Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Eva of Green Acres => GABOR
6 Across: Smart guy? => ALEC
10 Across: Mosque leader => IMAM
14 Across: L.A.'s Staples Center, e.g. => ARENA
15 Across: The lady __ protest too much, methinks: Hamlet => DOTH
16 Across: Zilch => NADA
17 Across: Frozen rain => SLEET
18 Across: The African Queen co-screenwriter James => AGEE
19 Across: Fairly brisk gait => TROT
20 Across: ESP neighbor, to the IOC => POR
21 Across: *Site of an annual ball drop => TIMESSQUARE
24 Across: Acrylic fiber => ORLON
26 Across: Bach composition => SUITE
27 Across: Was understood, finally => SANKIN
29 Across: Halley observation => COMET
31 Across: Bernie's songwriting partner => ELTON
32 Across: Hawaii state bird => NENE
33 Across: Poetry competition => SLAM
37 Across: Flight tracker info => ETA
38 Across: *Comedic climax => GAGLINE
41 Across: In the style of => ALA
42 Across: Unkempt dos => MOPS
44 Across: Electrical unit => VOLT
45 Across: Polite refusal => NOSIR
47 Across: Lock on one's head => TRESS
49 Across: To clarify ... => THATIS
50 Across: Less prevalent => RARER
52 Across: Oscar, for one => AWARD
53 Across: *Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, e.g. => BASEBALLFAN
56 Across: Quarterback's asset => ARM
59 Across: Como una mujer con mucho dinero => RICA
60 Across: Best ever, initially => GOAT
61 Across: Paddled boat => CANOE
63 Across: Haphazard way to run => AMOK
64 Across: Salinger title girl who says, I'm extremely interested in squalor => ESME
65 Across: Florida theme park => EPCOT
66 Across: Things of little consequence => NITS
67 Across: Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, e.g. => STAR
68 Across: Judges => DEEMS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Shocked sound => GASP
2 Down: Folksy Guthrie => ARLO
3 Down: *Keg buy in a pub => BEERONTAP
4 Down: Half a pair => ONE
5 Down: Not good under-the-hood sound => RATTLING
6 Down: Rhett's last words => ADAMN
7 Down: Theater tier => LOGE
8 Down: Sorbonne summers => ETES
9 Down: Knights or rooks => CHESSMEN
10 Down: Somehow knows => INTUITS
11 Down: French Revolution radical => MARAT
12 Down: Love to pieces => ADORE
13 Down: Deckhand => MATE
22 Down: Charged particle => ION
23 Down: Montreal's prov. => QUE
25 Down: Old MGM rival => RKO
27 Down: Apparently are => SEEM
28 Down: Kind of sax => ALTO
29 Down: Phones in pockets or purses => CELLS
30 Down: Working the case => ONIT
32 Down: Oxfam and CARE, for two => NGOS
34 Down: Wedding reception finale, and a feature of the answers to starred clues => LASTDANCE
35 Down: Et __: and others => ALII
36 Down: Damages => MARS
39 Down: Batting stats => AVERAGES
40 Down: Improved in value => ENHANCED
43 Down: Barely runs? => STREAKS
46 Down: Item for a dinghy => OAR
48 Down: Civil War soldier => REB
49 Down: Pan Am rival => TWA
50 Down: Spider-Man trilogy director Sam => RAIMI
51 Down: Fancy neckwear => ASCOT
52 Down: Subsequent to => AFTER
53 Down: Source of fiber => BRAN
54 Down: 121-episode TV drama set on a mysterious island => LOST
55 Down: Tibetan honorific => LAMA
57 Down: Space => ROOM
58 Down: Citi Field team => METS
62 Down: Bonobo, for one => APE

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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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