Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Triangular sails => JIBS
5 Across: Giant among speakers => BOSE
9 Across: Belfry hangers => BATS
13 Across: Online money => ECASH
15 Across: Scoville __: chili pepper heat measurement => UNIT
16 Across: Overly fussy, say => ANAL
17 Across: *Well-worn, as carpets => THREADBARE
19 Across: Tiny => ITSY
20 Across: Bro or sis => SIB
21 Across: Desert partly in northern China => GOBI
22 Across: Put a thin cut in => SLIT
23 Across: Greek Mars => ARES
25 Across: *Lawn mower's spot => GARDENSHED
29 Across: Internet connection => MODEM
31 Across: Friendly Skies co. => UAL
32 Across: URL ending of a 37-Across => EDU
33 Across: Least distant => NEAREST
37 Across: Campus VIP => PROF
38 Across: *Give the go-ahead from the control tower => CLEARFORTAKEOFF
42 Across: To the __: maximally => HILT
43 Across: Oven pan => ROASTER
44 Across: Cooling rocks => ICE
45 Across: Diddley and Peep => BOS
46 Across: Core concepts => GISTS
50 Across: *Dilbert, e.g. => COMICSTRIP
55 Across: Metz milk => LAIT
56 Across: Russo of Tin Cup => RENE
57 Across: Loads from lodes => ORES
59 Across: To and __ => FRO
60 Across: Marine steering mechanisms => FINS
61 Across: *Slapstick slipper? => BANANAPEEL
64 Across: Entr'__ => ACTE
65 Across: Writer Harte => BRET
66 Across: Swiss Miss product => COCOA
67 Across: Common awards word => BEST
68 Across: Barrie's nonconformist pirate => SMEE
69 Across: Remove, as clothing ... and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues => DOFF

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Stuff thrown overboard => JETSAM
2 Down: 10-time MLB All-Star => ICHIRO
3 Down: Like fishhooks, usually => BARBED
4 Down: Atlanta-to-Miami dir. => SSE
5 Down: Forrest's shrimp-loving friend => BUBBA
6 Down: Broadcasting => ONAIR
7 Down: __ Elton John => SIR
8 Down: Mont Blanc summer => ETE
9 Down: Uses a bucket in a boat => BAILS
10 Down: Film noir protagonist => ANTIHERO
11 Down: Suggested, flavorwise => TASTEDOF
12 Down: Cunning => SLY
14 Down: Macbeth role => HAG
18 Down: Follow closely => DOG
22 Down: Kenan Thompson is its longest-tenured cast member, briefly => SNL
24 Down: Loi maker => SENAT
26 Down: Uses Pledge, say => DUSTS
27 Down: Patronize, as a restaurant => EATAT
28 Down: Behind => DUFF
30 Down: French sea => MER
34 Down: Hair styles => AFROS
35 Down: Fowl pole => ROOST
36 Down: Big time => ERA
37 Down: Danger => PERIL
38 Down: In vogue => CHIC
39 Down: Chewy candy => LICORICE
40 Down: Periodic table items => ELEMENTS
41 Down: Tap site => KEG
45 Down: Dating letters => BCE
47 Down: Mariners' park, familiarly and formerly => SAFECO
48 Down: Lose interest in => TIREOF
49 Down: Minn. college => STOLAF
51 Down: Atlas box => INSET
52 Down: Actress Blakley => RONEE
53 Down: Steamed => IRATE
54 Down: Ballpoint, e.g. => PEN
58 Down: Bunt on a scorecard => SAC
60 Down: Groovy => FAB
61 Down: Air rifle ammo => BBS
62 Down: Chair part => ARM
63 Down: i follower => POD

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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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