Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 4, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Applies sustained effort => WORKSATIT
10 Across: Caution => ALERT
15 Across: HS course that may be lit? => APENGLISH
16 Across: Ambitious sort => TYPEA
17 Across: Bean, e.g. => VEGETABLE
18 Across: Twist => WRING
19 Across: City on Presque Isle Bay => ERIE
20 Across: Audio engineer's accoutrements => EARPIECES
22 Across: Hold back => DAM
23 Across: Low-carb alternative to oats => NUTMEAL
25 Across: Princess Margaret portrayer in The Crown => HELENA
27 Across: __ act => CLASS
31 Across: Anticlimactic happenings => NONEVENTS
34 Across: Bob Odenkirk title role => SAUL
36 Across: Umbilicus formation => OUTIE
37 Across: __ the People: razor brand => OUI
38 Across: Gulf of Guinea capital => ACCRA
39 Across: Neuron speed unit: Abbr. => MSEC
40 Across: Movie monster term meaning alien form => XENOMORPH
42 Across: Zoom sesh, e.g. => EDATE
45 Across: Protective legwear => GAITER
46 Across: Atsukan, at a sushi bar => HOTSAKE
49 Across: Quick swim => DIP
51 Across: Idaho has the only one designed by a woman => STATESEAL
55 Across: Italian university city => PISA
56 Across: Old orange-roofed eateries, for short => HOJOS
57 Across: Reggie Jackson nickname => MROCTOBER
60 Across: Big name in gaming => ATARI
61 Across: Charades skill => PANTOMIME
62 Across: Whammies => HEXES
63 Across: Rapt => ENGROSSED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Shook one's hand? => WAVED
2 Down: Sydney attraction => OPERAHOUSE
3 Down: Strictly organized => REGIMENTED
4 Down: Hacky Sacker's option => KNEE
5 Down: Ice-T's SVU rank => SGT
6 Down: Following => ALA
7 Down: Yak => TIBETANOX
8 Down: Major religion of Indonesia => ISLAM
9 Down: Finished! => THERE
10 Down: Whenever one wants => ATWILL
11 Down: Instrument depicted on Keats' gravestone => LYRE
12 Down: Sprawling tale => EPIC
13 Down: Nobelist Cassin => RENE
14 Down: Handles => TAGS
21 Down: __-12 => PAC
23 Down: The Craft actress Campbell => NEVE
24 Down: Paris article => UNE
26 Down: German camera brand => LEICA
28 Down: Dandy accessory => ASCOT
29 Down: Bird mummified by ancient Egyptians => SACREDIBIS
30 Down: You pick => SURPRISEME
31 Down: Nice handle? => NOM
32 Down: Col. on a planner => TUE
33 Down: Folk music gathering, often => SINGALONG
35 Down: Well, __-di-dah! => LAH
38 Down: BFF of Brittany => AMIE
41 Down: Whiskey barrel wood => OAK
43 Down: Grad school hurdle => THESIS
44 Down: Aurora counterpart => EOS
47 Down: Home of Arizona State => TEMPE
48 Down: That's a wrap => SARAN
50 Down: Clipped => PARED
51 Down: Persian for king => SHAH
52 Down: Subscriber's bonus => TOTE
53 Down: Mighty warrior of myth => AJAX
54 Down: Bolted => TORE
55 Down: Little dogs, briefly => POMS
58 Down: Lisa Leslie's WNBA position => CTR
59 Down: Moreover => TOO

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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