Crossword Answers For: Sunday, July 4, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Seuss critter in socks => FOX
4 Across: Singer with a Best Actress Oscar => CHER
8 Across: Best-of-seven MLB semifinal => ALCS
12 Across: Put one over on => DUPED
17 Across: Cupid counterpart => EROS
19 Across: Olympics event since 1964 => LUGE
20 Across: Poi source => TARO
21 Across: Aquafina alternative => DASANI
22 Across: *Editorial comment => TEXTSUGGESTION
25 Across: Builds => ERECTS
26 Across: Rainforest rodent => AGOUTI
27 Across: Channel with a gate => SLUICE
28 Across: Onboard assent => AYE
29 Across: Family tree fill => KIN
30 Across: Last word in a popular drinking game => PONG
32 Across: Completely wraps => ENCASES
34 Across: Well done! => NICE
35 Across: *Solid piece of security hardware => STRONGLOCK
39 Across: *Part of a school kid's allowance => LUNCHMONEY
42 Across: London driver's unit => LITRE
43 Across: She's no pro => ANTI
44 Across: Making a case for => STATING
45 Across: Woman on the Sistine Chapel ceiling => EVE
46 Across: Snowballs in a fight, e.g. => AMMO
48 Across: '60s protest gp. => SDS
51 Across: Dashboard nos. => RPMS
52 Across: AL West team, in crawl lines => LAA
55 Across: Doctor's order => DOSAGE
57 Across: Belgian lager, familiarly => STELLA
59 Across: Bethlehem university => LEHIGH
61 Across: Jet Ski rival => SEADOO
64 Across: Kaley who played Penny on The Big Bang Theory => CUOCO
66 Across: One with dreads => RASTA
67 Across: Church branch => SECT
70 Across: *Online dating coup => TINDERMATCH
73 Across: Govt. accident investigator => NTSB
74 Across: Shrinking retailer => KMART
76 Across: All together => ASONE
77 Across: Mississippi River explorer => DESOTO
79 Across: That was a brutal workout! => IMSORE
81 Across: Solution measures => TITERS
83 Across: Paper-saving party announcements => EVITES
87 Across: I guess not => NAH
88 Across: Space race initials => USSR
90 Across: Pocatello-to-Provo dir. => SSE
91 Across: One in a bust => NARC
93 Across: Raisman with three Olympic gold medals => ALY
94 Across: Advice from a loser? => DIETTIP
97 Across: Local bond, briefly => MUNI
99 Across: __ Burr, Sir: song in Hamilton => AARON
101 Across: *Tough talk tension easer => ICEBREAKER
104 Across: *Offenbach output => OPERAMUSIC
106 Across: Slack-jawed look => GAPE
107 Across: They might be holy => TERRORS
109 Across: Removed => SHED
110 Across: Family card game => UNO
111 Across: URL addresses => IPS
113 Across: Subject of a 2021 packet shortage => CATSUP
115 Across: It's been shortening for over a century => CRISCO
119 Across: Broken Arrow co-star => ANSARA
121 Across: *Fast talk from the on-deck circle => BATTERSCHATTER
123 Across: Marcus partner => NEIMAN
124 Across: It's not butter => OLEO
125 Across: Vannelli of pop => GINO
126 Across: NE syst. with 64 campuses => SUNY
127 Across: Bond's car starter? => ASTON
128 Across: Night sch. awards => GEDS
129 Across: Exxon, formerly => ESSO
130 Across: Shipping supply that links the answers to starred clues => BOX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Greek salad topper => FETA
2 Down: Wash. neighbor => OREG
3 Down: Love letters? => XOXO
4 Down: Crossword constructor's job => CLUING
5 Down: Group __ => HUG
6 Down: They're beaten in kitchens => EGGS
7 Down: Put back in a seat => REELECT
8 Down: Overhead storage => ATTIC
9 Down: Secular => LAICAL
10 Down: King known for his wealth => CROESUS
11 Down: John David, to Denzel => SON
12 Down: Double-dog action? => DARE
13 Down: Take advantage of => USE
14 Down: *Traveler's aid => PACKINGLIST
15 Down: Lure => ENTICE
16 Down: Man with a World => DISNEY
18 Down: Fog => STUPOR
21 Down: L.A. Law actress => DEY
23 Down: Flintstones time => STONEAGE
24 Down: Orange soda brand => SUNKIST
28 Down: Songwriters' org. => ASCAP
31 Down: Glitzy genre => GLAM
33 Down: Break in the theater => ENTRACTE
34 Down: Nice turndown => NON
35 Down: Winter transport => SLED
36 Down: Pioneering DVR => TIVO
37 Down: Rd. map lines => RTES
38 Down: Plastic __ Band => ONO
40 Down: Webmaster's code => HTML
41 Down: Unlikely GoFundMe donor => MISER
47 Down: Deli array => MEAT
49 Down: Orders => DECREES
50 Down: Run-down area => SLUM
53 Down: Movie industry reps: Abbr. => AGTS
54 Down: Queequeg's captain => AHAB
56 Down: Intro to physics? => ASTRO
57 Down: Likewise => SODOI
58 Down: Laundry units => LOADS
60 Down: Capital NE of Vientiane => HANOI
62 Down: Part of una semana => DIA
63 Down: Picketing => ONSTRIKE
65 Down: Mil. training site => OCS
67 Down: Tattoo canvas => SKIN
68 Down: Watson who played Hermione => EMMA
69 Down: *Bank transaction => CASHDEPOSIT
71 Down: Rhinitis docs => ENTS
72 Down: Weed killer => HOER
75 Down: More faithful => TRUER
78 Down: Studio picture taker => TVCAMERA
80 Down: Uruguay's Punta del __ => ESTE
82 Down: Guilty feeling => REMORSE
84 Down: Works on a route => TARS
85 Down: Wells race of the future => ELOI
86 Down: Match in a studio => SYNC
89 Down: Scoreboard figs. => STATS
91 Down: SSW's opposite => NNE
92 Down: Snobbish attitude => AIRS
95 Down: When Will __ Loved?: 1975 hit => IBE
96 Down: Sheet material => PERCALE
98 Down: Sudden spike => UPSURGE
100 Down: Reviews of books => AUDITS
101 Down: Dora the Explorer's Isa, e.g. => IGUANA
102 Down: French film festival site => CANNES
103 Down: Not for kids, filmwise => RRATED
105 Down: Cold sound => AHCHOO
108 Down: Four Holy Roman emperors => OTTOS
111 Down: Caspian Sea land => IRAN
112 Down: Not a good review => PAN
114 Down: Trident-shaped frat letters => PSIS
116 Down: Concert memento => STUB
117 Down: Prefix with -zoic => CENO
118 Down: Serengeti antelope => ORYX
120 Down: Word in a Latin love poem => AMO
121 Down: Cranberry source => BOG
122 Down: Brain and spinal cord, initially => CNS

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 76 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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