Crossword Answers For: Friday, June 25, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Org. visited by zombie victims in season one of The Walking Dead (there was no cure) => CDC
4 Across: Looks after => TENDSTO
11 Across: Place to relax => SPA
14 Across: Virgo preceder => LEO
15 Across: Begin => STARTON
16 Across: Not talking => MUM
17 Across: Expending? => ALREADYDONE
19 Across: Zoo draw => APE
20 Across: Only single-syllable surname in an immortal '60s quartet => STARR
21 Across: Drilling structure => RIG
22 Across: Family nickname => GRAN
23 Across: Conceal, in a way => PALM
24 Across: Improved? => SPECULATED
27 Across: He beat Connors at Wimbledon in 1975 => ASHE
29 Across: Note next to a D? => SEEME
30 Across: Signal for help => SOS
33 Across: Party VIP => HOST
35 Across: Optimistic => SUNNY
38 Across: Unstable? => PUTOUTTOPASTURE
42 Across: Word of distinction => FIRST
43 Across: As it __ => WERE
44 Across: Print maker => PAW
45 Across: Beethoven's Ah! perfido and others => ARIAS
48 Across: Vineyard measure => ACRE
50 Across: Delight? => EXTINGUISH
53 Across: Stout-bodied rodent => VOLE
57 Across: Bric-a-__ => BRAC
58 Across: Pacific __ => RIM
59 Across: Sweet potato casserole topper => PECAN
60 Across: Personal holder of tricks? => BAG
61 Across: Distress? => GETAHAIRCUT
64 Across: Look at => EYE
65 Across: Looking closely => PEERING
66 Across: You __ here => ARE
67 Across: Mil. honor => DSM
68 Across: Court stat => ASSISTS
69 Across: Scratch, e.g. => MAR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hold tight => CLASP
2 Down: Fraternity letter => DELTA
3 Down: Snorkeler's sight, perhaps => CORAL
4 Down: Old Eurasian ruler => TSAR
5 Down: Gate info => ETD
6 Down: Voice vote option => NAY
7 Down: Death Row Records co-founder => DRDRE
8 Down: Imperturbable sorts => STOICS
9 Down: Shoe part => TONGUE
10 Down: Only Fibonacci number that appears twice in the sequence => ONE
11 Down: Make spiffy => SMARTENUP
12 Down: Larvae precede them => PUPAE
13 Down: Update for the better => AMEND
18 Down: Writer Bombeck => ERMA
22 Down: Spectrum => GAMUT
24 Down: Camera operator's concern => SHOT
25 Down: Nuisance => PEST
26 Down: Minor => LESSER
28 Down: Recluse => SHUTIN
30 Down: UV-blocking letters => SPF
31 Down: Jacque's okay => OUI
32 Down: Scheme to gain an end => STRATAGEM
34 Down: Drag along => TOW
36 Down: Org. once led by Charlton Heston => NRA
37 Down: Tree in the genus Taxus => YEW
39 Down: Hamlet courtier => OSRIC
40 Down: Garden __ => PEAS
41 Down: Aqueduct feature => ARCH
46 Down: Signs, with to => AGREES
47 Down: Hotel options => SUITES
49 Down: Even once => EVER
50 Down: Pulled back => EBBED
51 Down: Discovery honored with the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physics => XRAYS
52 Down: Japanese porcelain => IMARI
54 Down: Name associated with a razor => OCCAM
55 Down: Family Matters daughter => LAURA
56 Down: Oft-used key => ENTER
59 Down: Orwell's Napoleon and Snowball => PIGS
61 Down: School stat => GPA
62 Down: Relaxed greetings => HIS
63 Down: Certain farm worker => ANT

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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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