Crossword Answers For: Thursday, April 8, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: #1 Toto song that mentions the Serengeti => AFRICA
7 Across: Whittling, for one => CRAFT
12 Across: Wavy patterns in some op art => MOIRES
13 Across: Cool one's feet at streamside, say => DANGLE
14 Across: Attempted coup participants => COCONSPIRATORS
17 Across: Stretching muscles => TENSORS
18 Across: Iowa State city => AMES
20 Across: Many an 18th-century painter => ROCOCOARTIST
24 Across: Low-quality => POOR
26 Across: CFO's degree => MBA
27 Across: Intelligence org. => NSA
28 Across: Form close ties (with) => BOND
29 Across: Let's have at it! => GAMEON
32 Across: Point => AIM
33 Across: Circle segment => ARC
34 Across: Palm fruit ... or what the creator of this puzzle's theme apparently is? => COCONUT
35 Across: __ dog => TOP
36 Across: Classic Pontiac => GTO
37 Across: Not moving => ATREST
38 Across: Desires => YENS
39 Across: Bellows of The Agency => GIL
40 Across: Dessert order => PIE
41 Across: Flower holders => BEDS
42 Across: Environmentally concerned => ECOCONSCIOUS
47 Across: Old Venetian judge => DOGE
48 Across: Catching a glimpse of => ESPYING
51 Across: Source of an organic fiber => SILKWORMCOCOON
56 Across: Most cunning => SLIEST
57 Across: When Rome wasn't built? => INADAY
58 Across: Weighty reading => TOMES
59 Across: Guiding principles => TENETS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Film lover's TV option => AMC
2 Down: Pay, as a bill => FOOT
3 Down: It may be fried or puffed => RICE
4 Down: Piece of rebar, essentially => IRONROD
5 Down: Suppress, in a way => CENSOR
6 Down: Part of NAACP: Abbr. => ASSOC
7 Down: Jaguar, e.g. => CAR
8 Down: Genetic molecule => RNA
9 Down: Actor's rep. => AGT
10 Down: Parade staple => FLOAT
11 Down: Closed => TERMINATED
13 Down: Data storage medium => DISC
15 Down: Country club employee => PRO
16 Down: Stretches on a couch? => SESSIONS
19 Down: Some can be used forever--but only once => STAMPS
21 Down: Signs => OMENS
22 Down: In the neighborhood of => ABOUT
23 Down: Overblown critique => RANT
24 Down: Elaborate entryways => PORTICOS
25 Down: Physician wearing a pink ribbon, perhaps => ONCOLOGIST
28 Down: Like potato chips, often => BAGGED
29 Down: Showed up => GOTIN
30 Down: Farm measures => ACRES
31 Down: Curly slapper => MOE
34 Down: Crime boss => CAPO
38 Down: That's well within my abilities => YESICAN
41 Down: How to receive a freebie, perhaps => BUYONE
43 Down: Yo-Yo strings? => CELLO
44 Down: Official doc. => CERT
45 Down: Belief system => ISM
46 Down: In the previously mentioned work, briefly => OPCIT
49 Down: Connection point => NODE
50 Down: Initialism for Tom Brady, according to most => GOAT
52 Down: 2000s toon heroine __ Possible => KIM
53 Down: Tiny => WEE
54 Down: CIA predecessor => OSS
55 Down: Finger Lakes locale: Abbr. => NYS

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 69 clues are solved in the section above.
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