Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Like new dollar bills => CRISP
6 Across: Instruction unit => STEP
10 Across: Last year's frosh => SOPH
14 Across: Mediterranean mayonnaise => AIOLI
15 Across: Place for pews => NAVE
16 Across: Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. => TRIO
17 Across: Raced toward => RANAT
18 Across: One cutting staff => AXER
19 Across: Singles => ONES
20 Across: City street spot you usually have to back into => PARKINGSPACE
23 Across: TSA __Check => PRE
26 Across: Annabel Lee poet => POE
27 Across: Result of a coup, perhaps => OUSTER
28 Across: Sea surrounding Santorini => AEGEAN
30 Across: Relate, as a story => TELL
32 Across: Silly starter? => ESS
33 Across: Unfavorable impression => NEGATIVETAKE
36 Across: HEATH Bar competitor => SKOR
37 Across: Bel Canto author Patchett => ANN
38 Across: Many an Omani => ARAB
42 Across: Winter clock setting => STANDARDTIME
47 Across: UFO operators => ETS
50 Across: Iowa college town => AMES
51 Across: Egg-coloring holiday => EASTER
52 Across: Useless => NOHELP
54 Across: Coll. entrance exam => SAT
55 Across: Business card abbr. => EXT
56 Across: In 2020's MLB season, each game of one was seven innings ... and what each word of three long answers can have => DOUBLEHEADER
60 Across: James of jazz => ETTA
61 Across: See-the-sights travel option => RAIL
62 Across: Banana cluster => BUNCH
66 Across: Came down => ALIT
67 Across: Poet Pound => EZRA
68 Across: Vowel-rich farewell => ADIEU
69 Across: Surrealist Magritte => RENE
70 Across: Burpee purchase => SEED
71 Across: Transplant to a new container => REPOT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: See-the-sights travel option => CAR
2 Down: River inlet => RIA
3 Down: Na+ or Cl- => ION
4 Down: Word with happy or dash => SLAP
5 Down: Rain-on-the-roof sound => PITAPAT
6 Down: Asp or adder => SNAKE
7 Down: Cab => TAXI
8 Down: Like every other integer => EVEN
9 Down: Vine-covered walkway => PERGOLA
10 Down: Dots on a transit map => STOPS
11 Down: Highly decorative => ORNATE
12 Down: Concert choices => PIECES
13 Down: Uncouth types, in Canadian slang => HOSERS
21 Down: Rice-A-__ => RONI
22 Down: Pout => SULK
23 Down: Thumbs-down reviews => PANS
24 Down: Really smell => REEK
25 Down: Thick & Fluffy waffle brand => EGGO
29 Down: All __: listening => EARS
30 Down: Takes care of => TENDS
31 Down: Sicilian smoker => ETNA
34 Down: Wind indicator => VANE
35 Down: Grub => EATS
39 Down: Baptism, for one => RITE
40 Down: Plastic choice, briefly => AMEX
41 Down: Ernie's Muppet pal => BERT
43 Down: Like unlikely tales => TALL
44 Down: Current units => AMPERES
45 Down: Enjoy a novel => READ
46 Down: Baked treat that sounds like a place to meet => DATEBAR
47 Down: Make precious => ENDEAR
48 Down: Play the flute => TOOTLE
49 Down: Locked up => SHUTIN
53 Down: Online money-back offer => EBATE
54 Down: Dinner course => SALAD
57 Down: Thin fog => HAZE
58 Down: The Emerald Isle => EIRE
59 Down: Impolite => RUDE
63 Down: Puppy's bite => NIP
64 Down: Head of the corp. => CEO
65 Down: Shack => HUT

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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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