Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sudden sharp sensations => STABS
6 Across: Place for a meal => CAFE
10 Across: Eldest Bonanza brother => ADAM
14 Across: Oahu veranda => LANAI
15 Across: Mannheim mister => HERR
16 Across: Still-life subject => VASE
17 Across: *Sofía Vergara's Modern Family role, to her nephews => AUNTGLORIA
19 Across: Signs => INKS
20 Across: Opening words => INTRO
21 Across: Western movie staples => STAGES
23 Across: Deliverers of 20-Acrosses, briefly => MCS
25 Across: Small amount => DAB
26 Across: Place for a meal => EATERY
27 Across: Emmy winner Christine => LAHTI
29 Across: Eye protector => LID
31 Across: Maple Leafs, on scoreboards => TOR
32 Across: Paper Moon co-stars => ONEALS
34 Across: *Tree in a foyer => COATRACK
38 Across: Muscle spasm => TIC
39 Across: Lummox => OAF
41 Across: Nothing => NIL
42 Across: Longtime Eur. realm => HRE
43 Across: *Deletes => TAKESOUT
46 Across: Summer TV staple => REPEAT
48 Across: Natural ending? => IST
49 Across: The Matrix hero => NEO
51 Across: Liquid-Plumr shelfmate => DRANO
52 Across: Bug-eyed prayer => MANTIS
55 Across: Units of wt. => LBS
57 Across: Shelley's __ to the West Wind => ODE
58 Across: Correct, perhaps, as a check => REDATE
59 Across: Colorado's __ Park => ESTES
61 Across: Champagne brand => MOET
62 Across: Green course ... and what the start of each answer to the starred clues is? => MIXEDSALAD
67 Across: Start of Massachusetts' motto => ENSE
68 Across: Fateful March date => IDES
69 Across: Persistent attack => SIEGE
70 Across: Sounds of disapproval => TSKS
71 Across: Mouth off to => SASS
72 Across: SpongeBob's home => OCEAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: P. Hearst's captors => SLA
2 Down: Cross-shaped letter => TAU
3 Down: __ Wilson, lead singer of Heart => ANN
4 Down: Leader overthrown by Castro => BATISTA
5 Down: Highway exit feature => SIGN
6 Down: Like many holiday concerts => CHORAL
7 Down: Type of exercise => AEROBIC
8 Down: Part of TGIF: Abbr. => FRI
9 Down: Rub off => ERASE
10 Down: Howard Hughes, e.g. => AVIATOR
11 Down: *Highway warning => DANGERAHEAD
12 Down: One with questions => ASKER
13 Down: Unkempt => MESSY
18 Down: Ford classic => LTD
22 Down: Told all => TATTLED
23 Down: Craze => MANIA
24 Down: *Conventioneer's stop on arrival => CHECKINDESK
27 Down: Politician Trent => LOTT
28 Down: Homework shirker's lame excuse => ILOSTIT
30 Down: Spanish noble title => DON
33 Down: First word of some Brazilian cities => SAO
35 Down: __ conditioner => AIR
36 Down: Construction site sight => CRANE
37 Down: __ diet: high-fat, low-carb regimen => KETO
40 Down: Enjoyment => FUN
44 Down: Ritzy properties => ESTATES
45 Down: Old-fashioned messages => TELEXES
47 Down: Ordinary => PROSAIC
50 Down: Persistently preoccupy => OBSESS
52 Down: N.L. mascot with a baseball head => MRMET
53 Down: Long times => AEONS
54 Down: Round before finals => SEMIS
56 Down: Part of CST: Abbr. => STD
60 Down: Standard Oil brand => ESSO
63 Down: Snake River st. => IDA
64 Down: Jeans brand => LEE
65 Down: Ottoman title => AGA
66 Down: Pride's place => DEN

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This crossword has 40 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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