Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 25, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Oft-heard disembodied voice => SIRI
5 Across: Fauna component => ANIMAL
11 Across: [It vanished!] => PFFT
15 Across: Turkmenistan neighbor => IRAN
16 Across: Ford's second commercial success => MODELA
17 Across: Senator's helper => AIDE
18 Across: One standing before the king and queen => PAWN
19 Across: Frederick Douglass, notably => ORATOR
20 Across: European border range => URAL
21 Across: Seasonal favorite => DECKTHEHALLS
24 Across: Maneuver => STEER
26 Across: Circle dance => HORA
27 Across: Fabric-dyeing process => BATIK
30 Across: Sycophant => TOADY
31 Across: Toss insults (at) => SNIPE
32 Across: Sport for swingers? => POLO
33 Across: They're often seen on slides => AMEBAS
39 Across: Don't have to guess => KNOW
40 Across: With 43-Across, 21-Across chorus line => FALALALALA
43 Across: See 40-Across => LALALALA
44 Across: Entertains => HOSTS
48 Across: Part of BPOE => ELKS
49 Across: Phase => STAGE
54 Across: Fit to serve => ONEA
55 Across: Seriously off the mark, as a throw => WILD
56 Across: Show appreciation to => THANK
58 Across: Asian desert => GOBI
62 Across: King of Judea => HEROD
63 Across: Seasonal favorite => LITTLEDRUMMERBOY
66 Across: 63-Across chorus line => PARUMPUMPUMPUM
67 Across: Rascal => SCAMP
68 Across: Like Oscar of The Odd Couple or Sesame Street => MESSY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Opposite of guzzle => SIP
2 Down: Novelist Levin => IRA
3 Down: Unfair outcome => RAWDEAL
4 Down: Demanding => INNEEDOF
5 Down: Uncontrolled => AMOK
6 Down: Word with due or true => NORTH
7 Down: Yukon Gold source => IDAHO
8 Down: Poet's concern => METER
9 Down: Greeting in a state nickname => ALOHA
10 Down: Spencer of Good Morning America => LARA
11 Down: '50s-'70s singer with 12 Billboard Top 10 hits => PAULANKA
12 Down: Inventory evaluation term => FIRSTIN
13 Down: Org. that tests cosmetics => FDA
14 Down: Business card no. => TEL
22 Down: Yell => CRY
23 Down: Freight meas. => LBS
24 Down: Indy 500 initialism => STP
25 Down: Excessively => TOO
28 Down: Wall St. event => IPO
29 Down: Royal Botanic Gardens locale => KEW
33 Down: Like => ALA
34 Down: What Y can imply => MALE
35 Down: Mideast carrier => ELAL
36 Down: Resist, with at => BALK
37 Down: Woeful word => ALAS
38 Down: Mineo of Rebel Without a Cause => SAL
41 Down: Gore and Green => ALS
42 Down: __ Cruces => LAS
44 Down: Lanford Wilson's The __ Baltimore => HOTL
45 Down: Where impatient hands might be placed => ONHIPS
46 Down: Washington airport => SEATAC
47 Down: Hindu philosophy => TANTRA
50 Down: Annoying sorts => TWERPS
51 Down: Boeing competitor => AIRBUS
52 Down: Like Eeyore's outlook => GLOOMY
53 Down: Swirl => EDDY
57 Down: Project Runway host => KLUM
58 Down: Econ. stat => GDP
59 Down: Tulsa sch. with a Prayer Tower => ORU
60 Down: Mooch => BUM
61 Down: Pesky sort => IMP
62 Down: Iron-rich blood pigment => HEME
64 Down: Ruler of anc. Rome => EMP
65 Down: Silent => MUM

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This crossword has 32 across clues and 45 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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