Crossword Answers For: Sunday, September 5, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Gadgets with teeth => COMBS
6 Across: Most favorable => OPTIMAL
13 Across: Nuts seen in bars => CASHEWS
20 Across: Look forward to => AWAIT
21 Across: Direct approach => BEELINE
22 Across: Theoretically => ONPAPER
23 Across: Longtime ABC News anchor [Hero, 1] => PETERJENNINGS
25 Across: The Odd Couple couple, e.g. => ROOMIES
26 Across: Menu selections => ENTREES
27 Across: Old Tokyo => EDO
28 Across: Per __ => ANNUM
29 Across: One of eight Yankee World Series victories => SWEEP
32 Across: P.O. box item => LTR
34 Across: Final Four game => SEMI
37 Across: Ready Player One hero Wade __ => WATTS
41 Across: Marvel supersoldier [Villain, 1] => CAPTAINAMERICA
47 Across: Asteroids producer => ATARI
48 Across: Byzantine architecture features => DOMES
49 Across: Mardi Gras city, informally => NOLA
50 Across: Jaye's The Crying Game role => DIL
51 Across: Novel category => ROMANCE
53 Across: Third of eight => EARTH
55 Across: Basic bruise treatment => ICEPACK
58 Across: Santa signal [Sidekick 2] => SLEIGHBELL
60 Across: Biblical bloomer [Princess 2] => EASTERLILY
62 Across: Physical exam letters => LDL
63 Across: Mystiques => AURAS
64 Across: Org. for netmen => ATP
65 Across: Had the nerve => DARED
66 Across: Regional flora and fauna => BIOTA
68 Across: Wanders about => ROVES
71 Across: Convenient, like some winter resorts => SKIIN
74 Across: Blowup aid => TNT
77 Across: Courage => SPINE
79 Across: Sch. with the mascot SuperFrog => TCU
82 Across: Kids' building materials [Sidekick 1] => TINKERTOYS
85 Across: Groups of problem-solving specialists [Princess 1] => TIGERTEAMS
88 Across: Film noir plot device => AMNESIA
89 Across: Types => MODES
91 Across: Attribute => ASCRIBE
92 Across: Robin Roberts' show, initially => GMA
93 Across: Take __: snooze => ANAP
95 Across: Up to => UNTIL
97 Across: Toast starter => HERES
98 Across: Ineffective pitcher's fate, in baseball lingo [Villain 2] => GETTINGTHEHOOK
102 Across: Nose wrinklers => ODORS
103 Across: Common stained glass element => LEAD
104 Across: Org. concerned with flight risks => TSA
105 Across: ... to say the __ => LEAST
108 Across: Yankee quipper? => BERRA
111 Across: Old AT&T rival => GTE
114 Across: Economic divisions => SECTORS
119 Across: Lost for now => MISLAID
122 Across: One-hit wonder [Hero 2] => FLASHINTHEPAN
125 Across: Pip's love interest in Great Expectations => ESTELLA
126 Across: Put back => RESTORE
127 Across: Nancy Drew series author => KEENE
128 Across: Rice and wheat => GRASSES
129 Across: Invite to one's home => ASKOVER
130 Across: Oscar winner Redmayne => EDDIE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Darth Vader accessory => CAPE
2 Down: John Irving's A Prayer for __ Meany => OWEN
3 Down: The Simpsons creator Groening => MATT
4 Down: Oktoberfest quaff => BIER
5 Down: Freaking out => STRESSING
6 Down: Too big for one's own good => OBESE
7 Down: Script writer => PEN
8 Down: Messi's uniform number => TEN
9 Down: Nastase of tennis => ILIE
10 Down: It's often made up in advance => MIND
11 Down: Luanda's land => ANGOLA
12 Down: Guitarist Paul => LES
13 Down: Food wrapped in silk => CORN
14 Down: Soon, to a bard => ANON
15 Down: Union member? => SPOUSE
16 Down: Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarly => HAMMER
17 Down: Prefix with Pen => EPI
18 Down: Like a few hours after midnight => WEE
19 Down: H.S. bigwigs => SRS
24 Down: Yeshiva grad => JEW
28 Down: Florence's river => ARNO
30 Down: Friendly opening? => ECO
31 Down: Violinist __ Frank => PAMELA
33 Down: Soldier's helmet => TINHAT
35 Down: Place for a slam dunk => MIDAIR
36 Down: Result of a drip, at times => ICICLE
37 Down: Cola __ => WARS
38 Down: Reef formation => ATOLL
39 Down: Got under control => TAMED
40 Down: Off-road vehicle => TRAILBIKE
42 Down: Sounds of thunder => PEALS
43 Down: Original Dungeons & Dragons co. => TSR
44 Down: Touched down => ALIT
45 Down: Nutmeg spice => MACE
46 Down: Synthetic resin used in paint => ALKYD
48 Down: Budding star's big moment => DEBUT
52 Down: Former Labor secretary Elaine => CHAO
54 Down: Something for two, in song => TEA
56 Down: 53-Across, to Merkel => ERDE
57 Down: Wasted => PLASTERED
59 Down: Terpsichore : dance :: __ : love poetry => ERATO
61 Down: Julep garnish => SPRIG
67 Down: Model Sastre => INES
69 Down: NBAer-cum-rap star => ONEAL
70 Down: __ libre: poetry form => VERS
71 Down: Immortal football coach Amos Alonzo __ => STAGG
72 Down: Last Oscars host (2018) => KIMMEL
73 Down: Like talent, many say => INNATE
75 Down: Lorelei et al. => NYMPHS
76 Down: Chinese culinary general => TSO
77 Down: Note taker => STENO
78 Down: Energetic type => PISTOL
80 Down: Capital on the Nile => CAIRO
81 Down: Brown shade => UMBER
83 Down: Knives Out filmmaker Johnson => RIAN
84 Down: Blue __: Dory's species => TANG
86 Down: Knickknack => TCHOTCHKE
87 Down: Cong. meeting => SESS
90 Down: Boy, am I dumb! => DUH
94 Down: Encouraging word? => ATTA
96 Down: '50s prez => IKE
99 Down: They may be reserved => TABLES
100 Down: Core values => IDEALS
101 Down: Peaceful Easy Feeling group, with The => EAGLES
106 Down: Ed with Emmys => ASNER
107 Down: Matching pair => SET
109 Down: Infuriate => RILE
110 Down: Old cereal box stats => RDAS
112 Down: Piece of work => TASK
113 Down: __ perpetua: Idaho motto => ESTO
115 Down: Ready to drive => TEED
116 Down: Slanted page => OPED
117 Down: Hindu princess => RANI
118 Down: Old dagger => SNEE
119 Down: Eldest of the Little Women => MEG
120 Down: El Al's home: Abbr. => ISR
121 Down: Metro stop: Abbr. => STA
122 Down: Renaissance artist __ Angelico => FRA
123 Down: __ lane => HOV
124 Down: Wrath => IRE

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This crossword has 60 across clues and 81 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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