Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Promotes on TV, say => PLUGS
6 Across: Elitist sort => SNOB
10 Across: Great Salt Lake state => UTAH
14 Across: Kayak kin => CANOE
15 Across: Skating medalist Lipinski => TARA
16 Across: Corn bread => PONE
17 Across: *Embezzled => STOLEMONEY
19 Across: Dirt road grooves => RUTS
20 Across: Arrange, as a shawl => DRAPE
21 Across: Acts with passion => EMOTES
23 Across: Starfish's five, usually => ARMS
26 Across: Call from the rear? => BUTTDIAL
28 Across: Groovy! => NEATO
30 Across: Mom-and-pop org. => PTA
31 Across: Slunk => CREPT
34 Across: Forensic tech's tool => UVLAMP
36 Across: 66-Down pro => EMT
38 Across: Sea, in Spain => MAR
39 Across: Result of too many six-packs? => BEERGUT
41 Across: Prestigious broadcasting award => PEABODY
44 Across: Answer to Who's hungry? => IAM
45 Across: Turndowns => NOS
47 Across: Makes right => AMENDS
48 Across: Messy roommates => SLOBS
51 Across: 'Neath opposite => OER
53 Across: Military academy student => CADET
54 Across: Decade in which many Gen Zers were born => NINETIES
57 Across: Cincinnati MLB team => REDS
58 Across: Snoopy is one => BEAGLE
60 Across: Poker-faced => STOIC
62 Across: Slips up => ERRS
63 Across: Fish dish garnish, or a hidden feature of the answers to starred clues => LEMONSLICE
68 Across: Tall hiking socks can protect against one => TICK
69 Across: Qatari leader => EMIR
70 Across: Sickeningly sweet => SAPPY
71 Across: Hurting after exercise => ACHY
72 Across: Tape type => DUCT
73 Across: Hardly in the dark => AWARE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Mac alternatives => PCS
2 Down: Back muscle, briefly => LAT
3 Down: Card game cry => UNO
4 Down: Well done award => GOLDSTAR
5 Down: One having visions => SEER
6 Down: Visit at the penthouse => STOPUP
7 Down: Comedy special for which Hannah Gadsby won a 2019 Emmy => NANETTE
8 Down: Mother lode stuff => ORE
9 Down: Howled => BAYED
10 Down: Commotion => UPROAR
11 Down: *Everyone in Paris? => TOUTLEMONDE
12 Down: Pay to play => ANTE
13 Down: Company with toy trucks => HESS
18 Down: Shakespeare's fairy queen => MAB
22 Down: Word after hot or before drop => MIC
23 Down: Egyptian god of the afterlife => ANUBIS
24 Down: Disclose => REVEAL
25 Down: *King or prince => MALEMONARCH
27 Down: Pack (down) => TAMP
29 Down: Texter's Wow! => OMG
32 Down: Like an exaggerated résumé => PADDED
33 Down: Secret meetings => TRYSTS
35 Down: Groaner, maybe => PUN
37 Down: Bubble __: Taiwanese drink => TEA
40 Down: Quick honk => TOOT
42 Down: Better Call Saul channel => AMC
43 Down: Pastry with an ursine name => BEARCLAW
46 Down: Earthquake-caused => SEISMIC
49 Down: Montana resort area => BIGSKY
50 Down: NBC skit show => SNL
52 Down: Are so! or Am not! => RETORT
55 Down: Sought morays => EELED
56 Down: Cain, to Eve => SON
58 Down: Alpha follower => BETA
59 Down: Stonestreet of Modern Family => ERIC
61 Down: Insecure star Rae => ISSA
64 Down: Australian avian => EMU
65 Down: Brew initials => IPA
66 Down: Life-saving proc. => CPR
67 Down: Watch closely => EYE

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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