Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 27, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bend in pointe shoes => PLIE
5 Across: Style => MODE
9 Across: Dark film genre => NOIR
13 Across: __ Sticks: drain-cleaning aid => SANI
17 Across: Sweet-talk => COAX
18 Across: Barn-raising group => AMISH
20 Across: Worth a rave review, in show biz => BOFFO
21 Across: University near Durham, NC => ELON
22 Across: Half-off sale acronym => BOGO
23 Across: Destination for aficionados => MECCA
24 Across: Workplace movie screen? => OFFICEIMAX
26 Across: Small Kia SUV => SPORTAGE
28 Across: Street show => RAREE
30 Across: Dust in the Wind rockers => KANSAS
31 Across: Tampico abode => CASA
32 Across: Silas with a loom => MARNER
33 Across: Chicago-to-Indianapolis dir. => SSE
34 Across: Good news, in a metaphor => MUSIC
37 Across: Chill-inducing => EERIE
38 Across: Prepared for surgery, in a way => STERILE
42 Across: Titles for attys. => ESQS
43 Across: Apple product for unmarried men? => BACHELORIPAD
47 Across: Frites seasoning => SEL
48 Across: Generate, with up => DRUM
49 Across: I Left Something Turned __ Home: 1997 Trace Adkins hit => ONAT
50 Across: Côte d'__ => AZUR
51 Across: Court game word => ALAI
52 Across: Actress Lupino => IDA
53 Across: List of PGA players with pictorial links to their bios? => PROSANDICONS
57 Across: Fist bumps => DAPS
58 Across: Action movie staple => CARCRASH
60 Across: Worked with a crew, maybe => OARED
61 Across: Utah range => UINTA
62 Across: Upper class => ELITE
63 Across: Graceful => FLUID
64 Across: Checked out in advance => CASED
66 Across: Trojan king => PRIAM
68 Across: Some steaks => LOINS
69 Across: Contentious filings => LAWSUITS
72 Across: Swimsuit designer Gernreich => RUDI
73 Across: Order to a construction worker? => RAISETHEIBAR
76 Across: __ polloi => HOI
77 Across: Utah Valley University city => OREM
78 Across: Corrida cries => OLES
79 Across: Diamond's opposite, on the Mohs scale => TALC
80 Across: Parachute necessity => CORD
81 Across: Ovine cry => BAA
82 Across: Apple media player for silly songs? => LOONEYITUNES
86 Across: __ facto => IPSO
87 Across: E.T.'s Earth pal => ELLIOTT
89 Across: Eat away => ERODE
90 Across: Day of the PGA => JASON
91 Across: Arrest => NAB
92 Across: Which one will it be? => CHOOSE
94 Across: Cheater's device => CRIB
96 Across: Emulate Earhart => AVIATE
99 Across: Silent Night et al. => HYMNS
100 Across: The NFL had two of them in 2018 => TIEGAMES
104 Across: Brew with a hint of chocolate? => HERSHEYIPA
106 Across: Gets a ride, but not a Lyft => UBERS
108 Across: Jazz club group => TRIO
109 Across: Cleveland's lake => ERIE
110 Across: Dorm diet staple => RAMEN
111 Across: Puerto Rico's third-largest city => PONCE
112 Across: U. of Maryland athlete => TERP
113 Across: Like Span. o-ending nouns => MASC
114 Across: Nor. neighbor => SWED
115 Across: Test for jrs. => PSAT
116 Across: Summer quaffs => ADES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: EPA-banned toxins => PCBS
2 Down: Chicago district, with the => LOOP
3 Down: Othello villain => IAGO
4 Down: Event in a classic William Peter Blatty novel => EXORCISM
5 Down: Half a '60s quartet => MAMAS
6 Down: Last of 24 => OMEGA
7 Down: Cut into cubes => DICE
8 Down: Upper left key => ESC
9 Down: Like some ATM withdrawals => NOFEE
10 Down: Proposal => OFFER
11 Down: __ had known ... => IFI
12 Down: Standouts in a field => ROCKSTARS
13 Down: One with net income? => SEINER
14 Down: Charity => ALMS
15 Down: Weather-monitoring gp. => NOAA
16 Down: Devil Inside band => INXS
19 Down: African capital once known as Salisbury => HARARE
20 Down: Island east of Sumatra => BORNEO
25 Down: Alleviated => EASED
27 Down: It may be an X or an O => TAC
29 Down: Seed pod => ARIL
32 Down: Conductor Zubin => MEHTA
34 Down: M*A*S*H figure => MEDIC
35 Down: Vitamin spec => USRDA
36 Down: Perfect one of three meals? => SQUAREIDEAL
37 Down: Bitcoin, e.g. => ECASH
38 Down: Twirled => SPUN
39 Down: Kauai breakfast restaurants? => ISLANDIHOPS
40 Down: Vaulted => LEAPT
41 Down: Donovan of Clueless => ELISA
43 Down: Title Kazakh in a 2006 spoof => BORAT
44 Down: Win by __ => ANOSE
45 Down: Beat anxiously => RACED
46 Down: Brand that once sported a crocodile => IZOD
51 Down: Bye that's bid => ADIEU
53 Down: Stiffly proper => PRIM
54 Down: True dat! => NOLIE
55 Down: Intimidate => DAUNT
56 Down: Type of whiskey => IRISH
59 Down: Assert => CLAIM
61 Down: Cold War enemy => USSR
63 Down: All That Jazz choreographer => FOSSE
64 Down: Suspension bridge support => CABLE
65 Down: Surveillance plane acronym => AWACS
66 Down: Investigation => PROBE
67 Down: Like much of Nebraska => RURAL
68 Down: Form of security => LIEN
69 Down: Balaban of Definitely, Maybe => LIANE
70 Down: Trunk => TORSO
71 Down: Lebanese port => SIDON
73 Down: Dad's and Mug => ROOTBEERS
74 Down: Much => ALOT
75 Down: Chopin work => ETUDE
80 Down: Holey Italian bread => CIABATTA
82 Down: Reluctant => LOATH
83 Down: Loyal servant => YEOMAN
84 Down: Press => IRON
85 Down: 50-50 chance => TOSSUP
88 Down: Hang on ... => INASEC
90 Down: It may be up, with the => JIG
92 Down: Opine, with in => CHIME
93 Down: Promoted to excess => HYPED
94 Down: Around => CIRCA
95 Down: Trip odometer function => RESET
96 Down: Throaty attention-getter => AHEM
97 Down: Aloe __ => VERA
98 Down: Flower from the Greek for rainbow => IRIS
100 Down: Second place? => TENS
101 Down: A horse is a horse horse => MRED
102 Down: Cork's home => EIRE
103 Down: Absorbs, with up => SOPS
105 Down: Deviate from a course => YAW
107 Down: Conk => BOP

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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