Crossword Answers For: Monday, November 8, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fictional hero raised by apes => TARZAN
7 Across: URL letters after two slashes => WWW
10 Across: Prefix meaning huge => MEGA
14 Across: Single-celled creature => AMOEBA
15 Across: So I was right all along => AHA
16 Across: Pizza cooker => OVEN
17 Across: *Swing from the get-go => COMEOUTFIGHTING
20 Across: Bonuses for the waitstaff => TIPS
21 Across: Whitewater ride => RAFT
22 Across: Mookie of the Dodgers => BETTS
23 Across: *Well-made => BUILTTOLAST
25 Across: Make amends => ATONE
29 Across: Wallach or Whitney => ELI
30 Across: *Early pudginess usually lost by one's teens => BABYFAT
33 Across: Go out, as the tide => EBB
35 Across: Econ. yardstick => GDP
38 Across: Timeworn phrase => BROMIDE
39 Across: In the same family => RELATED
41 Across: Dined => ATE
42 Across: Can metal => TIN
43 Across: *Continue to avoid, as alcohol => STAYOFF
44 Across: Pigs out (on), briefly => ODS
46 Across: Bird homes => NESTS
47 Across: *Don't go yet => WAITASECOND
54 Across: Lou Grant portrayer Ed => ASNER
55 Across: __-Rooter => ROTO
56 Across: Worker protection org. => OSHA
60 Across: Bumping into someone, say ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue can have? => CHANCEENCOUNTER
63 Across: Clark at the Daily Planet => KENT
64 Across: NW corner key => ESC
65 Across: __ versus nurture => NATURE
66 Across: Valuable rocks => ORES
67 Across: 5G __: mobile standard => LTE
68 Across: Eats into => ERODES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Diplomat's asset => TACT
2 Down: Mine, in Metz => AMOI
3 Down: Blowout victory => ROMP
4 Down: Pizzazz quartet => ZEES
5 Down: Blood-typing letters => ABO
6 Down: Tiny Pacific republic near the equator => NAURU
7 Down: Pancake cousin => WAFFLE
8 Down: Wood shavers => WHITTLERS
9 Down: What happy tails do => WAG
10 Down: Roadside overnight stop => MOTEL
11 Down: Broadway role played by Madonna in film => EVITA
12 Down: Restroom label => GENTS
13 Down: Common teen phase => ANGST
18 Down: Mai __ => TAI
19 Down: His Dark Materials channel => HBO
23 Down: Are suited for => BEFIT
24 Down: Dalai Lama's land => TIBET
25 Down: Palindromic SOS pop group => ABBA
26 Down: Sharp-tasting => TART
27 Down: Bassoon relative => OBOE
28 Down: Miracle NL team of 1969, on scoreboards => NYM
31 Down: Farewell to Felipe => ADIOS
32 Down: Most easily chewed, as meat => TENDEREST
34 Down: Not at all spicy => BLAND
35 Down: Sporty Pontiacs => GTOS
36 Down: Nimble-fingered => DEFT
37 Down: Some emailed files => PDFS
40 Down: Sailor's yes => AYE
45 Down: Wall-mounted light => SCONCE
47 Down: Amusingly eccentric => WACKO
48 Down: Son of Jacob => ASHER
49 Down: Silly => INANE
50 Down: Campers' shelters => TENTS
51 Down: Joan of __ => ARC
52 Down: Not Rx => OTC
53 Down: ... said __ ever => NOONE
56 Down: Aware of, as a plot => ONTO
57 Down: Kind of poker => STUD
58 Down: __ we go again! => HERE
59 Down: Greek war god => ARES
61 Down: Electric fish => EEL
62 Down: Former Egypt-Syria confed. => UAR

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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