Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tripoli's country => LIBYA
6 Across: College grad => ALUM
10 Across: Kill, as a dragon => SLAY
14 Across: Thorny plant => BRIAR
15 Across: Latina toon explorer => DORA
16 Across: Scrabble piece => TILE
17 Across: If Nicholson sang, danced and acted, he might be called __ => JACKOFALLTRADES
20 Across: GQ or Cosmo => MAG
21 Across: Photographed => SHOT
22 Across: Inhumane => BARBARIC
27 Across: Salty drops => TEARS
31 Across: Big name in PCs => ACER
32 Across: __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes => MOOSHU
35 Across: High afternoon meal => TEA
36 Across: Forbidden => TABOO
38 Across: Series of missed calls => PHONETAG
40 Across: If Robinson left En Vogue to sing in Jerry Garcia's group, she might be called __ => DAWNOFTHEDEAD
43 Across: Dog food seller => PETSTORE
44 Across: Crop up => ARISE
46 Across: Soul, to Sartre => AME
47 Across: Polar parka => ANORAK
50 Across: Passionate about => INTO
51 Across: Winona of Stranger Things => RYDER
53 Across: Brings good luck to => SMILESON
55 Across: Taunt => GIBE
58 Across: Drone or worker => BEE
59 Across: If Tomlin came from San Fernando, she might be called __ => LILYOFTHEVALLEY
67 Across: Trim, as a photo => CROP
68 Across: Dry forecast => FAIR
69 Across: Religious doctrine => DOGMA
70 Across: Credit card balance, say => DEBT
71 Across: Benchmarks: Abbr. => STDS
72 Across: Jerk or twitch => SPASM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: JFK's successor => LBJ
2 Down: Nest egg initials => IRA
3 Down: Flickable lighter => BIC
4 Down: Go on and on => YAK
5 Down: Kitchen allure => AROMA
6 Down: Samuel Barber's __ for Strings => ADAGIO
7 Down: Cyberchortle => LOL
8 Down: Web addresses => URLS
9 Down: Subject with numbers => MATH
10 Down: Georgia or Washington => STATE
11 Down: Pot cover => LID
12 Down: It may be blonde or pale => ALE
13 Down: Roundabout rockers with a positive name => YES
18 Down: Word before hand or land => FARM
19 Down: Capitol feature => ROTUNDA
22 Down: Cave hanger => BAT
23 Down: Plato's school, with the => ACADEMY
24 Down: Paid back, as a purchase incentive => REBATED
25 Down: Tweezer targets => BROWS
26 Down: Whirlybirds => COPTERS
28 Down: Realizes, as a goal => ATTAINS
29 Down: Entertains with a bedtime story => READSTO
30 Down: Give in to gravity => SAG
33 Down: Recital rebuke => SHH
34 Down: Flower bed tool => HOE
37 Down: Province on four Great Lakes => ONTARIO
39 Down: Spooky => EERIE
41 Down: Bass ending => OON
42 Down: Pendulum direction? => FRO
43 Down: Links standard => PAR
45 Down: Seemingly forever => EON
48 Down: Orange-yellow gemstones => AMBERS
49 Down: Ukraine's capital => KIEV
52 Down: The Nile runs through it => EGYPT
54 Down: Detectives' aids => LEADS
56 Down: Bosom buds, in texts => BFFS
57 Down: Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple => ETAT
59 Down: TV screen type => LCD
60 Down: Fury => IRE
61 Down: Easy throw => LOB
62 Down: Laid low => HID
63 Down: Cut (off) => LOP
64 Down: JFK alternative => LGA
65 Down: Maximum borders? => EMS
66 Down: Oft-candied veggie => YAM

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 46 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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