Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Invents, as a word => COINS
6 Across: Laugh-a-minute sort => RIOT
10 Across: Lucas of Raising Hope => NEFF
14 Across: Bandleader's exhortation => HITIT
15 Across: Egyptian life symbol => ANKH
16 Across: Pest on a pooch => FLEA
17 Across: Red-tide contents => ALGAE
18 Across: Academy attended by James T. Kirk => STARFLEET
20 Across: Shape, as clay => SCULPT
22 Across: Mayberry lad => OPIE
23 Across: Org. in much recent news => CDC
24 Across: Artist with a record 32 American Music Awards => TAYLORSWIFT
26 Across: We'll let you know, on skeds => TBA
27 Across: 18-Across jr. officer => ENS
28 Across: Threaded fastener => NUT
29 Across: Claw into => TEARAT
31 Across: Fire truck alert => SIREN
33 Across: Tourette syndrome symptoms => TICS
34 Across: Deeply hurt => CUTTOTHEQUICK
39 Across: Brooklyn Coll. is part of it => CUNY
40 Across: Double duty? => STUNT
41 Across: Convent leader => ABBESS
44 Across: Shoelace, e.g. => TIE
45 Across: NBA's Heat, on scoreboards => MIA
48 Across: Inouye Airport arrival gift => LEI
49 Across: Inviolable, as a rule => HARDANDFAST
53 Across: Investment inits. => IRA
54 Across: Common ointment ingredient => ALOE
55 Across: Hall of Fame knuckleballer Phil => NIEKRO
56 Across: With immediacy, or a hint to the four other longest puzzle answers => POSTHASTE
59 Across: Step => TREAD
60 Across: Worked in a garden => HOED
61 Across: Because You Loved Me singer => DION
62 Across: Battle zone journalist => EMBED
63 Across: Criteria: Abbr. => STDS
64 Across: Racy message => SEXT
65 Across: Rotary phone features => DIALS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Unsullied => CHASTE
2 Down: Prop for the Tin Man => OILCAN
3 Down: Men working on a network, informally => ITGUYS
4 Down: One Direction's cute one __ Horan => NIALL
5 Down: C'mon, we're in a hurry! => STEPONIT
6 Down: Late-summer orientation mtg. holders => RAS
7 Down: Like many trailers => INTOW
8 Down: Giraffe relative => OKAPI
9 Down: Frugality => THRIFT
10 Down: Patriots' org. => NFL
11 Down: Exciting, as an atmosphere => ELECTRIC
12 Down: Survey info => FEEDBACK
13 Down: Big shots with big balances => FATCATS
19 Down: Honor in a big way => FETE
21 Down: Town near Provincetown => TRURO
25 Down: Editorial let it stand => STET
30 Down: Feuding => ATIT
31 Down: Eyelid ailment => STYE
32 Down: Smart students' org. => NHS
34 Down: Two, to eight, e.g. => CUBEROOT
35 Down: Impartial => UNBIASED
36 Down: Sundance's sweetie => ETTA
37 Down: Glee cheerleader => QUINN
38 Down: Not yet corrected for publication => UNEDITED
39 Down: Islamic leaders => CALIPHS
42 Down: 1979 exile => SHAH
43 Down: Soup followers => SALADS
45 Down: Folk singer Miriam known as Mama Africa => MAKEBA
46 Down: Gal Gadot's birthplace => ISRAEL
47 Down: Disagreeing => ATODDS
50 Down: Riveting icon => ROSIE
51 Down: Rehab program => DETOX
52 Down: 1938 Physics Nobelist => FERMI
57 Down: Six-pt. scores => TDS
58 Down: Tolkien's Treebeard, e.g. => ENT

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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