Crossword Answers For: Sunday, February 21, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Playground game with hoops => HORSE
6 Across: Blobby sci-fi villain => JABBA
11 Across: Biker's protective wear => LEATHERS
19 Across: In the know => AWARE
20 Across: Fitness motto starter => USEIT
21 Across: Removes faded flowers from => DEADHEADS
22 Across: Fit => INGOODSHAPE
24 Across: Brand with a Jumpman logo => AIRJORDAN
25 Across: Regret => RUE
26 Across: School near Windsor => ETON
27 Across: Stiles of Whose Line Is It Anyway? => RYAN
28 Across: Friends friend => ROSS
29 Across: Arrives like a brainstorm => SPRINGSTOMIND
34 Across: A, to Beethoven => EINE
36 Across: Fair => SOSO
37 Across: Formal talk => ADDRESS
39 Across: Deer sir => STAG
43 Across: Droid from Naboo, familiarly => ARTOO
46 Across: Volume unit => SONE
48 Across: Go inside => ENTER
50 Across: Long, long tail? => AGO
51 Across: Start of a hopeful chant => RAINRAINGOAWAY
55 Across: Tower engineer => EIFFEL
57 Across: Simone's state => ETAT
58 Across: Dagger of yore => SNEE
59 Across: Mosque official => IMAM
61 Across: Bound to be => FATED
62 Across: I, Claudius role => NERO
63 Across: Collapsed => CAVEDIN
66 Across: Like some fried food => OILY
68 Across: Letters on a bathroom tube => ADA
69 Across: Absolutely zero => NOTASINGLEONE
72 Across: Dealer-busting org. => DEA
75 Across: Meter starter => ALTI
76 Across: Compared with => VISAVIS
77 Across: Places where quiet is often demanded => SETS
78 Across: Cut of the loot => SHARE
81 Across: River past Logroño => EBRO
84 Across: It's raised at a circus => TENT
85 Across: Obligation => ONUS
86 Across: Many surfers => AOLERS
88 Across: Ignore mistakes, say => LETTHINGSSLIDE
92 Across: Letters on a GI's letters => APO
93 Across: Absorb, as a spill => SOPUP
95 Across: Twitter rampage => RANT
96 Across: Hale-Bopp, for one => COMET
97 Across: Alphabetically first V8 ingredient => BEET
99 Across: Yawning cause => BOREDOM
101 Across: Place to make a rial deal => OMAN
103 Across: Some tributes => ODES
105 Across: Disney theme park => ANIMALKINGDOM
111 Across: Part of many a plot => ACRE
113 Across: Bristol bye-bye => TATA
115 Across: Bit of politeness from a hat-tipper => MAAM
116 Across: That guy, to Guy => LUI
117 Across: Subject of many a watch => BLUEWHALE
119 Across: Family film feature => HAPPYENDING
123 Across: Enthusiastic to a fault => OVEREAGER
124 Across: Elicit a chuckle => AMUSE
125 Across: A detective may act on one => HUNCH
126 Across: Spoofs => PARODIES
127 Across: Minibike kin => MOPED
128 Across: __ music => SHEET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Clues for DNA analysis => HAIRS
2 Down: Accept the blame => OWNUP
3 Down: Wild party => RAGER
4 Down: No seats sign => SRO
5 Down: Job listing abbr. => EEO
6 Down: Precisely like this => JUSTSO
7 Down: Take __ at it => ASHOT
8 Down: Bingo cousin => BEANO
9 Down: Marcel Marceau clown persona => BIP
10 Down: Snacked => ATE
11 Down: Princess with cinnamon-bun locks => LEIA
12 Down: Not kidding => EARNEST
13 Down: Asleep in Eng. class? => ADJ
14 Down: Cause of sticker shock at the florist? => THORN
15 Down: They may be unsung => HEROES
16 Down: CSI actor George => EADS
17 Down: Old food label figs. => RDAS
18 Down: I-9 ID => SSN
21 Down: Thoughts of the beach while in class, e.g. => DAYDREAM
23 Down: MIT offerings => DEGS
27 Down: Boxing div. => RND
30 Down: Suspects => ISONTO
31 Down: Jordanian queen dowager => NOOR
32 Down: José's hand => MANO
33 Down: A light bulb may symbolize one => IDEA
35 Down: It's clear now => ISEE
38 Down: Multi-lingual Irish singer => ENYA
40 Down: First golfing U.S. president => TAFT
41 Down: Pulitzer-winning author James => AGEE
42 Down: __ standard => GOLD
43 Down: Bowl, say => ARENA
44 Down: Was highly regarded => RATED
45 Down: Formal wear item => TIARA
46 Down: 1983 Indy 500 champ Tom => SNEVA
47 Down: Fancy moldings => OGEES
49 Down: Throw very hard => RIFLE
52 Down: Berkshire racecourse => ASCOT
53 Down: Deadlocked => INATIE
54 Down: Alleged creation of Buffalo's Anchor Bar => WINGS
56 Down: Wray of King Kong => FAY
60 Down: Herd mentality output? => MOOING
64 Down: Golfer's gouge => DIVOT
65 Down: Pasta restaurant closing? => INI
67 Down: RPI and NIH => INSTS
69 Down: Cards, for short => NLERS
70 Down: Tiberius' tongue => LATIN
71 Down: Blessed __ => EVENT
72 Down: Casual Friday fabric => DENIM
73 Down: Musical workout, at times => ETUDE
74 Down: Singer's perfect pitch, say => ASSET
75 Down: ... chips-down link => ARE
77 Down: Ciao => SOLONG
78 Down: Swedish auto => SAAB
79 Down: Bit of optimism => HOPE
80 Down: Lotion additive => ALOE
82 Down: Fuzzy memory => BLUR
83 Down: One taking a class over => REPEATER
87 Down: Juice with a lizard logo => SOBE
89 Down: Picard's counselor => TROI
90 Down: Jon of Mad Men => HAMM
91 Down: Checkout action => SCAN
94 Down: Stamps => POSTAGE
98 Down: Figure with a cape => TORERO
100 Down: __ kit: Ancestry.com item => DNA
101 Down: Signed off on => OKAYED
102 Down: Speechless player => MIME
104 Down: Like morning fields => DEWED
106 Down: Stimulate => AMPUP
107 Down: Memory miscue => LAPSE
108 Down: Pass-rushing group, briefly => DLINE
109 Down: Prevention amount => OUNCE
110 Down: Strength => MIGHT
111 Down: Inventing middle name => ALVA
112 Down: Card holder, maybe => CUER
114 Down: Pub mugfuls => ALES
117 Down: Jazzy genre => BOP
118 Down: Yokohama yes => HAI
119 Down: Omelet filler => HAM
120 Down: 70-Down trio opener => AMO
121 Down: Bright students' org. => NHS
122 Down: How obvious => DUH

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This crossword has 63 across clues and 82 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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