Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Jobs for plumbers => LEAKS
6 Across: Protein-rich vegan fare => TOFU
10 Across: Warts and all wart => FLAW
14 Across: Written so as to discourage erasure => INPEN
15 Across: Library ID => ISBN
16 Across: Witness' promise => OATH
17 Across: Quiet! => ZIPYOURLIP
19 Across: Pre-performance pitch-setting wind => OBOE
20 Across: Bible man made from earth => ADAM
21 Across: The Matrix hero => NEO
22 Across: Chipmunk, e.g. => RODENT
24 Across: State-sponsored gambling game => LOTTO
26 Across: Play-calling gatherings => HUDDLES
27 Across: Sinful financial craving => LOVEOFMONEY
29 Across: Ballpark hooter => BOOER
30 Across: Iron mine output => ORE
31 Across: Bacon go-with => EGGS
35 Across: Form W-2 org. => IRS
36 Across: English national anthem originally in French => OCANADA
40 Across: Half of dos => UNO
41 Across: Belle's counterpart => BEAU
43 Across: Fútbol cheer => OLE
44 Across: Clarifying words => IMEAN
46 Across: Exercise involving a push-up position => SQUATTHRUST
50 Across: Bigwigs => TOPGUNS
53 Across: It __ stopped me yet! => HASNT
54 Across: Past the pain of a breakup, say => OVERIT
55 Across: Have something => AIL
56 Across: Stop-motion medium => CLAY
59 Across: Humans-on-the-moon org. => NASA
60 Across: Just a scratch, really ... and a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 36- and 46-Across => ITSNOTHING
63 Across: Wrinkle remover => IRON
64 Across: Hammer target => NAIL
65 Across: Simple question type => YESNO
66 Across: Skin concern => CYST
67 Across: Like a cloudy day => GRAY
68 Across: Pencil maze word => ENTER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Minnelli of Cabaret => LIZA
2 Down: Katelyn Nacon's role on The Walking Dead => ENID
3 Down: Horse with a spotted coat => APPALOOSA
4 Down: Decision that clinches the victory => KEYMOVE
5 Down: __-Caps: candy => SNO
6 Down: Lose interest in => TIREOF
7 Down: Scandinavian capital => OSLO
8 Down: The Blacklist agcy. => FBI
9 Down: Not cut back, as branches => UNPRUNED
10 Down: Edible coloring => FOODDYE
11 Down: Nutrition info spot => LABEL
12 Down: Make restitution => ATONE
13 Down: Arouses => WHETS
18 Down: Do __ others ... => UNTO
23 Down: Emotional poem => ODE
25 Down: Choreographer Saarinen => TERO
26 Down: Hava Nagila dance => HORA
27 Down: Passed-on stories => LORE
28 Down: Painter Claude => MONET
29 Down: Highchair wear => BIB
32 Down: Party attendees lineup => GUESTLIST
33 Down: Irksome insect => GNAT
34 Down: Luke, to Anakin => SON
37 Down: Relying (on) => COUNTING
38 Down: Hooray antonym => ALAS
39 Down: Goes public with => AIRS
42 Down: R.E. Lee foe => USGRANT
45 Down: Third-largest German city, to Germans => MUNCHEN
47 Down: Who, in Quebec => QUI
48 Down: How carpaccio is sliced => THINLY
49 Down: Angelic aura => HALO
50 Down: Vodka mixer => TONIC
51 Down: Seed-bearing organ => OVARY
52 Down: Cuban coins => PESOS
55 Down: Where Israel is => ASIA
57 Down: Diarist Frank => ANNE
58 Down: Son of Frankenstein role => YGOR
61 Down: Sailor => TAR
62 Down: Nautical rope => TYE

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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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