Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 18, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Dispute over intellectual property => PATENTWAR
10 Across: Little help? => ASST
14 Across: Consort of Hephaestus => APHRODITE
15 Across: Don't give me that! => PSHAW
16 Across: Boarding site => TRAINSTOP
17 Across: __ is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom: Dylan => AHERO
18 Across: Drilling gp. => ROTC
19 Across: Metalworker's joints => SPOTWELDS
21 Across: Like shouts in texts => INCAPS
24 Across: Interview With the Vampire actor => REA
25 Across: Metz pronoun => TOI
26 Across: Wood used for electric guitar bodies => ASH
27 Across: Catch on => STARTATREND
31 Across: Storage shed securer => PADLOCK
32 Across: Singer India.__ => ARIE
33 Across: Snacks with a pinwheel design => HOHOS
36 Across: Org. for those putting it nicely? => PGA
37 Across: Golfer's alternative to balls => DISCS
38 Across: Largely dried-up sea => ARAL
39 Across: Active by day => DIURNAL
41 Across: Slant given to a reality TV antagonist => VILLAINEDIT
43 Across: Some NFL linemen => RGS
46 Across: Brass source => EGO
47 Across: Take __ => ONE
48 Across: Just say the word => NAMEIT
50 Across: Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it => TIGERSLAM
54 Across: Union underminer => SCAB
55 Across: Sluggish => INERT
56 Across: Is that all? => AREWEDONE
59 Across: More than passion => MANIA
60 Across: Crack wise => KIDAROUND
61 Across: What __? => ELSE
62 Across: A snap! => EASYASPIE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Nero's country => PATRIA
2 Down: Spatter collectors => APRONS
3 Down: Organic roof choice => THATCH
4 Down: Durance of Smallville => ERICA
5 Down: The N in NDA => NON
6 Down: Jerry Rice's record 208, briefly => TDS
7 Down: Roasters, say => WITS
8 Down: Crowning => ATOP
9 Down: Place for marks => REPORTCARD
10 Down: Connors rival => ASHE
11 Down: Tax pro's suggestions => SHELTERS
12 Down: Biting => SARDONIC
13 Down: Feature of every story, it's said => TWOSIDES
15 Down: Grab for clumsily => PAWAT
20 Down: Deck wood => TEAK
22 Down: Free TV spots => PSAS
23 Down: Convention: Abbr. => STD
28 Down: Body of water often defined as above the tree line => ALPINELAKE
29 Down: Aberrant way to go => ROGUE
30 Down: Bit of fencing => RAIL
31 Down: Request votes from => POLL
33 Down: Be available => HAVETIME
34 Down: Not seen before => ORIGINAL
35 Down: Chlorine and iodine => HALOGENS
37 Down: Big __ => DATA
39 Down: Rackets => DINS
40 Down: Fire diarist Anaïs => NIN
42 Down: Circulatory passage => AORTA
43 Down: Make back, as initial costs => RECOUP
44 Down: Donatella's designer brother => GIANNI
45 Down: Venerable Eng. monk => STBEDE
49 Down: Original platform for Doom => MSDOS
51 Down: City at the intersection of I-90 and I-79 => ERIE
52 Down: Stage solo, perhaps => ARIA
53 Down: Scrips => MEDS
57 Down: __ cool! => WAY
58 Down: Detergent brand => ERA

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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