Crossword Answers For: Saturday, January 23, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Epithet => LABEL
6 Across: Econ. indicators => GNPS
10 Across: Sp. title => SRTA
14 Across: Loud item in a closet => ALOHASHIRT
16 Across: Easily manipulated type => TOOL
17 Across: Study buddies, often => CLASSMATES
18 Across: Natl. law group whose M is largely obsolete => RCMP
19 Across: Picnic serving => EAR
20 Across: Prandial pokers => TINES
21 Across: Cool veggies? => CUKES
22 Across: Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot => OLLA
23 Across: Arduous tasks => SLOGS
25 Across: Like some premium services => ADFREE
28 Across: Scrapped => WRANGLED
31 Across: On the offensive, legally => SUING
32 Across: It's not a side road => TRUNKLINE
33 Across: Skin lotion brand => KERI
34 Across: Stopping at a KOA, say => RVING
35 Across: Fall place => EDEN
36 Across: Doubts => MISTRUSTS
38 Across: Some shared rides => UBERS
39 Across: Excites => ENTHUSES
40 Across: Fictitious 18th-century autobiographer => CRUSOE
41 Across: Mighty Dump Truck maker => TONKA
42 Across: Hold-up group? => BRAS
43 Across: Like some milk, alas => SPILT
45 Across: Watch with a webcam, perhaps => SPYON
47 Across: Impromptu speech fillers => UHS
50 Across: Italy's Lake __ => COMO
51 Across: How many licks does it take ... ? treat => TOOTSIEPOP
53 Across: Jackie's designer => OLEG
54 Across: Overwhelms => SNOWSUNDER
55 Across: Lean and muscular => WIRY
56 Across: Capital on a fjord => OSLO
57 Across: Up one day, down the next => MOODY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Spike => LACE
2 Down: Ragù __ Bolognese => ALLA
3 Down: Leaner alternative to pork => BOAR
4 Down: What? utterances => EHS
5 Down: Anchor's responsibility => LASTLEG
6 Down: Akufo-Addo's land => GHANA
7 Down: Marquee evening => NITE
8 Down: Continuous newsroom operations => PRESSRUNS
9 Down: Familiar gp. of 50 => STS
10 Down: Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation => STRUGGLEBUS
11 Down: Mountain dangers => ROCKSLIDES
12 Down: Big volume => TOME
13 Down: They didn't stop Hannibal => ALPS
15 Down: Alfred E. Neuman feature => SMILE
21 Down: Bop on the bean => CONK
22 Down: Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie Bird Parker => ORNITHOLOGY
24 Down: When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist => LANG
25 Down: I'm here to help => ASKME
26 Down: Expected => DUEIN
27 Down: Inexperienced one => FIRSTTIMER
28 Down: Legal orders => WRITS
29 Down: Two before marzo => ENERO
30 Down: Fog word => DENSE
32 Down: Pilots start them => TVSEASONS
34 Down: Twice-baked bread => RUSK
37 Down: Squirt => RUNT
38 Down: Metal named for a planet => URANIUM
40 Down: Not pleased => CROSS
42 Down: In half => BYTWO
43 Down: Shallows craft => SCOW
44 Down: Social science course, briefly => POLI
46 Down: Gene __ => POOL
47 Down: Prom style, often => UPDO
48 Down: Turned some ground => HOED
49 Down: Active => SPRY
51 Down: Ontario-based music gp. => TSO
52 Down: Self-described non-musician Brian => ENO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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