Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 24, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Model in the Beach Boys' Fun, Fun, Fun => TBIRD
6 Across: Nightmare street => ELM
9 Across: Middles => WAISTS
15 Across: Demonstrating skill => ABLY
19 Across: Subtle glows => AURAE
20 Across: Wasikowska of Damsel => MIA
21 Across: Allergic outburst => AHCHOO
22 Across: Hudson Bay nation => CREE
23 Across: *Grizzly, for one => BROWNBEAR
25 Across: *Olaf II of Norway, notably => VIKINGSAINT
27 Across: Ornamental vase => URN
28 Across: Earthly => TERRENE
30 Across: MLB Hall of Famer Fox and journalist Bly => NELLIES
31 Across: __ a soul => NARY
32 Across: Va. winter hours => EST
34 Across: Genesis twin => ESAU
35 Across: Hose clamp tightener => TBOLT
37 Across: More klutzy => GAWKIER
40 Across: Prepare, as a contract => DRAWUP
45 Across: Like some dorms => COED
46 Across: *It goes up in cold weather => HEATBILL
48 Across: Sound of shock => GASP
49 Across: Sharply hit baseball => LINER
51 Across: Relax, maybe => LIE
52 Across: Wolf down => EAT
54 Across: Guru's residence => ASHRAM
56 Across: Pool concern => ALGAE
57 Across: Loses steam => FLAGS
60 Across: Claim no longer allowed on cigarettes => LESSTAR
62 Across: Fortune => WEALTH
64 Across: Show with constant cliff-hangers => SOAP
66 Across: Cell division => MITOSIS
68 Across: NL Central club => STL
69 Across: *Nickname for Joe DiMaggio => YANKEECLIPPER
73 Across: Words of understanding => OHS
75 Across: Uses, as a scale => STEPSON
77 Across: Candy bar with a Nordic name => SKOR
78 Across: Self-reproach => REGRET
80 Across: Thinks => IDEATES
82 Across: Played really badly => STANK
85 Across: Comic book artist => INKER
86 Across: Mentally assimilate => DIGEST
88 Across: A musician usually has a good one => EAR
90 Across: Originally called => NEE
91 Across: Bête __ => NOIRE
92 Across: Willing to listen (to) => OPEN
93 Across: *The sun will eventually be one => REDGIANT
97 Across: Button alternative => SNAP
98 Across: Posse carriers => HORSES
101 Across: Max Ernst, for one => DADAIST
102 Across: True => ALIGN
104 Across: Yearn => ACHE
106 Across: Eye, to a poet => ORB
107 Across: Pickup relatives, briefly => UTES
108 Across: Condemnation => REPROOF
111 Across: Zip one's lip => KEEPMUM
114 Across: Rugrats dad => STU
117 Across: *ICBM booster until 1987 => TITANROCKET
120 Across: They're on the same side ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues => TEAMMATES
122 Across: Pizzazz => ELAN
123 Across: Spiritualist Deepak => CHOPRA
124 Across: Bagpiper's topper => TAM
125 Across: Past pudgy => OBESE
126 Across: Target of a military press => DELT
127 Across: Dear Evan __: 2015 musical => HANSEN
128 Across: Mahershala of Moonlight => ALI
129 Across: Grown-up efts => NEWTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Perfume that sounds forbidden => TABU
2 Down: VP under Jefferson => BURR
3 Down: Par-3 choice, often => IRON
4 Down: Not even rare? => RAW
5 Down: Insurance that covers dams? => DENTAL
6 Down: Manicurist's board => EMERY
7 Down: Yarn spinner => LIAR
8 Down: Dark area on the moon => MARE
9 Down: Surfboard/kayak hybrid => WAVESKI
10 Down: Yellowfin tuna => AHI
11 Down: Response to goo => ICK
12 Down: Slugger's creation => SHINER
13 Down: Shades => TONES
14 Down: I'm __ to hear from you! => SOGLAD
15 Down: Smoothie fruit => ACAI
16 Down: Cheese on crackers => BRIE
17 Down: Telescope part => LENS
18 Down: To this day => YET
24 Down: Docking place => BERTH
26 Down: Result of one too many, maybe => SLUR
29 Down: Rookie, briefly => NEWB
31 Down: I can't agree to this => NODEAL
33 Down: Scrabble piece => TILE
35 Down: Going places? => TOILETS
36 Down: *Kipling's Shere Khan is one => BENGALTIGER
37 Down: Author Sheehy => GAIL
38 Down: Relaxed => ATEASE
39 Down: Airline with an all-kosher menu => ELAL
41 Down: Turkish bigwigs => AGHAS
42 Down: *Virtuous Woman reggae singer => WARRIORKING
43 Down: Solheim Cup team => USA
44 Down: Fluoride-in-water meas. => PPM
45 Down: Cat's weapons => CLAWS
47 Down: Little trickster => ELF
50 Down: Confirms, as a password => RETYPES
53 Down: Sub => TEMP
54 Down: China __: showy bloom => ASTER
55 Down: Use for preservation, as wine barrels => STOREIN
58 Down: Takes off => GOES
59 Down: Pass rusher's stat => SACKS
61 Down: Small intake => SIP
63 Down: Attacks => HASAT
65 Down: Story line => PLOT
67 Down: Singer Ed featured in the 2019 film Yesterday => SHEERAN
70 Down: Just kidding! => NOT
71 Down: Place for a pad => KNEE
72 Down: Modern Persians => IRANIS
74 Down: __ throat => STREP
76 Down: Utopias => EDENS
79 Down: Knowledge of spiritual matters => GNOSIS
81 Down: Bareilles of Waitress => SARA
83 Down: Without ice => NEAT
84 Down: Understanding => KEN
86 Down: Quote from Homer => DOH
87 Down: 2012 Facebook event, for short => IPO
89 Down: Overhaul => REDO
94 Down: Sunbather's pride => DARKTAN
95 Down: Poke fun at => GIBE
96 Down: Best Supporting Actress before Ingrid => TATUM
99 Down: Merit => EARN
100 Down: Discolor by burning => SCORCH
101 Down: Military alert state => DEFCON
103 Down: Jack of Some Like It Hot => LEMMON
105 Down: To-do => HOOHA
107 Down: It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990 => UMAMI
108 Down: Tick off => RILE
109 Down: Series finale: Abbr. => ETAL
110 Down: Huff and puff => PANT
112 Down: R&B great James => ETTA
113 Down: Ring at a wedding => PEAL
114 Down: State of suppressed worry => STEW
115 Down: Reason to cram => TEST
116 Down: List for a versatile tool => USES
117 Down: Talk acronym => TED
118 Down: Mil. mess duties => KPS
119 Down: Before, poetically => ERE
121 Down: Presidential nickname => ABE

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This crossword has 67 across clues and 78 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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