Crossword Answers For: Monday, June 14, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Rigatoni or ziti => PASTA
6 Across: Poker stake => ANTE
10 Across: Sandwich known by its initials => BLT
13 Across: Odysseus' journey, for example => ORDEAL
14 Across: Sulk => POUT
15 Across: Now I __ me down ... => LAY
16 Across: Least wild => TAMEST
17 Across: *Emulate Bonnie and Clyde => ROBABANK
19 Across: Birdbrains => TWITS
20 Across: Fab competitor => TIDE
21 Across: Fairy tale start => ONCE
22 Across: *Highly aware and ready to act => ONTHEBALL
24 Across: Does some programming => CODES
25 Across: Airline to Israel => ELAL
26 Across: Dutch cheese town => EDAM
28 Across: Before now => AGO
31 Across: Poe's Annabel __ => LEE
33 Across: Threat-ending words => ORELSE
37 Across: *Grasps an underlying meaning => CATCHESTHEDRIFT
41 Across: Take for granted => ASSUME
42 Across: Part of GPS: Abbr. => SYS
43 Across: Carrot chomper's What's up, __? => DOC
44 Across: Rice-A-__ => RONI
46 Across: Goes kaput, as an engine => DIES
49 Across: University VIPs => PROFS
52 Across: *Kellogg's cereal morsel => CORNFLAKE
57 Across: D.C. helper => AIDE
58 Across: Nevada gambling mecca => RENO
59 Across: Senseless endeavor => FOLLY
60 Across: Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues => SNOWJOBS
62 Across: Hairpiece => TOUPEE
63 Across: Pre-1991 map letters => SSR
64 Across: Slender woodwind => OBOE
65 Across: Prom corsage => ORCHID
66 Across: Wide shoe sizes => EES
67 Across: OMG or TTYL => TEXT
68 Across: Hawke of Boyhood => ETHAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Shrimp relative => PRAWN
2 Down: Fess up => ADMIT
3 Down: Simmer with anger => SEETHE
4 Down: Fez feature => TASSEL
5 Down: PC key used in combinations => ALT
6 Down: Month that may start with a gag => APRIL
7 Down: Noggin => NOODLE
8 Down: You__: online video site => TUBE
9 Down: Zeta-theta link => ETA
10 Down: Tasteless => BLAND
11 Down: Jousting weapon => LANCE
12 Down: Little ones => TYKES
13 Down: The Simpsons bus driver => OTTO
18 Down: Many a Gen Xer parent => BOOMER
20 Down: Yarns => TALES
23 Down: Whale's food-filtering system => BALEEN
24 Down: Check the ID of => CARD
27 Down: Wears out => DOESIN
28 Down: Here, in Havana => ACA
29 Down: Oxygen, e.g. => GAS
30 Down: NFL tiebreakers => OTS
32 Down: Mars residents, in sci-fi => ETS
34 Down: It may be flipped => LID
35 Down: Bay Area hub inits. => SFO
36 Down: And so on, briefly => ETC
38 Down: Teen's witching hour => CURFEW
39 Down: Med. care plans => HMOS
40 Down: Electric starter? => HYDRO
45 Down: Fridge of yore => ICEBOX
47 Down: Serious attempt => EFFORT
48 Down: Posture issue => SLOUCH
49 Down: So last year => PASSE
50 Down: Washer cycle => RINSE
51 Down: Air freshener targets => ODORS
53 Down: Initial stage => ONSET
54 Down: Top dog => ALPHA
55 Down: Fashion's Anne or Calvin => KLEIN
56 Down: Looked over => EYED
58 Down: Spa cover-up => ROBE
61 Down: Write quickly => JOT
62 Down: Digital water tester? => TOE

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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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