Crossword Answers For: Friday, September 17, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Render speechless, maybe => AWE
4 Across: Morning Joe network => MSNBC
9 Across: Bach's instrument => ORGAN
14 Across: Family nicknames => PAS
15 Across: Goodies singer => CIARA
16 Across: Muralist Rivera => DIEGO
17 Across: It may be bruised => EGO
18 Across: Guitar connoisseur? => AXCOLLECTOR
20 Across: School team member who argues a lot => DEBATER
22 Across: Capers => LARKS
23 Across: Fleecy females => EWES
24 Across: Shakespearean villain => REGAN
26 Across: Shakespearean villain => IAGO
29 Across: Coopers' creations => CASKS
31 Across: Lets go => SACKS
33 Across: Burbank-to-Fresno dir. => NNW
34 Across: Old Austrian money => KRONEN
36 Across: Cabdriver's pickups during a storm? => RAINFARE
38 Across: Dunkable cookie => OREO
40 Across: Tall one => BEER
41 Across: Savings for replacing old tools? => RUSTFUND
45 Across: Chew out => RAILAT
49 Across: Toward the 50-Across => AFT
50 Across: See 49-Across => STERN
52 Across: The Wreck of the Mary __ => DEARE
53 Across: Hoffman title role => HOOK
55 Across: Hindu royalty => RAJAS
57 Across: Indulge, with on => DOTE
58 Across: Like some bulls => PAPAL
60 Across: Like many tuxedo shirts => PLEATED
62 Across: One with a lofty greeting? => HIGHSLAPPER
65 Across: Texter's lead-in => IMO
66 Across: Dividing range => URALS
67 Across: Hollow winds => REEDS
68 Across: __ Wiedersehen => AUF
69 Across: Home __ => DEPOT
70 Across: Center => MIDST
71 Across: Bad check ltrs. => NSF

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Platform for primates? => APEDECK
2 Down: Fight in a big way => WAGEWAR
3 Down: Song with the phrase kiss me mucho => ESOBESO
4 Down: MD-to-be's exam => MCAT
5 Down: 44-Down, once => SIXER
6 Down: Caviar spoon materials => NACRES
7 Down: Bud => BRO
8 Down: Arrange local transportation => CALLACAB
9 Down: Baltic feeder => ODER
10 Down: Daytime host Lake => RICKI
11 Down: Scores high => GETSANA
12 Down: Previously => AGO
13 Down: Postal motto word => NOR
19 Down: More rangy => LANKIER
21 Down: Memorable JFK words after And so, my fellow Americans => ASKNOT
25 Down: Needlefish => GAR
27 Down: Axl's group, briefly => GNR
28 Down: Run up a bill, say => OWE
30 Down: Feudal laborers => SERFS
32 Down: Golfer with three PGA Championship top 10s after age 60 => SNEAD
35 Down: Not on any side => NEUTRAL
37 Down: Curly-haired Peanuts girl => FRIEDA
39 Down: Like a mild chili => ONEALARM
41 Down: Word of support => RAH
42 Down: Tabloid topic => UFO
43 Down: Thrown-together => STOPGAP
44 Down: Four-time pro basketball MVP => DRJ
46 Down: Vientiane native => LAOTIAN
47 Down: Ross Martin's The Wild Wild West role => ARTEMUS
48 Down: Steamed ... and like five answers in this puzzle? => TEEDOFF
51 Down: Dozed for a bit => NAPPED
54 Down: Painter Frida => KAHLO
56 Down: Wintry rides => SLEDS
59 Down: Soft Over here! => PSST
61 Down: In olden days, once => ERST
62 Down: 1963 Newman title role => HUD
63 Down: Real resentment => IRE
64 Down: Louvre Pyramid designer => PEI

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This crossword has 38 across clues and 39 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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