Crossword Answers For: Sunday, October 31, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Leader who succeeded Muhammad => CALIPH
7 Across: Tried to get home, say => SLID
11 Across: Boiling state => IRE
14 Across: Beliefs => ISMS
18 Across: Keys on a piano => ALICIA
19 Across: 100 cents => EURO
20 Across: I, Claudius role => NERO
22 Across: Texter's Then again ... => OTOH
23 Across: Govern in Austin? => DIRECTTEXAS
25 Across: Set of rules for a jury? => PANELCODE
27 Across: Sault __ Marie => STE
28 Across: Throttle => CHOKE
29 Across: Pretentious => LADIDA
30 Across: Anthem contraction => OER
31 Across: Group name derived from the Dutch for farmer => BOERS
32 Across: __ blanche => CARTE
33 Across: Like crazy => MADLY
35 Across: Graceful antelopes => IMPALAS
38 Across: Volume subtitled 100 Good Excuses? => BOOKOFDENIAL
40 Across: Car bar => TIEROD
41 Across: Bodies usually bigger than bays => GULFS
43 Across: Mercury Theatre co-founder Welles => ORSON
44 Across: Farm units => ACRES
45 Across: Lawyer's filing => BRIEF
46 Across: The Texan star Calhoun => RORY
48 Across: The Eagle, e.g. => LEM
51 Across: Eric the Red's son => LEIF
52 Across: Comedian Shecky => GREENE
53 Across: Currency exchange abbr. => USD
54 Across: Mozart's __ Kleine Nachtmusik => EINE
55 Across: 17.2-million-square-mile area => ASIA
57 Across: __ metal: dark '80s-'90s music genre => DEATH
59 Across: Snakes' weapons => FANGS
60 Across: Party garb for one going as a pollution inspector? => EPACOSTUME
65 Across: Historic period with a lot of risks? => CHANCESERA
68 Across: Bob of Fuller House => SAGET
69 Across: Explode => BURST
71 Across: Full of slime => OOZY
72 Across: Breezed through => ACED
73 Across: Animation frame => CEL
74 Across: Family reunion attendee => NEPHEW
77 Across: Botch => MUFF
81 Across: __ so you! => ITS
82 Across: No problem! => SURE
83 Across: Name of two presidents => ADAMS
84 Across: Privilege => HONOR
85 Across: Broadcaster => AIRER
88 Across: A lot => SCADS
89 Across: State bordering Baja => SONORA
90 Across: Cube-shaped stones for a fireplace shelf? => MANTELBLOCKS
94 Across: Overly optimistic => BLUESKY
95 Across: Chicago Med pro => ERDOC
96 Across: Location => SITUS
97 Across: Clamorous => NOISY
98 Across: Color TV pioneer => RCA
99 Across: H.S. exam for college credit => APTEST
101 Across: Brownish gray => TAUPE
102 Across: Cacophony => DIN
105 Across: Wizard's communications device? => MAGEPHONE
107 Across: Braided Greek cheese? => TWISTOFFETA
110 Across: Biblical plot => EDEN
111 Across: Blood type, briefly => ONEG
112 Across: Lash mark => WELT
113 Across: Shade => NUANCE
114 Across: Fit together compactly => NEST
115 Across: Classified ad abbr. => EEO
116 Across: Comply with => OBEY
117 Across: Slow-moving mammals => SLOTHS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bounders => CADS
2 Down: Settled (on) => ALIT
3 Down: Euros replaced them => LIRE
4 Down: Coolers? => ICE
5 Down: Winds also called ottavinos => PICCOLOS
6 Down: Result of keeping a cap on too long => HATHEAD
7 Down: Goes after => SEEKS
8 Down: Elegance => LUXE
9 Down: 401(k) alternative => IRA
10 Down: Big affairs => DOS
11 Down: Out of gear => INPARK
12 Down: Entertain at bedtime, as a tot => READTO
13 Down: Sixteen Tons singer whose nickname is his birth state => ERNIEFORD
14 Down: Games gp. => IOC
15 Down: Waited, not always patiently => STOODINLINE
16 Down: Roadster in the Henry Ford Museum => MODELA
17 Down: Crow with Grammys => SHERYL
21 Down: Brit. lexicon => OED
24 Down: High spots => TORS
26 Down: Metal-threaded fabrics => LAMES
29 Down: Golden Triangle country => LAOS
31 Down: Shameless => BAREFACED
32 Down: Eye-opening cupful => COFFEE
34 Down: Spanish span => ANO
35 Down: Emphatic type: Abbr. => ITAL
36 Down: They actually prefer fruit and grains to cheese => MICE
37 Down: Frasier actress Gilpin => PERI
38 Down: Kitchen counter staple => BLENDER
39 Down: Cocktail order => DRY
41 Down: Coll. senior's test => GRE
42 Down: One-eighty => UIE
45 Down: Cookout choice => BRAT
46 Down: Babe with a bat => RUTH
47 Down: Dept. of Labor arm => OSHA
49 Down: Tech sch. alumnus => ENGR
50 Down: Big butte => MESA
52 Down: Base figs. => GIS
54 Down: Fast bucks => EASYMONEY
56 Down: Barfly => SOT
58 Down: Represented oneself to be => ACTEDAS
59 Down: Casbah headgear => FEZ
60 Down: Morales of NYPD Blue => ESAI
61 Down: Agreement => PACT
62 Down: Seemingly forever => AGESANDAGES
63 Down: Lyft rival => UBER
64 Down: Paragon of stubbornness => MULE
66 Down: Denials => NOES
67 Down: Dairy grazer => COW
70 Down: Light fare => SNACKS
73 Down: Street edging piece => CURBSTONE
75 Down: Crash site? => PAD
76 Down: Royal Navy initials => HMS
78 Down: Pizzeria chain, familiarly => UNOS
79 Down: Motorist's decision point => FORK
80 Down: Donnybrook => FRAY
82 Down: Frites seasoning => SEL
84 Down: Holiday guests, maybe => HOUSEFUL
86 Down: 1995 court VIP => ITO
87 Down: Go over => RECAP
88 Down: Cottontail's tail => SCUT
89 Down: They usually don't have laces => SLIPONS
90 Down: Mythical males with tails => MERMEN
91 Down: Game keeper? => ARCADE
92 Down: Homeowner, vis-à-vis the bank => LIENEE
93 Down: Cooperstown's lake => OTSEGO
94 Down: Attack, as of an illness => BOUT
97 Down: Foul => NASTY
100 Down: Saigon soup => PHO
101 Down: Word game piece => TILE
102 Down: Bit of progress => DENT
103 Down: Allergic reaction => ITCH
104 Down: Dundee disagreements => NAES
106 Down: Tolkien creature => ENT
107 Down: Wee hour => TWO
108 Down: Information source, with the => WEB
109 Down: __ Schwarz => FAO

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