Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 11, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Miracle on the Hudson investigation gp. => NTSB
5 Across: Venom holder => SAC
8 Across: Grads of Cornell's Johnson Sch. => MBAS
12 Across: Kerfuffle => HOOHA
13 Across: Quartet quarter? => SOLO
14 Across: Six-ton predator => ORCA
15 Across: Pride seekers' lids => SAFARIHATS
17 Across: LeBlanc who played Joey on Friends => MATT
18 Across: Texter's approval => THUMBSUPEMOJI
20 Across: Cutesy answer to How do you say that in Spanish? => ESO
21 Across: Uncoupled? => BROKENUP
24 Across: Zebras on a field => REFS
27 Across: Classic muscle cars => GTOS
29 Across: Senator Ben who wrote The Vanishing American Adult => SASSE
30 Across: N.L. West team => ARI
31 Across: Type of cable, briefly => COAX
32 Across: Shade for a lifeguard => SUNTAN
33 Across: Defensive lines => CORDONS
35 Across: Dries, in a way => AIRSOUT
36 Across: Sometimes unattainable maxima => IDEALS
37 Across: Sticky situation => MIRE
38 Across: 2010 World Cup host: Abbr. => RSA
39 Across: Origins => SEEDS
40 Across: Bass part => GILL
41 Across: It gives you the big picture => IMAX
42 Across: Title partner of me in a 1972 Billy Paul #1 hit => MRSJONES
44 Across: Blade in a shell => OAR
46 Across: Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom => CONEOFSILENCE
51 Across: Type of jacket => FLAK
53 Across: Shallot relative => GREENONION
54 Across: Card in Clue => ROPE
55 Across: Ancient site of an iconic tree => EDEN
56 Across: Command posts => HELMS
57 Across: Is behind, maybe => OWES
58 Across: Kid-__: tots' TV fare => VID
59 Across: Sailing => ASEA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Legendary wildlife conservationist => NOAH
2 Down: Block in the kitchen => TOFU
3 Down: Humbles => SHAMES
4 Down: Fodder for unfriendly trades => BARBS
5 Down: Speaker's spot => SOAPBOX
6 Down: Takes up, perhaps => ALTERS
7 Down: Short bar order => COSMO
8 Down: High-waisted garb, stereotypically => MOMJEANS
9 Down: Play with ideas => BRAINSTORM
10 Down: Do one's part? => ACT
11 Down: Couldn't stand? => SAT
12 Down: Prez who had no VP in his first term => HST
13 Down: Chinese pork dish word => SHU
16 Down: Squares, e.g. => ISOGONS
19 Down: [Shrug] => OKSURE
22 Down: Olympics chant => USAUSA
23 Down: Ricoh camera brand => PENTAX
24 Down: To Kill a Mockingbird theme => RACISM
25 Down: Heavy surf, e.g. => ERODER
26 Down: Obsolescent emergency exit => FIREESCAPE
28 Down: Coll. exam graders, at times => TAS
31 Down: Charles of Watergate infamy => COLSON
32 Down: Skirt alternative => SIRLOIN
34 Down: Some corny humor => DADJOKES
35 Down: Have something => AIL
37 Down: Common jam ingredient? => MISFEED
40 Down: Scotty's Star Trek: TNG counterpart => GEORDI
41 Down: Cara and Ryan => IRENES
43 Down: Much of Israel => NEGEV
45 Down: Island reception => ALOHA
47 Down: D.C. VIP => SEN
48 Down: Ancient Memphis setting => NILE
49 Down: Food __: after-eating drowsiness => COMA
50 Down: 3/8 of nineteen? => ENS
51 Down: Questlove's do => FRO
52 Down: Dirty => LOW

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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