Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 31, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Potential fodder in a libel lawsuit, briefly => BADPR
6 Across: Sackcloth material => HEMP
10 Across: Reduces, as glare => DIMS
14 Across: Lexus competitor => ACURA
15 Across: Avocado shape => OVAL
16 Across: Stress cannot exist in the presence of __: Mamet => APIE
17 Across: Birder's gear => BINOCULARS
19 Across: Afghan constitution? => YARN
20 Across: Newspaper VIPs => EDS
21 Across: Possessed by Shakespeare? => HADST
22 Across: Bathroom fixture => BIDET
23 Across: Overwhelm => AWE
24 Across: Young Sheldon star Armitage => IAIN
26 Across: Laundry cycle => RINSE
30 Across: California county where Fort Bragg is => MENDOCINO
35 Across: Nonalcoholic beer brand => ODOULS
37 Across: Crimson, e.g. => RED
38 Across: What the nose knows => ODOR
39 Across: Soft mineral => TALC
40 Across: Mortar and pestle stone => AGATE
42 Across: Sports org. whose name once included Lawn => USTA
43 Across: Shoot the breeze => CHAT
44 Across: Bon __ => MOT
45 Across: Upset, as a plan => DERAIL
47 Across: Barrier-breaking report => SONICBOOM
50 Across: Eye sores => STYES
51 Across: Scandinavian royal name => OLAF
52 Across: Apr. addressee => IRS
54 Across: Fogg's creator => VERNE
57 Across: Count with a band => BASIE
59 Across: That __ close! => WAS
62 Across: Lindros in the Hockey Hall of Fame => ERIC
63 Across: State capital about 100 miles from Sacramento => CARSONCITY
65 Across: Prego alternative => RAGU
66 Across: Polar chunk => FLOE
67 Across: Items that can circulate or be tossed ... as illustrated in this puzzle's six sets of circles => COINS
68 Across: Don't dawdle! => ASAP
69 Across: Bygone GM line => OLDS
70 Across: Ryegrass fungus => ERGOT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Innocent => BABE
2 Down: Prilosec target => ACID
3 Down: Hassles for payment => DUNS
4 Down: In favor of => PRO
5 Down: Ray who hosts the Yum-o! virtual cooking camp => RACHAEL
6 Down: Poker variety => HOLDEM
7 Down: Mendes and Gabor => EVAS
8 Down: Taskmaster => MARTINET
9 Down: Letters from a polite texter => PLS
10 Down: Chance to plead one's case => DAYINCOURT
11 Down: Tablet at a Genius Bar => IPAD
12 Down: Boggy area => MIRE
13 Down: Posted => SENT
18 Down: Assembly line gp. => UAW
22 Down: Prefix with mass => BIO
25 Down: Went on to say => ADDED
26 Down: University mil. programs => ROTCS
27 Down: Twin Falls' state => IDAHO
28 Down: Dunkirk director Christopher => NOLAN
29 Down: Tip of a toy arrow, often => SUCTIONCUP
31 Down: Muse of poetry => ERATO
32 Down: My guess is ... => IDSAY
33 Down: Casual remark? => NOTIE
34 Down: Intense exams => ORALS
36 Down: Latin steps => SAMBA
41 Down: Cut-up => GOOFBALL
46 Down: Bottom line => ESSENCE
48 Down: The Cavs, on ESPN crawls => CLE
49 Down: Air balls, e.g. => MISSES
53 Down: __ Grande => RIO
54 Down: __ Bradley bags => VERA
55 Down: Named stretches => ERAS
56 Down: Latvian seaport => RIGA
58 Down: J.Lo's partner => AROD
59 Down: Kristen of 2016's Ghostbusters => WIIG
60 Down: 8 for O, e.g. => ATNO
61 Down: Betting aid: Abbr. => SYST
63 Down: Fiscal exec => CFO
64 Down: __ anglais: English horn => COR

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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