Crossword Answers For: Thursday, July 15, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Big drink of water => GULP
5 Across: Choice => PLUM
9 Across: Pesky crawler => ROACH
14 Across: Like most eggs => OVAL
15 Across: Making people wait, maybe => LATE
16 Across: Wolf pack leader => ALPHA
17 Across: Self-named 2000s sitcom set in Texas => REBA
18 Across: Somewhat => ATAD
19 Across: Landlocked Asian country => NEPAL
20 Across: Good-looking => EASYONTHEIS
23 Across: Awesome, in slang => LIT
24 Across: Chinese toy => PEKE
25 Across: Works a wedding => CATERS
27 Across: Prince in a can? => ALBERT
30 Across: Classic film involving a split personality => PSYCHO
32 Across: Chow __ => MEIN
33 Across: Wind heard in Dion's Abraham, Martin and John => OBOE
35 Across: The Metamorphosis author => KAFKA
38 Across: Bag or ball lead-in => AIR
39 Across: Vegas loser, often => SNAKEIS
41 Across: Early 11th-century year => MII
42 Across: Couldn't say no => HADTO
44 Across: Help to withdraw => WEAN
45 Across: Many a gospel song => HYMN
46 Across: Run-scoring out => SACFLY
48 Across: Lao-tzu follower => TAOIST
50 Across: Peer Gynt Suite dancer => ANITRA
52 Across: Put on => WEAR
53 Across: Rainbow mnemonic surname => BIV
54 Across: Payback phrase altered to provide a hint to solving four other puzzle answers => ANIFORANEYE
60 Across: Jennyanydots' creator => ELIOT
62 Across: Farm house => COOP
63 Across: The Favourite actress Stone => EMMA
64 Across: The A in CDA, to an Idahoan => ALENE
65 Across: Automaker Ferrari => ENZO
66 Across: Verbal quirks, like y'know => TICS
67 Across: Coolidge's VP => DAWES
68 Across: Texter's sign-off => TTYL
69 Across: Right now! => STAT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 2000 presidential runner-up => GORE
2 Down: Pigmented eye layer => UVEA
3 Down: Some yellow dogs => LABS
4 Down: New parent's purchase => PLAYPEN
5 Down: Mr. Krabs' nemesis => PLANKTON
6 Down: Dunkin' Donuts offering => LATTE
7 Down: U.S. territory until 1896 => UTAH
8 Down: Ancient Persian => MEDE
9 Down: Pillages => RANSACKS
10 Down: Cry after un gol => OLE
11 Down: Affectionate idiom that originally referred to a pupil => APPLEOFMYI
12 Down: Committee leader => CHAIR
13 Down: Stops => HALTS
21 Down: Above, to a bard => OER
22 Down: Like some stares => ICY
26 Down: Lil Wayne's __ Carter III => THA
27 Down: Asian nurse => AMAH
28 Down: Princess from Alderaan => LEIA
29 Down: Perch perspective => BIRDSIVIEW
30 Down: Stir => POKEY
31 Down: I __ red door and I want it painted black: Stones => SEEA
34 Down: Cry buckets => BAWL
36 Down: Basinger and Cattrall => KIMS
37 Down: If it __ broke ... => AINT
39 Down: Ancient dialogues subject => SOCRATES
40 Down: Worldwide anti-crime group => INTERPOL
43 Down: Ankle pic => TAT
45 Down: Charlotte NBA team => HORNETS
47 Down: Autograph seeker => FAN
49 Down: Duracell size => AAA
50 Down: Draw __ on: aim at => ABEAD
51 Down: Wafer brand => NILLA
52 Down: Light-headed => WOOZY
55 Down: Very cool rapper? => ICET
56 Down: Type of type => FONT
57 Down: Radiate => EMIT
58 Down: Disco hit with arm motions => YMCA
59 Down: Towards sunrise => EAST
61 Down: Phone button with no letters => ONE

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