Crossword Answers For: Thursday, July 8, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: California's __ Verdes Peninsula => PALOS
6 Across: Historic shrine => ALAMO
11 Across: Cleaning crew item => RAG
14 Across: Beautify => ADORN
15 Across: Antique photo color => SEPIA
16 Across: Youngest March sister => AMY
17 Across: Leaping grab of a would-be homer, say => CIRCUSCATCH
19 Across: Sleep study letters => REM
20 Across: Based on sound reasoning => TENABLE
21 Across: Fantastic! => SUPER
23 Across: Go after, in a way => SUE
24 Across: Division word => INTO
27 Across: Hardly at all => ABIT
29 Across: Christian house of worship in Egypt => COPTICCHURCH
33 Across: Word with place or door => MAT
34 Across: Legal suspension => STAY
35 Across: __ de Cologne => EAU
36 Across: Many tax software users => EFILERS
40 Across: Deal with => ADDRESS
42 Across: Barge unit => TON
43 Across: Hitchcock's __ Window => REAR
45 Across: Cabbage option => RED
46 Across: Northern glacial formation => ARCTICICECAP
50 Across: Villainous look => LEER
51 Across: The Burning Giraffe artist => DALI
52 Across: __ no surprise => ITS
55 Across: Press down => SMUSH
58 Across: Standard salary => BASEPAY
61 Across: Contest involving letter placement => BEE
62 Across: Souvenir of a Black Forest vacation => CUCKOOCLOCK
65 Across: Thumbs-up vote => YEA
66 Across: Authorize => ALLOW
67 Across: SiriusXM channel 5 tune, say => OLDIE
68 Across: Contractor's no. => EST
69 Across: Grace word => BLESS
70 Across: Lab activities => TESTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Treaties => PACTS
2 Down: Parting word in Paris => ADIEU
3 Down: Michaels of SNL => LORNE
4 Down: Marine predator => ORCA
5 Down: Cold shoulder => SNUB
6 Down: Climber's endeavor => ASCENT
7 Down: Meadow => LEA
8 Down: On topic => APT
9 Down: Lapel attachments => MICS
10 Down: Locale of the surfing mecca Sunset Beach => OAHU
11 Down: Hard-to-find group => RAREBREED
12 Down: __ Cup => AMERICAS
13 Down: Y amenity => GYM
18 Down: Minor error => SLIP
22 Down: Six-time NBA All-Star __ Gasol => PAU
25 Down: Carol contraction => TIS
26 Down: Numeric prefix => OCTA
28 Down: In this way => THUS
29 Down: So__ => CAL
30 Down: Cheri of SNL => OTERI
31 Down: Uncouth fellow => CAD
32 Down: Many-headed monster => HYDRA
33 Down: Chopped pie filling => MINCEMEAT
36 Down: Bibliography abbr. => ETAL
37 Down: Anticipates ... or, phonetically, what's found in puzzle answers of more than 10 letters => FORESEES
38 Down: __ room => REC
39 Down: Came out with => SAID
41 Down: Agent => REP
44 Down: Color TV pioneer => RCA
47 Down: __TV: Turner channel => TRU
48 Down: Some pipe joints => ELBOWS
49 Down: Parma parting => CIAO
52 Down: Touch and others => IPODS
53 Down: Unspoken => TACIT
54 Down: Guitarist John who played with Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake => SYKES
56 Down: Wound cover => SCAB
57 Down: Seed covering => HULL
59 Down: Tony Blair, by birth => SCOT
60 Down: Fashion magazine since 1945 => ELLE
61 Down: Parting, or half of one => BYE
63 Down: NFL's Browns, on sports crawls => CLE
64 Down: Decks, briefly => KOS

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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