Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Big __, California => SUR
4 Across: Photographer's directive => SMILE
9 Across: Medicare section for doctors' services => PARTB
14 Across: Functionality => USE
15 Across: Hauled away => TOWED
16 Across: China from Japan => IMARI
17 Across: Cowed, aptly => BUFFALOED
19 Across: To help, to Henri => AIDER
20 Across: House star Hugh => LAURIE
21 Across: I can't think straight right now => IMFRIED
23 Across: Rocketman John => ELTON
24 Across: It's obvious => ISEE
26 Across: Baba in a cave => ALI
27 Across: The Waste Land poet's monogram => TSE
28 Across: Fed. law known as Obamacare => ACA
29 Across: Hamper => HOGTIE
32 Across: Industry honcho => BARON
34 Across: High times? => NOONS
35 Across: Honestly ... also, like each set of circles? => FAIRANDSQUARE
39 Across: Cubs' group => PRIDE
40 Across: Between dry and soggy => MOIST
41 Across: Like library books => REREAD
43 Across: IRS examiner => AUD
44 Across: Don't say anything! => SHH
47 Across: Always, to a poet => EER
48 Across: Amazon transports => VANS
50 Across: Caveman diet => PALEO
52 Across: Wok dish => STIRFRY
55 Across: Fire alarms => SIRENS
56 Across: Bulgaria's capital => SOFIA
57 Across: Bob Marley's religion => RASTAFARI
60 Across: Looked at the wrong way? => OGLED
61 Across: No longer on one's plate => EATEN
62 Across: Red choice, briefly => ZIN
63 Across: Yule melodies => NOELS
64 Across: Tell => SAYTO
65 Across: ER graph => EKG

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Rent from a renter => SUBLET
2 Down: Regular requests => USUALS
3 Down: Prove wrong => REFUTE
4 Down: Ink blot, for one => STAIN
5 Down: Espionage figure => MOLE
6 Down: Letters from __ Jima: Eastwood film => IWO
7 Down: To Kill a Mockingbird author => LEE
8 Down: Money in music => EDDIE
9 Down: La Vie en Rose chanteuse => PIAF
10 Down: The Kite Runner boy => AMIR
11 Down: Home heater or engine cooler => RADIATOR
12 Down: Forest perimeter => TREELINE
13 Down: They're below par => BIRDIES
18 Down: To's opposite => FRO
22 Down: I could take it or leave it => MEH
24 Down: Desktop image => ICON
25 Down: Folklore sleep aid => SANDMAN
28 Down: Coach Parseghian => ARA
30 Down: Burden => ONUS
31 Down: Bearded critter => GOAT
32 Down: __ one's time: wait => BIDE
33 Down: Neighborhood => AREA
35 Down: Off the hook => FREETOGO
36 Down: Pellet gun, for one => AIRRIFLE
37 Down: __-chef => SOUS
38 Down: Four times a day, in an Rx => QID
39 Down: Fake, as some nails => PRESSON
42 Down: TV recording device => DVR
44 Down: Raunchiness => SLEAZE
45 Down: Playwright Ibsen => HENRIK
46 Down: Cleaning, as a driveway => HOSING
49 Down: Lew who played Dr. Kildare => AYRES
50 Down: It has keys for flats => PIANO
51 Down: Chow request => ARF
53 Down: Cambodian cash => RIEL
54 Down: In things => FADS
55 Down: [Keep this clue] => STET
58 Down: Remote battery size => AAA
59 Down: Babe's place => STY

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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