Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Shipwreck signal => SOS
4 Across: Stan of Marvel Comics => LEE
7 Across: Catch in a trap => SNARE
12 Across: Time period => SPAN
13 Across: Off-roader's purchase, for short => ATV
14 Across: Quest for intel => RECON
15 Across: *Instant in which emotional decisions are made => HEATOFTHEMOMENT
18 Across: Middle-earth menace => ORC
19 Across: Female surfer => WAHINE
20 Across: Times to remember => ERAS
21 Across: Got a lift, in a way => UBERED
23 Across: Popular mints => CERTS
25 Across: Tea container => CADDY
27 Across: Gradually come to be => DEVELOP
31 Across: Wander about => ROAM
33 Across: Pasture => LEA
35 Across: Where one may be taken to be reprimanded => ASIDE
36 Across: Verb in a recipe => ADD
37 Across: Like jobs with no future ... and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be? => DEADEND
40 Across: Tennis court divider => NET
41 Across: Family gathering attendee => NIECE
43 Across: Pacific Coast st. => ORE
44 Across: Loch with a legend => NESS
45 Across: Ties to a post => TETHERS
48 Across: Rene of Get Shorty => RUSSO
50 Across: Show flexibility => ADAPT
52 Across: Dampen, as sound => MUFFLE
55 Across: Help in a bad way? => ABET
58 Across: Coral named for its shape => SEAFAN
60 Across: Wheaton who played himself on The Big Bang Theory => WIL
61 Across: *Defeat soundly => BEATTHEPANTSOFF
64 Across: More despicable => BASER
65 Across: Talk trash to => DIS
66 Across: Cork's country => EIRE
67 Across: Cowboy singer Gene => AUTRY
68 Across: Uneaten morsel => ORT
69 Across: Ship in Genesis => ARK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: *Flaky type => SPACECADET
2 Down: Cheerios grain => OAT
3 Down: Came down in flakes => SNOWED
4 Down: Plastering strip => LATH
5 Down: Value system => ETHIC
6 Down: Tied, as a score => EVENED
7 Down: Seats all taken sign => SRO
8 Down: Archrivals => NEMESES
9 Down: Asian laptop brand => ACER
10 Down: Barrett of gossip => RONA
11 Down: Tolkien tree race => ENTS
12 Down: Macedonian neighbor => SERB
15 Down: MLB's Astros, on scoreboards => HOU
16 Down: Fiddle-__! => FADDLE
17 Down: Trifling => MERE
22 Down: Battering __ => RAM
24 Down: Spot on the tube => TVAD
26 Down: Vote of support => YEA
28 Down: *Employment field => LINEOFWORK
29 Down: Keats works => ODES
30 Down: Vets' concerns => PETS
31 Down: Rave's partner => RANT
32 Down: Dog in the comics => ODIE
34 Down: Brouhaha => ADO
37 Down: Owner's document => DEED
38 Down: Blunder => ERR
39 Down: Mad Magazine mascot Alfred E. __ => NEUMAN
42 Down: Idle talk => CHATTER
44 Down: Bounced-check letters => NSF
46 Down: Reckless => RASH
47 Down: Racer's bathing suit => SPEEDO
49 Down: Naturally brewed beverage => SUNTEA
51 Down: Animal with a snout => TAPIR
53 Down: Vitality => LIFE
54 Down: Santa helper => ELF
55 Down: Palindromic pop group => ABBA
56 Down: Steady guy => BEAU
57 Down: Toward sunrise => EAST
59 Down: Speedy => FAST
62 Down: Do or do not. There is no __: Yoda => TRY
63 Down: Title for Paul or Ringo => SIR

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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