Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Concerning => ASFOR
6 Across: Letters replacing a list => ETC
9 Across: Afternoon snooze => NAP
12 Across: Nighttime party => SOIREE
14 Across: Soccer tiebreaker, perhaps => SHOOTOUT
17 Across: County on the English Channel => SUSSEX
18 Across: Canyon namesake of dry California winds => SANTAANA
19 Across: Tree with elastic wood => ASH
20 Across: *Matches with known outcomes => FIXEDFIGHTS
22 Across: Hi-__ TV => DEF
23 Across: What X may mean => TEN
24 Across: Music center? => ESS
25 Across: Dennis the Menace, for one => IMP
28 Across: Beloved => DEAR
30 Across: Monk's title => FRA
33 Across: Cultural setting => MILIEU
36 Across: Black and blue? => BERRIES
39 Across: H or O, in H2O => ELEMENT
41 Across: Contrasting ornaments => SETOFFS
42 Across: Roald Dahl title heroine => MATILDA
43 Across: Submitted, as a manuscript => SENTIN
44 Across: Kvetching sounds => OYS
45 Across: Weakens => EBBS
48 Across: Give voice to => SAY
49 Across: __ Lingus => AER
51 Across: Partner in a 2020 peace agreement with Isr. => UAE
53 Across: Quite a ways away => FAR
56 Across: *Music group's lead violinist, casually => FIRSTFIDDLE
61 Across: Anger => IRE
62 Across: Imagining => IDEATING
63 Across: Photo taken backwards? => SELFIE
65 Across: Marine Corps motto, briefly, and a hint to the answers to starred clues => SEMPERFI
66 Across: Thrills => ELATES
67 Across: General on a menu => TSO
68 Across: Fair-hiring letters => EOE
69 Across: Flair => STYLE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Syrian leader => ASSAD
2 Down: W.C. Fields persona => SOUSE
3 Down: *Fast-food alternatives to burgers => FISHFILETS
4 Down: RN workplaces => ORS
5 Down: Sailing danger => REEF
6 Down: Ancient mystic => ESSENE
7 Down: Jazz trumpeter Jones => THAD
8 Down: Meeting group => CONFEREES
9 Down: Biblical boater => NOAH
10 Down: Bee, to Opie => AUNT
11 Down: School orgs. => PTAS
13 Down: Leave => EXIT
15 Down: Name seen on one's way to the penthouse? => OTIS
16 Down: License plates => TAGS
21 Down: Marked on a ballot => XED
26 Down: La Bohème role => MIMI
27 Down: Banana covering => PEEL
29 Down: Hunk's pride => ABS
30 Down: *Like half a chance => FIFTYFIFTY
31 Down: APR-reducing loan => REFI
32 Down: Pt. of AAA => ASSN
33 Down: Office notice => MEMO
34 Down: Now __ me down to sleep ... => ILAY
35 Down: Being severely criticized => UNDERFIRE
37 Down: Numbered rds. => RTES
38 Down: Novelist Jaffe => RONA
40 Down: Diner check => TAB
46 Down: Aussie parrot, briefly => BUDGIE
47 Down: Mournful => SAD
49 Down: 33-Down demand, perhaps => ASAP
50 Down: Luncheon end? => ETTE
52 Down: ... or __! => ELSE
54 Down: Cartoon mermaid => ARIEL
55 Down: Actress Witherspoon => REESE
56 Down: Punch deliverer => FIST
57 Down: March time => IDES
58 Down: San __: Italian resort => REMO
59 Down: Recon target => INFO
60 Down: Sniggler's catch => EELS
64 Down: Map line: Abbr. => LAT

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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