Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Composer Bartók => BELA
5 Across: Word with ship or school => YARD
9 Across: Restoration locations => SPAS
13 Across: Beasts that work in pairs => OXEN
14 Across: Largely phased-out ersatz fat brand => OLEAN
16 Across: Org. for fur foes => PETA
17 Across: Envelope-directing abbr. => ATTN
18 Across: Out of Africa setting => KENYA
19 Across: Starting on => ASOF
20 Across: Three at the start => TRI
21 Across: Ring result => BOUTOUTCOME
23 Across: 1993 coming-of-age baseball film, with The => SANDLOT
25 Across: Hen or sow => SHE
26 Across: Really long time => EON
27 Across: Surround sound components => SPEAKERS
32 Across: Unlicensed rainbow catcher => TROUTOUTLAW
36 Across: Floral accessory => LEI
37 Across: Urges => YENS
38 Across: Backing => PRO
39 Across: Place for a catcher's guard => SHIN
40 Across: Portuguese king => REI
41 Across: Camporee, for instance => SCOUTOUTING
45 Across: Former California speedway that was the site of a 1969 rock concert => ALTAMONT
47 Across: Genetics lab material => RNA
48 Across: Director Jean-__ Godard => LUC
49 Across: Evening parties => SOIREES
53 Across: Tap water => SPOUTOUTPUT
58 Across: Pre-A.D. => BCE
59 Across: Injure => HARM
60 Across: Willow twig => OSIER
61 Across: Dire prophecy => DOOM
62 Across: Nobelist Pavlov => IVAN
63 Across: Evans' news partner => NOVAK
64 Across: __ sci => POLI
65 Across: Elizabeth of La Bamba => PENA
66 Across: Torso muscles, collectively => CORE
67 Across: Watersports gear => SKIS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lakeside rentals => BOATS
2 Down: Additional => EXTRA
3 Down: Allowed to enter => LETIN
4 Down: Cleeves who wrote Shetland Island mysteries => ANN
5 Down: Bed-ins for Peace participant => YOKOONO
6 Down: Native Alaskan => ALEUT
7 Down: Monthly expense => RENT
8 Down: Belafonte classic => DAYO
9 Down: Lynn portrayer in Coal Miner's Daughter => SPACEK
10 Down: Mexican money => PESO
11 Down: Minuscule amount => ATOM
12 Down: Ump's call => SAFE
15 Down: Queasiness => NAUSEA
21 Down: Reputation stain => BLOT
22 Down: Winter warm spell => THAW
24 Down: __ ex machina => DEUS
27 Down: Peacock's gait => STRUT
28 Down: Scheme => PLOT
29 Down: K-12, in brief => ELHI
30 Down: Bit attachment => REIN
31 Down: Do a number, say => SING
32 Down: Supermodel Banks => TYRA
33 Down: Line holder => REEL
34 Down: Handling the matter => ONIT
35 Down: Familiar with => UPON
39 Down: Sirius, e.g. => STAR
41 Down: Lewd stuff => SMUT
42 Down: Pupa protector => COCOON
43 Down: 2020 candidate Beto => OROURKE
44 Down: Inch or mile => UNIT
46 Down: Wellesley graduate => ALUMNA
49 Down: Asparagus piece => SPEAR
50 Down: Fodder for a Fire, say => EBOOK
51 Down: Food recall cause => ECOLI
52 Down: Truck stop array => SEMIS
53 Down: Send using 52-Down => SHIP
54 Down: Finish, as a road => PAVE
55 Down: Algerian seaport => ORAN
56 Down: Colorado-based sports org. => USOC
57 Down: Digital recorder => TIVO
61 Down: MLB rally killers, briefly, and a hint to what's in the four longest puzzle answers => DPS

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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