Crossword Answers For: Friday, October 1, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Go bad => TURN
5 Across: Heart => CRUX
9 Across: Finished => OVER
13 Across: Successor org. to the Bureau of Labor Standards => OSHA
14 Across: Cooked => DONE
15 Across: Follow => TRACK
16 Across: Passes (by) => GOES
17 Across: Public relations staple => SPIN
18 Across: Character in all but one Star Wars film, familiarly => ARTOO
19 Across: Certain ranch => CATTLEFARM
22 Across: Healthy-looking, in a way => ROSY
23 Across: Unexpected result => UPSET
27 Across: Excise => CUTOUT
31 Across: Cafeteria patrons => EATERS
33 Across: Playwright's vehicle => ASIDE
34 Across: Relent => BEND
37 Across: Ashtabula's lake => ERIE
38 Across: Father's love, say => PATERNALFEELING
41 Across: Many a newspaper one is written well in advance => OBIT
42 Across: Blue dye => ANIL
43 Across: __ wrench => ALLEN
44 Across: Scheduled => SLATED
46 Across: Forceful words after because => ISAYSO
47 Across: As a friend, to François => ENAMI
48 Across: Christian Science founder Mary Baker __ => EDDY
50 Across: Morning drink choice => CAFFELATTE
55 Across: Divert => AMUSE
59 Across: Cinematic beekeeper => ULEE
60 Across: Make => EARN
62 Across: Outdated => PASSE
63 Across: Teri of Mr. Mom => GARR
64 Across: Charity => ALMS
65 Across: From the top => ANEW
66 Across: Salt Lake City team => UTES
67 Across: Preceded by 1-, 9- and 65-Across, what each circled word literally suggests => LEAF

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Deck (out) => TOG
2 Down: Summer Games org. => USOC
3 Down: Saturn's second-largest moon => RHEA
4 Down: Tammany Hall caricaturist => NAST
5 Down: Input feature of many laptops => CDSLOT
6 Down: What pros know, with the => ROPES
7 Down: Ally => UNIFY
8 Down: TV role for Lucy => XENA
9 Down: Bruins legend => ORR
10 Down: Winery vessel => VAT
11 Down: Tourism lead-in => ECO
12 Down: Suspicion studio => RKO
15 Down: Eastern Gulf Coast city => TAMPA
20 Down: More loyal => TRUER
21 Down: Paris's __ la Paix => RUEDE
24 Down: Stanley's wife in A Streetcar Named Desire => STELLA
25 Down: How a campfire story might be told => EERILY
26 Down: Groups of three => TRINES
27 Down: Mob leaders => CAPOS
28 Down: Functional => USABLE
29 Down: One-named Venetian master => TITIAN
30 Down: One-named folk singer => ODETTA
32 Down: Repeat symbol, in music => SEGNO
34 Down: Prohibition => BAN
35 Down: Either Bush, in school => ELI
36 Down: Draft org. => NFL
39 Down: First name in 1970s gymnastics => NADIA
40 Down: No-sweat class => EASYA
45 Down: Host => EMCEE
46 Down: Goof-offs => IDLERS
48 Down: Key of Beethoven's Emperor concerto => EFLAT
49 Down: Caterpillar rival => DEERE
51 Down: Risky-to-eat puffer fish dish => FUGU
52 Down: Marsh duck => TEAL
53 Down: It may be a tall one => TALE
54 Down: Columnist Bombeck => ERMA
55 Down: Therapists' org. => APA
56 Down: Guy => MAN
57 Down: Apply => USE
58 Down: Capt.'s heading => SSW
61 Down: Troubling bank msg. => NSF

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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