 Down: Buffalo Bill show shooter => OAKLEY
19 Down: Select, as for a job => TAP
21 Down: Money-back offer => REBATE
24 Down: Not online: Abbr. => IRL
25 Down: Structure with a keystone => ARCH
26 Down: Finally arrives => MAKESIT
30 Down: Totally rad, in modern lingo => EPIC
32 Down: Club fees => DUES
33 Down: Queen __: Lemonade star's nickname => BEY
34 Down: Summery headwear => SUNHAT
35 Down: Pose a question => ASK
37 Down: Sled dog command => MUSH
38 Down: Soda since 1886 => COCACOLA
41 Down: Evaluated, as competition => SIZEDUP
42 Down: Looney toon? => TAZ
43 Down: Monopoly maker => HASBRO
44 Down: Get in the way of => IMPAIR
45 Down: Horse house => STABLE
46 Down: Like a baker's apron, probably => FLOURY
49 Down: Wall St. trader => ARB
50 Down: Purple hue => LILAC
51 Down: Lock on the head => TRESS
52 Down: Country made up of 6,852 islands => JAPAN
57 Down: Sure => YES
58 Down: GPS approx. => ETA
59 Down: Taxpayer's ID => SSN
61 Down: The War of the Worlds foes, e.g. => ETS

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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