Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 28, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Dangerous Beijing blanket => SMOG
5 Across: Many an online host => PODCASTER
14 Across: Unladen weight => TARE
15 Across: Ephemeral emporium => POPUPSTORE
16 Across: Biblical Rodin work => ADAM
17 Across: Phenomenal => SUPERHUMAN
18 Across: Business card abbr. => TEL
19 Across: Honduran hands => MANOS
20 Across: Filing aids => TABS
21 Across: May birthstones => EMERALDS
23 Across: Not as nice => WORSE
24 Across: Pay equity concern => SEXISM
25 Across: Word with social or media => EVENT
27 Across: Muse with a lyre => ERATO
28 Across: Classical theaters => ODEA
29 Across: Brit's nap => KIP
32 Across: Georgia neighbor => ARMENIA
34 Across: Its capital is St. George's => GRENADA
37 Across: Lille lily => LYS
38 Across: Ostrichlike bird => RHEA
40 Across: Industrial heavyweight => BARON
41 Across: Deplete => USEUP
43 Across: Economic curve => DEMAND
44 Across: Brief aides? => ASSTS
46 Across: Precursor of today's musical theater => OPERETTA
48 Across: Mackerel type => CHUB
49 Across: Make short work of the test => ACEIT
50 Across: Subside => EBB
51 Across: Point taken => THERESTHAT
53 Across: Woody Guthrie, e.g. => OKIE
54 Across: Like some feuds => HEREDITARY
55 Across: Brief bio => VITA
56 Across: Ergo => ASARESULT
57 Across: River partly on the Poland-Germany border => ODER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Washington's features George => STATESEAL
2 Down: Partied hearty => MADEMERRY
3 Down: Deterrents to ghostwriting => ORALEXAMS
4 Down: Treasure => GEM
5 Down: Hammer => POUND
6 Down: Not in favor => OPPOSED
7 Down: Some charges => DUES
8 Down: ER technique => CPR
9 Down: He played Michael in That '70s Show => ASHTON
10 Down: Mary, Queen of Scots' house => STUART
11 Down: Some memorials => TOMBS
12 Down: Wipe out => ERASE
13 Down: __ Zhengfei, CEO/founder of smartphone giant Huawei => REN
15 Down: Church reading => PSALM
19 Down: Cement mixer => MASON
22 Down: Liturgy => RITE
23 Down: Grate (on) => WEAR
26 Down: Lyra's brightest star => VEGA
28 Down: Home to most of Hawaii's population => OAHU
29 Down: Mr. Miyagi's charge, with The => KARATEKID
30 Down: It's ok, you can trust me => IDONTBITE
31 Down: Black-and-white Chinese native => PANDABEAR
33 Down: More than displeases => IRES
35 Down: Pulitzer Prize-winning critic => EBERT
36 Down: Title => NAME
39 Down: Earth-shattering => EPOCHAL
41 Down: Person of interest? => USURER
42 Down: Father of Eng. History => STBEDE
43 Down: Exalted one => DEITY
44 Down: Smarts => ACHES
45 Down: Superheroine Adora, more commonly => SHERA
47 Down: Rush drummer Neil => PEART
49 Down: Alaskan island in the Eastern Hemisphere => ATTU
51 Down: Lil Wayne's __ Block Is Hot => THA
52 Down: Household nickname => SIS
53 Down: Ab __: from day one => OVO

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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