Crossword Answers For: Monday, March 22, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bear's home => LAIR
5 Across: Actress Winslet or Hudson => KATE
9 Across: Clever tactic => PLOY
13 Across: Pig Latin negative => IXNAY
15 Across: Spoken => ORAL
16 Across: Levitate => RISE
17 Across: Accompanying dishes, like 56-Across => SIDEORDERS
19 Across: Kapow! => BLAM
20 Across: Air pressure meas. => PSI
21 Across: College head => DEAN
22 Across: Actress Lively of Green Lantern => BLAKE
23 Across: Athenian now a citizen in Athens, Georgia, say => GREEKAMERICAN
27 Across: Hillock => KNOLL
28 Across: J, F or K, in JFK: Abbr. => INIT
29 Across: Fancy farewells => CIAOS
30 Across: Spraying gently, as plants => SPRITZING
35 Across: Crush consistently in competition => OWN
36 Across: Did a stable job => SHOED
37 Across: Long of Boiler Room => NIA
38 Across: Expecting a baby, quaintly => WITHCHILD
41 Across: Capture => CATCH
43 Across: Mayberry youngster => OPIE
44 Across: Secret stash => CACHE
45 Across: ... nothing more => PUREANDSIMPLE
50 Across: Tablets with preloaded FaceTime => IPADS
51 Across: Skin care additive => ALOE
52 Across: Decisive boxing victories => KOS
55 Across: Bonkers => LOCO
56 Across: Circular fried food ... and what's in the circled letters => ONIONRINGS
59 Across: Again => ANEW
60 Across: Tea and coffee servers => URNS
61 Across: Treat with disdain => SCORN
62 Across: Fronded office greenery => FERN
63 Across: Assign stars to => RATE
64 Across: Sheepish animals? => EWES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Issue for a speech coach, perhaps => LISP
2 Down: x, y or z, in geometry => AXIS
3 Down: Like one saying Well, I never! => INDIGNANT
4 Down: Singer Carly __ Jepsen => RAE
5 Down: George Eastman's camera => KODAK
6 Down: Bowl game venue => ARENA
7 Down: Gravel driveway alternative => TAR
8 Down: Golf great Ernie => ELS
9 Down: Massive awareness campaign, for short => PRBLITZ
10 Down: Lavender cousin => LILAC
11 Down: Japanese financial hub => OSAKA
12 Down: Country south of Saudi Arabia => YEMEN
14 Down: Alpine songs => YODELS
18 Down: React to a shock => REEL
22 Down: Old chap speaker => BRIT
24 Down: Kanga's kid => ROO
25 Down: Stuck (in) => MIRED
26 Down: Oklahoma city that, when reversed, is a synonym for eat => ENID
27 Down: New Zealander => KIWI
29 Down: Dairy farm animal => COW
30 Down: Recoiled => SHIED
31 Down: D.C. dealmaker => POL
32 Down: Having exclusive information => INTHEKNOW
33 Down: Cool! => NICE
34 Down: Dilbert cry => GAH
36 Down: Leg part guarded in soccer => SHIN
39 Down: Square dance milieu => HOEDOWN
40 Down: TurboTax pros => CPAS
41 Down: Chicken piccata toppers => CAPERS
42 Down: Knee injury initials => ACL
44 Down: Get moving! => CMON
45 Down: Savory rice dish => PILAF
46 Down: Barely ahead => UPONE
47 Down: Indy competitor => RACER
48 Down: New Orleans NFLer => SAINT
49 Down: Uncle! => ILOSE
53 Down: Puss in Boots monster => OGRE
54 Down: Nine-digit IDs => SSNS
56 Down: Give us this day __ daily bread: Matthew => OUR
57 Down: Gun lobby org. => NRA
58 Down: Rocks in a bar => ICE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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