Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 6, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Mexican dip => SALSA
6 Across: Kitten-lifting spot => NAPE
10 Across: Notorious Supreme Court justice, initially => RBG
13 Across: Gold miner's staked-out land => CLAIM
14 Across: Polishes, as text => EDITS
16 Across: Botch the job, say => ERR
17 Across: *Cage for a bunny => RABBITHUTCH
19 Across: Actress Zadora => PIA
20 Across: Moody music genre => EMO
21 Across: __ Grey tea => EARL
22 Across: Wasn't feeling well => AILED
24 Across: Early bird's reward => WORM
26 Across: *Tool for filling in holes in the wall => PUTTYKNIFE
29 Across: Blackjack card => ACE
31 Across: Superman' actor Christopher => REEVE
32 Across: Hooded snake => COBRA
35 Across: Final Four org. => NCAA
37 Across: Dutch cheese town => EDAM
40 Across: *Bow users' musical ensemble => STRINGORCHESTRA
43 Across: The jig __ => ISUP
44 Across: Double-reed wind => OBOE
45 Across: Trio in H2O => ATOMS
46 Across: Barnes' bookselling partner => NOBLE
48 Across: Italian three => TRE
49 Across: *Skin response to fear or cold => GOOSEFLESH
53 Across: Applies with a Q-tip => DABS
57 Across: Finance whiz Suze => ORMAN
58 Across: Christmas song => NOEL
60 Across: Rapper __ Kim => LIL
61 Across: Oral health initials => ADA
62 Across: C'mon, get serious! ... and an admonition evidently ignored by the starts of the answers to starred clues => DONTBESILLY
66 Across: Part of mph => PER
67 Across: Promised to tell the truth => SWORE
68 Across: There's no such thing as a free lunch, e.g. => ADAGE
69 Across: Hosp. triage areas => ERS
70 Across: Still-life subject => EWER
71 Across: Printer supply => TONER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Carpenter's fastener => SCREW
2 Down: Mission to remember => ALAMO
3 Down: Materials partner on a repair bill => LABOR
4 Down: Member of the fam => SIB
5 Down: Gallic girlfriend => AMIE
6 Down: Indira Gandhi's father => NEHRU
7 Down: Grownup => ADULT
8 Down: Racetrack stop => PIT
9 Down: And so on, briefly => ETC
10 Down: Answered, as an email => REPLIEDTO
11 Down: Lawyer's filing => BRIEF
12 Down: Student's mark => GRADE
15 Down: Ice cream drink => SHAKE
18 Down: Scotch or masking => TAPE
23 Down: Played the market => INVESTED
25 Down: California county that contains parts of Yosemite National Park => MARIPOSA
27 Down: Copy on transparent paper => TRACE
28 Down: You betcha! => YEAH
30 Down: Recycle bin item => CAN
32 Down: CBS forensic series => CSI
33 Down: NFL tiebreakers => OTS
34 Down: Multiple Grammy winner featured on Uptown Funk => BRUNOMARS
35 Down: Prize since 1901 => NOBEL
36 Down: __-Magnon => CRO
38 Down: Vaccination spot => ARM
39 Down: More, in Madrid => MAS
41 Down: Game with putting => GOLF
42 Down: Lend an __: listen => EAR
47 Down: Is flexible => BENDS
48 Down: You, biblically => THEE
49 Down: Flip out => GOAPE
50 Down: Trial judge's demand => ORDER
51 Down: Between, in French => ENTRE
52 Down: Like a designated driver => SOBER
54 Down: Poe's middle name => ALLAN
55 Down: Ship's hull region => BILGE
56 Down: More cunning => SLYER
59 Down: Aspiring DA's exam => LSAT
63 Down: Be obligated to => OWE
64 Down: Don't delay! => NOW
65 Down: Pre-marital (just barely) promise => IDO

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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