Crossword Answers For: Monday, July 5, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Light in a socket => BULB
5 Across: Hunt for bargains => SHOP
9 Across: Tick off => MIFF
13 Across: Enjoyed immensely => ATEUP
15 Across: Smooth engine sound => PURR
16 Across: Love, in Lima => AMOR
17 Across: Gibberish => MUMBOJUMBO
19 Across: Passed-down stories => LORE
20 Across: Support for a side plank exercise => ARM
21 Across: Country singer McGraw => TIM
22 Across: Finished, as a deck => STAINED
24 Across: David Muir and Lester Holt => NEWSMEN
27 Across: Thor actor Idris => ELBA
28 Across: Just as I thought! => AHA
29 Across: Tax evader's comeuppance => IRSAUDIT
33 Across: Very beginning => GETGO
36 Across: Like strung guitar strings => TAUT
37 Across: If u ask me ... => IMO
38 Across: Sought-after celeb => ALISTER
40 Across: Springsteen's __ Band => ESTREET
43 Across: Edge of a glass => RIM
44 Across: I claim that! => DIBS
46 Across: Perform better than => OUTDO
47 Across: One who scoffs at Bud, perhaps => BEERSNOB
50 Across: Dominate in competition => OWN
51 Across: Dough for spanakopita => FILO
52 Across: Attacks => COMESAT
56 Across: Kind of salad named for a NYC hotel => WALDORF
59 Across: Make a dent in => MAR
60 Across: Mister, in Mumbai => SRI
62 Across: Grammy winner India.__ => ARIE
63 Across: Overtime round, e.g. ... and what a black square acts as for the circled words? => TIEBREAKER
66 Across: Crystal ball gazer => SEER
67 Across: Landfill emanation => ODOR
68 Across: Coffee or tea => DRINK
69 Across: No thanks => PASS
70 Across: Nada => NONE
71 Across: Draws to a close => ENDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Ole Miss rival => BAMA
2 Down: 180-degree reversal => UTURN
3 Down: ''I wanna try!'' => LEMME
4 Down: Fella => BUB
5 Down: Ocean froth => SPUME
6 Down: Smooth engine sound => HUM
7 Down: Planets, in poems => ORBS
8 Down: Formal objections => PROTESTS
9 Down: Ritzy California beach city => MALIBU
10 Down: No dessert for me today => IMONADIET
11 Down: Warning after a slice => FORE
12 Down: Mister Rogers => FRED
14 Down: Random criticism => POTSHOT
18 Down: Iwo __ => JIMA
23 Down: Fashioned after => ALA
25 Down: Friendly dog greetings => WAGS
26 Down: Actress Vardalos => NIA
30 Down: Regrets => RUES
31 Down: Used WhatsApp, say => IMED
32 Down: Dog in Oz => TOTO
33 Down: Clothing => GARB
34 Down: Fashion designer Saab => ELIE
35 Down: The years just zip by! => TIMEFLIES
36 Down: The Chicks or ZZ Top => TRIO
39 Down: Ralph Kramden's pal => EDNORTON
41 Down: Dwarfed, with over => TOWERED
42 Down: Ski resort trails => RUNS
45 Down: Killing Eve channel => BBC
48 Down: Lyft patrons => RIDERS
49 Down: __-mo videos => SLO
50 Down: Actor Epps => OMAR
53 Down: Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for shaded => OMBRE
54 Down: Invite to enter => ASKIN
55 Down: Get big on Twitter => TREND
56 Down: Stinging insect => WASP
57 Down: Farmland measure => AREA
58 Down: Classic dog name => FIDO
61 Down: Ticks off => IRKS
64 Down: Very long stretch => EON
65 Down: What __ you looking at? => ARE

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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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