Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Formal ties => ASCOTS
7 Across: Corp. homes => HQS
10 Across: Govt. farming monitor => USDA
14 Across: Symphony type pioneered by Beethoven => CHORAL
15 Across: Agreement that sounds like fun? => OUI
16 Across: Clogging is one of its two st. dances => NCAR
17 Across: *Lamb Chop, e.g. => HANDPUPPET
19 Across: Laura with an Oscar => DERN
20 Across: Holiday aide => ELF
21 Across: Back => AGO
22 Across: Decisiveness => SPINE
24 Across: Hunk => SLAB
26 Across: DJIA listings => COS
29 Across: Candy cup creator => REESE
31 Across: *Start a number => BREAKINTOSONG
35 Across: Forbes competitor => INC
36 Across: Legal encumbrance => LIEN
37 Across: Holiday drink => NOG
38 Across: Lions and tigers and ... not bears => BIGCATS
42 Across: Swap with, as in a player-for-player deal => TRADETO
44 Across: Busy-bee link => ASA
45 Across: Très __ => BIEN
47 Across: GPS info => RTE
48 Across: *Sheriff Woody's sidekick => BUZZLIGHTYEAR
52 Across: Silas Marner child => EPPIE
53 Across: Plaza de toros cry => OLE
54 Across: Lily pad squatter => FROG
57 Across: Sap => PATSY
59 Across: Erode, with away => EAT
62 Across: Team's lack, in a cliché => ANI
63 Across: Scot's swimming spot => LOCH
64 Across: *Spoken language, in semiotics => SIGNSYSTEM
68 Across: Tennis great who wrote Days of Grace => ASHE
69 Across: First lady not married to a president? => EVE
70 Across: 1996 slasher film => SCREAM
71 Across: To __ not ... => BEOR
72 Across: Lunch bread => RYE
73 Across: Pasta unit => NOODLE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Workout aftermath => ACHES
2 Down: Word of intent => SHALL
3 Down: Chitchat => CONFAB
4 Down: O'Hare, on tix => ORD
5 Down: Chorizo snack => TAPA
6 Down: Belt => SLUG
7 Down: Word with hip or bunny => HOP
8 Down: Hernando's Huh? => QUE
9 Down: Has a capacity of, as a diner => SITS
10 Down: Briefs => UNDIES
11 Down: 33-Down start, usually => SCENEONE
12 Down: Wouldn't dream of it => DARESNOT
13 Down: Valiant's son => ARN
18 Down: Indented blemish => POCK
23 Down: Rotate so the palm faces down or backward => PRONATE
25 Down: __-a-brac => BRIC
27 Down: Kind of lamp => OIL
28 Down: Tizzy => SNIT
30 Down: French Toaster Sticks brand => EGGO
32 Down: Provides with the means => ENABLES
33 Down: Intermission follower, perhaps => ACTII
34 Down: Towel material => TERRY
38 Down: Ruth on a diamond => BABE
39 Down: Sure, probably => ISUPPOSE
40 Down: Andalusian vegetable soup served cold => GAZPACHO
41 Down: Bell-shaped lily => SEGO
43 Down: Ignoring, with to => DEAF
46 Down: Org. with Jets and Flyers => NHL
49 Down: Instrument laid flat during play => ZITHER
50 Down: Many a freshman => TEEN
51 Down: Like 70-Across => RRATED
55 Down: Paper Moon Oscar winner => ONEAL
56 Down: Tot's sassy demand ... or a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues => GIMME
58 Down: River of Flanders => YSER
60 Down: YWCA part: Abbr. => ASSN
61 Down: 1997 Mattel acquisition => TYCO
63 Down: Chem class part => LAB
65 Down: Climbing greenery => IVY
66 Down: Wow! => GEE
67 Down: Sellout letters => SRO

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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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