Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 17, 2021


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Across Clues and Answers:
1 Across: Check alternative => PAYPAL
7 Across: Sacred beetle => SCARAB
13 Across: Tijuana pair => DOS
16 Across: It can be natural => GAS
19 Across: Creed in Rocky films => APOLLO
20 Across: Winter melon => CASABA
21 Across: MPG-testing org. => EPA
22 Across: Wordsworth work => ODE
23 Across: Attorneys' firm offering => LEGALSERVICES
25 Across: Day __: 1965 hit => TRIPPER
27 Across: Way out => EXIT
28 Across: Put on a pedestal => DEIFY
29 Across: With no one behind you => DEADLAST
30 Across: Capital NW of Boston => OTTAWA
33 Across: Secure at the pier => LASH
34 Across: Pooch in pictures => ASTA
35 Across: Backtalk => LIP
38 Across: Potential soldier => ARMYRECRUIT
42 Across: Storage unit => BYTE
43 Across: In hot water => UPATREE
45 Across: Prefix with gender => TRANS
46 Across: Sorento or Soul => KIA
47 Across: Cocktail party snacks => CANAPES
48 Across: Tommy who teamed with Cheech => CHONG
49 Across: Queen's __ One Bites the Dust => ANOTHER
53 Across: Cool, dude! => IDIGIT
54 Across: Drumstick => CHICKENLEG
56 Across: Buckeyes of the Big Ten => OSU
57 Across: Handy sack => COT
58 Across: Sham sawbones => QUACK
59 Across: Lubricate => OIL
60 Across: Church recess => APSE
61 Across: Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in The Lion King => ZAZU
63 Across: Road annoyances => BUMPS
64 Across: Complete => TOTAL
66 Across: Navy NCOs => CPOS
67 Across: Oodles => ALOT
68 Across: Thor Heyerdahl craft => RAI
69 Across: Auspices => AEGIS
70 Across: Pool tool => CUE
71 Across: Little Birds author Anaïs => NIN
72 Across: Provider of much change => COINRETURN
75 Across: Cracker-__: homespun => BARREL
78 Across: Everlasting => ETERNAL
80 Across: Deliver a stem-winder, say => ORATE
81 Across: Snake oil, allegedly => PANACEA
82 Across: Multivolume set in the reference sect. => OED
83 Across: African capital => CAIRO
84 Across: Veteran on the briny => OLDSALT
85 Across: Green Bay Packers coach LaFleur => MATT
87 Across: Chatty Cathy is one => TALKINGDOLL
90 Across: Deli choice => RYE
91 Across: Many opera highlights => SOLI
92 Across: National Velvet author Bagnold => ENID
93 Across: Site of a major part of the Bible? => REDSEA
95 Across: Mid-20th-century First and Second Lady => PATNIXON
97 Across: Shoulder wrap => SHAWL
99 Across: Snippet of dialogue => LINE
103 Across: Hold back => INHIBIT
104 Across: Scrapyard commodity ... and what's hidden in the nine other longest puzzle answers => RECYCLEDMETAL
108 Across: Charge => FEE
109 Across: Infant suffix => ILE
110 Across: Alphabetically first U.S. national park => ACADIA
111 Across: Catholic devotion => NOVENA
112 Across: OTC drug agency => FDA
113 Across: __ Plaines: Chicago suburb => DES
114 Across: Homer, in baseball lingo => GODEEP
115 Across: Tarzan, e.g. => APEMAN

Down Clues and Answers:
1 Down: Ashen => PALE
2 Down: High point => APEX
3 Down: Smarter than the average bear bear => YOGI
4 Down: Republic philosopher => PLATO
5 Down: Word with caps or clear => ALL
6 Down: Spanish article => LOS
7 Down: Off-the-wall => SCREWY
8 Down: Pricey delicacy => CAVIAR
9 Down: Keep dreaming => ASIF
10 Down: Risqué => RACY
11 Down: Former Japanese prime minister => ABE
12 Down: __-relief => BAS
13 Down: Abhor => DETEST
14 Down: Part of OWN => OPRAH
15 Down: Common word in a novel's dialogue => SAID
16 Down: Overtake => GOPAST
17 Down: __ Fideles => ADESTE
18 Down: Maker of iComfort mattresses => SERTA
24 Down: Mingo portrayer on Daniel Boone => EDAMES
26 Down: Dabble in => PLAYAT
29 Down: Where many speeches come from => DAIS
31 Down: La Brea attraction => TARPIT
32 Down: Brand similar to Spam => TREET
33 Down: Fencing maneuver => LUNGE
35 Down: '60s White House daughter => LUCI
36 Down: Apple offering => IPAD
37 Down: N.W.A's debut single => PANICZONE
39 Down: Focus of some committees => ETHICS
40 Down: Bit of stoneware => CROCK
41 Down: Arrange in sequence => RANK
42 Down: Library sect. => BIOG
44 Down: Retire at home, say? => TAGOUT
46 Down: Solemn sound => KNELL
48 Down: Lad => CHAP
49 Down: Bit of checkpoint deception => ALIAS
50 Down: Coal train component => HOPPERCAR
51 Down: Exxon, once => ESSO
52 Down: Feels bad about => RUES
54 Down: Seasoning in Indian cuisine => CUMIN
55 Down: At lunch, say => NOTIN
58 Down: California state bird => QUAIL
60 Down: TLX autos => ACURAS
61 Down: Western writer Grey => ZANE
62 Down: Came down => ALIT
63 Down: In __ daylight => BROAD
64 Down: Ancient German => TEUTON
65 Down: Storybook fiend => OGRE
69 Down: Vintage video game name => ATARI
70 Down: Symbol of a year, perhaps => CANDLE
72 Down: Tech news site => CNET
73 Down: Explorer Amundsen => ROALD
74 Down: Estrada of CHiPs => ERIK
75 Down: Calls at home => BALLS
76 Down: Hard to grasp => EELY
77 Down: Running behind => LATE
79 Down: Helix-shaped pasta => ROTINI
81 Down: Curly-haired pet => POODLE
83 Down: Genesis brother => CAIN
85 Down: Sounded like the wind => MOANED
86 Down: Tennis great Gibson => ALTHEA
87 Down: Govt. securities => TNOTES
88 Down: __ Mansion, NYC mayor's residence => GRACIE
89 Down: Lizard feature => DEWLAP
91 Down: Calvin's spaceman alter ego, in comics => SPIFF
92 Down: Force to leave => EXILE
94 Down: Motrin alternative => ALEVE
96 Down: Footnote abbr. => IBID
97 Down: Whole bunch => SCAD
98 Down: Nothing lived in him but fear and hatred => HYDE
100 Down: List member => ITEM
101 Down: Family nickname => NANA
102 Down: Flair => ELAN
104 Down: Common cleaning supply => RAG
105 Down: Tourism opening => ECO
106 Down: Target of a cheek swab => DNA
107 Down: Common cleaning supply => MOP


This crossword has 68 across clues and 77 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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