Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 1, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Kid around with => JOSH
5 Across: Wind with two reeds => OBOE
9 Across: Young fellow, in Ireland => BUCKO
14 Across: Square footage, say => AREA
15 Across: Mama's mate => DADA
16 Across: Rapper Ice Cube's first name => OSHEA
17 Across: *Trendy terms => BUZZWORDS
19 Across: Cardinals and Orioles => TEAMS
20 Across: Runs in, cop-style => ARRESTS
22 Across: Ready for picking => RIPE
23 Across: Passage in a personal journal => ENTRY
26 Across: Runs at full speed => SPRINTS
28 Across: College courtyard => QUAD
29 Across: Guerrilla Guevara => CHE
32 Across: Curtain holders => RODS
33 Across: Cities, informally => URBS
34 Across: (Marie's the Name) __ Latest Flame: Elvis hit => HIS
35 Across: Dutch beer brand => AMSTEL
38 Across: Silent communication syst. => ASL
39 Across: Vacillates ... or what you can do when you look at the starts of the answers to starred clues? => SEESAWS
41 Across: Mine find => ORE
42 Across: Eyed lecherously => LEERED
44 Across: Rose of Guns N' Roses => AXL
45 Across: Not kosher => TREF
46 Across: Elevated on a peg, as a golf ball => TEED
47 Across: Hoped-for response to a marriage proposal => YES
48 Across: Splinter group => SECT
49 Across: Mongoose family member => MEERKAT
52 Across: Needing practice => RUSTY
53 Across: Luxury hotel => OMNI
54 Across: Ketchup-and-mayo dressing => RUSSIAN
58 Across: Title film cousin => VINNY
60 Across: *Popular cause to jump on => BANDWAGON
64 Across: Formal Just me => ITISI
65 Across: Lake with the same first and last letter => ERIE
66 Across: Long skirt => MAXI
67 Across: German steel city => ESSEN
68 Across: Pro __: in proportion => RATA
69 Across: Fan favorite => IDOL

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Boxer's quick punch => JAB
2 Down: Christian sch. in Tulsa => ORU
3 Down: States, slangily => SEZ
4 Down: Ventures, as a guess => HAZARDS
5 Down: Skunk's defense => ODOR
6 Down: Naked => BARE
7 Down: Betting ratios => ODDS
8 Down: Divisions for the Yanks and Mets => EASTS
9 Down: Automated spam sender => BOT
10 Down: Log-in needs => USERIDS
11 Down: *Mall anchors => CHAINSTORES
12 Down: Well-groomed => KEMPT
13 Down: Desert havens => OASES
18 Down: Dryly humorous => WRY
21 Down: Spreads out one's arms and legs => SPRAWLS
23 Down: Math sign => EQUAL
24 Down: Hospital worker => NURSE
25 Down: *Game with paddles => TABLETENNIS
27 Down: CD-__: data holders => ROMS
29 Down: Cracker cheese => CHEDDAR
30 Down: Rush, old-style => HIE
31 Down: Op-ed piece, e.g. => ESSAY
36 Down: Upright => ERECT
37 Down: Southpaw => LEFTY
39 Down: Search for => SEEK
40 Down: Chopping tool => AXE
43 Down: Get the rest of the soap out of => RERINSE
45 Down: Tidal wave cousin => TSUNAMI
49 Down: Theater feature => MOVIE
50 Down: Radiates => EMITS
51 Down: Potato or yam => TUBER
52 Down: Uncooked => RAW
55 Down: __ Lee: dessert brand => SARA
56 Down: Sulky state => SNIT
57 Down: Good thinking! thought => IDEA
59 Down: Yang's partner => YIN
61 Down: Wander (about) => GAD
62 Down: Kitchen tool brand => OXO
63 Down: Naught => NIL

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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