Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 23, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Yellow __ => LAB
4 Across: Keen => AVID
8 Across: Best Actress Oscar winner before Hepburn's last such award => SPACEK
14 Across: Wong of American Housewife => ALI
15 Across: Elaborate theater => MOVIEPALACE
17 Across: Yank => TUG
18 Across: Green juice source => CLEANENERGY
19 Across: Aptly nicknamed section of D.C.'s Massachusetts Avenue => EMBASSYROW
21 Across: Campus cadet org. => ROTC
22 Across: Sniffish sort => SNOB
23 Across: Research outpost co-developed by NASA => ISS
24 Across: Rural expanse => LEA
25 Across: Hoaxes perpetrated by IRS impostors => TAXSCAMS
29 Across: Not right => AMISS
31 Across: Sedimentary rock, from the Greek for egg => OOLITE
33 Across: French toast part => SANTE
34 Across: Exposes => TELLSON
37 Across: Olds until 1999 => CUTLASS
39 Across: Deep animosity => ODIUM
40 Across: Show deference, in a way => GROVEL
42 Across: Law & Order actor Jeremy => SISTO
43 Across: Lawless => ANARCHIC
47 Across: Wile E. Coyote's supply => TNT
48 Across: The Dutch House author Patchett => ANN
50 Across: Actress Chaplin => OONA
51 Across: Ri-i-i-ght => IBET
53 Across: Test subjects => GUINEAPIGS
57 Across: Frank Sinatra School of the Arts co-founder => TONYBENNETT
59 Across: Tennis unit => SET
60 Across: Many a superhero adaptation => ORIGINSTORY
61 Across: Sully => TAR
62 Across: Voiced => SONANT
63 Across: First-class seat, often => ONEA
64 Across: It's a hit letters => SRO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Cutting-edge => LATEST
2 Down: Barnard grad, e.g. => ALUMNA
3 Down: Walmart adjective => BIGBOX
4 Down: Hornets of the '70s => AMCS
5 Down: Knoxville-based SEC athletes => VOLS
6 Down: Hurlyburly Tony winner Judith => IVEY
7 Down: Anne Frank, say => DIARIST
8 Down: Gushes => SPEWS
9 Down: Rave's opposite => PAN
10 Down: Tiger or Twin, briefly => ALER
11 Down: State name in a James Taylor classic => CAROLINA
12 Down: Beat reporters? => ECGTESTS
13 Down: Accessories that preserve your access => KEYCASES
16 Down: 1961 space chimp => ENOS
20 Down: Popular vodka brand => ABSOLUT
26 Down: Vodka drink, briefly => COSMO
27 Down: Teléfono greeting => ALO
28 Down: Artistic dynasty => MING
29 Down: Late bloomer => ASTER
30 Down: Shoplifter's concern => MALLCOP
32 Down: B-school course => ECON
34 Down: Snack that comes in Rounds and Triangles => TOSTITOS
35 Down: Pennsylvania's __ University, home of the Fighting Scots => EDINBORO
36 Down: Work with taps, maybe => LISTENIN
38 Down: Where RFK got his LLB => UVA
41 Down: Met unexpectedly => RANINTO
44 Down: Lifting things => HOISTS
45 Down: Engaged => INGEAR
46 Down: Julián __, HUD secretary under Obama => CASTRO
48 Down: Broker => AGENT
49 Down: Meryl Streep and Amy Adams played them in Doubt (2008) => NUNS
52 Down: Rack City rapper => TYGA
54 Down: Noble gas => NEON
55 Down: To be, in Toulouse => ETRE
56 Down: Back __! => ATYA
58 Down: Storage unit => BIN

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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