Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Mires => BOGS
5 Across: Loving smack => KISS
9 Across: Kind of coach or jacket => LIFE
13 Across: Bolero composer => RAVEL
14 Across: Spots to clear up => ACNE
15 Across: Not at one's desk => AWAY
16 Across: *Progressive Era muckraker => IDATARBELL
18 Across: Socially aware => WOKE
19 Across: Tundra deer => CARIBOU
20 Across: Plane engine type => FANJET
22 Across: CNN anchor Burnett => ERIN
23 Across: Your turn => OKGO
26 Across: Whack, biblically => SMITE
27 Across: Stephen of Citizen X => REA
28 Across: *12-time 35-Down All Star and TV analyst => ISIAHTHOMAS
30 Across: Wall St. 500 => SANDP
32 Across: PreCheck org. => TSA
33 Across: Crave, e.g. => WANT
34 Across: *Australian swimmer with five Olympic golds => IANTHORPE
38 Across: Tijuana home => CASA
41 Across: Gen-Z sweetheart => BAE
42 Across: Prompts => URGES
46 Across: *First daughter and senior adviser to #45 => IVANKATRUMP
50 Across: Fig. of interest to a dietitian => RDA
51 Across: Slangy Absolutely! => TOTES
52 Across: Petro-Canada competitor => ESSO
53 Across: Leave early => BAIL
54 Across: Appliance connection, briefly => ACPLUG
56 Across: Mass-times-velocity measures => MOMENTA
58 Across: Swimming great Torres => DARA
59 Across: '00s Britcom about an underappreciated computer support squad ... or what the answers to starred clues comprise? => THEITCROWD
62 Across: Early garden spot => EDEN
63 Across: Muscat's land => OMAN
64 Across: Book with roads => ATLAS
65 Across: Easy gait => LOPE
66 Across: X-rated material => SMUT
67 Across: __ she blows! => THAR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Shady part of town => BADAREA
2 Down: Of a certain reproductive gland => OVARIAN
3 Down: Arrive => GETIN
4 Down: Thick slice => SLAB
5 Down: Japanese dance-drama => KABUKI
6 Down: Party bucket item => ICE
7 Down: NBC skit show => SNL
8 Down: Lead-in to made or love => SELF
9 Down: Blades that cut blades => LAWNMOWER
10 Down: WWII flag-raising island => IWOJIMA
11 Down: Faux glow => FAKETAN
12 Down: Evaluation with a capital E? => EYETEST
13 Down: Kitchen cutters => RICERS
17 Down: Outback hoppers => ROOS
21 Down: Outdoor grill residue => ASH
24 Down: Amasses => GATHERS
25 Down: Very, very => OHSO
28 Down: Pub drink, briefly => IPA
29 Down: Roofing goo => TAR
31 Down: Unfaithful Oscar nominee => DIANELANE
35 Down: Hoops org. => NBA
36 Down: London gallery => TATE
37 Down: Yipping adoptee => PUP
38 Down: Fortress => CITADEL
39 Down: Much of guacamole => AVOCADO
40 Down: H.S. course pioneered by Stanley Kaplan => SATPREP
43 Down: Crunchy bar stuff => GRANOLA
44 Down: Battle waged on Wikipedia => EDITWAR
45 Down: Tossed courses => SALADS
47 Down: The NCAA's Wildcats => KSU
48 Down: Govt. moneymaker => USMINT
49 Down: Academic => MOOT
53 Down: Sailor's quarters => BERTH
55 Down: Sporty muscle cars => GTOS
57 Down: Future MD's exam => MCAT
60 Down: Let's see ... => HMM
61 Down: Lac contents => EAU

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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