Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 17, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Vice (2018) Oscar nominee Amy => ADAMS
6 Across: Pairing => UNION
11 Across: __ water => TAP
14 Across: Jazz pianist Chick => COREA
15 Across: Fit provider => HONDA
16 Across: Gulf st. => ALA
17 Across: Equivalent Stanley award? => EIGHTOUNCES
19 Across: Storage unit => BIN
20 Across: __-Caps: candy => SNO
21 Across: Memo opener => INRE
22 Across: Went up => SCALED
24 Across: Produce => CREATE
26 Across: Venue that may sell naming rights => ARENA
27 Across: Forward, in a way => REMAIL
30 Across: Take different paths => PART
32 Across: Cake decorators => ICERS
33 Across: The Ra Expeditions author Heyerdahl => THOR
35 Across: MSN and AOL => ISPS
39 Across: Equivalent Scotland locale? => THIRTYSIXINCHES
42 Across: Japanese sandal => ZORI
43 Across: Not taxing => EASY
44 Across: Cuban boy in 2000 headlines => ELIAN
45 Across: Thickener in Asian desserts => AGAR
47 Across: They may be special or secret => AGENTS
48 Across: Passionate dance => TANGO
51 Across: Bouts => SPELLS
54 Across: Off-topic => AFIELD
56 Across: Ohio border lake => ERIE
57 Across: Anonymous party => DOE
60 Across: __ service => LIP
61 Across: Equivalent type of horse? => FIVENICKELS
64 Across: Mound stat => ERA
65 Across: Long-stemmed mushrooms => ENOKI
66 Across: Some South Pacific carvings => TIKIS
67 Across: Court unit of at least six games => SET
68 Across: Search for water => DOWSE
69 Across: Mad Men pool member => STENO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Blackjack cards => ACES
2 Down: Whatcha __? => DOIN
3 Down: Cornstarch brand => ARGO
4 Down: Indifferent reaction => MEH
5 Down: Stephen Colbert, for one => SATIRIST
6 Down: Enterprise officer => UHURA
7 Down: Large chamber group => NONET
8 Down: Fortune competitor => INC
9 Down: 2016 work by Pulitzer poet Sharon Olds => ODES
10 Down: Org. with a long track record? => NASCAR
11 Down: Put on ice => TABLE
12 Down: Strange => ALIEN
13 Down: World Wildlife Fund logo animal => PANDA
18 Down: New law student => ONEL
23 Down: Things, or written things => ARTICLES
24 Down: Baby transport => CARRIAGE
25 Down: Bond creator? => EPOXY
27 Down: Big name in hotels and crackers => RITZ
28 Down: Lingering effect => ECHO
29 Down: Golda of Israel => MEIR
31 Down: MSNBC analyst Melber => ARI
33 Down: Romanov royals => TSARS
34 Down: Casual hellos => HIS
36 Down: __ guard => SHIN
37 Down: Fuel from a bog => PEAT
38 Down: Taxpayer IDs => SSNS
40 Down: Pro vote => YEA
41 Down: Pays no attention to => NEGLECTS
46 Down: Hit the links => GOLFED
47 Down: Others, to Ovid => ALII
48 Down: Grimm accounts => TALES
49 Down: Pumped up => AFIRE
50 Down: Go after, puppy-style => NIPAT
52 Down: Sneaks a look => PEEKS
53 Down: Orange half of a Sesame Street duo => ERNIE
55 Down: Purple pet in old cartoons => DINO
57 Down: Fake in the rink => DEKE
58 Down: Lena of The Reader => OLIN
59 Down: Exxon, formerly => ESSO
62 Down: Sacred promise => VOW
63 Down: Assembly-required boxful => KIT

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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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