Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 30, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Make bold, maybe => STRESS
7 Across: Advanced degree candidate's no. => GRESCORE
15 Across: No more kidding around! => THISTIMEIMEANIT
17 Across: Hobby => OUTSIDEINTEREST
18 Across: Peck in the park, informally => PDA
19 Across: Controversial oil well verb => FRACK
20 Across: Whose __ was that? => IDEA
21 Across: Philosophy 101 subject => PLATO
22 Across: Headey of Game of Thrones => LENA
24 Across: Turning Tables singer => ADELE
27 Across: Main ingredients in the Thai dish tam som => PAPAYAS
30 Across: Shuffle alternative => NANO
31 Across: Speak from memory => RECITE
34 Across: One-named Chandelier singer => SIA
35 Across: Start thinking about old unpleasantness => DREDGEUPTHEPAST
38 Across: Stately tree => ELM
39 Across: Gas up? => AERATE
40 Across: World's largest fashion magazine => ELLE
41 Across: Responds to a minister, in a way => SAYSIDO
43 Across: Coarse cloth => TWEED
44 Across: Join (with) => ALLY
45 Across: Sources of suffering => BANES
48 Across: Ginormous => MEGA
50 Across: Completely surround => BOXIN
51 Across: Food is tossed in it => WOK
54 Across: 2019 culmination of a 22-film story => AVENGERSENDGAME
58 Across: Thrift store merchandise => VINTAGECLOTHING
59 Across: Free throws, usually => SETSHOTS
60 Across: You're absolutely right => SOITIS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: That's enough! => STOP
2 Down: Sound of a flop => THUD
3 Down: Romance writers' award until 2019 => RITA
4 Down: Assassin standout? => ESS
5 Down: Smother => STIFLE
6 Down: Libya's Gulf of __ => SIDRA
7 Down: Company with woodchuck ads => GEICO
8 Down: Stars' play area => RINK
9 Down: Lifesaver, briefly => EMT
10 Down: Catch my drift? => SEE
11 Down: Canopus' constellation => CARINA
12 Down: Short promotion => ONEDAYSALE
13 Down: Hilltop => RISE
14 Down: Place Sundance liked to see => ETTA
16 Down: Substance => MEAT
21 Down: Drudge or trudge => PLOD
22 Down: Woodshop tool => LATHE
23 Down: Heaviest of the three modern fencing swords => EPEE
24 Down: Quito's range => ANDES
25 Down: Alfalfa's love interest => DARLA
26 Down: Suspicious plant => ENEMYAGENT
27 Down: The Panthers of the ACC => PITT
28 Down: Symbolic compromise crossing => AISLE
29 Down: Having no more room, perhaps => SATED
31 Down: Thin in tone => REEDY
32 Down: Latvian capital => EURO
33 Down: Pro concerned with returns => CPA
36 Down: Olympic sprinter Devers => GAIL
37 Down: Prayer supports? => PEWS
42 Down: Op-ed features => SLANTS
43 Down: Care for => TENDTO
45 Down: Bartlett relatives => BOSCS
46 Down: Double or triple skating move => AXEL
47 Down: Boys of Sevilla => NINOS
48 Down: Cuban team, for short => MAVS
49 Down: Name that sounds like its first two letters => EVIE
50 Down: Poison lead singer Michaels => BRET
51 Down: Stand by => WAIT
52 Down: Start to science? => OMNI
53 Down: Bar supply => KEGS
55 Down: Cry of exasperation => GAH
56 Down: Word with surf or trip => EGO
57 Down: Letters next to a 4 => GHI

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This crossword has 29 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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