Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sneaker feature => LACE
5 Across: Balance scale container => PAN
8 Across: Plays the role of => ACTSAS
14 Across: Milky white gem => OPAL
15 Across: Focus of modern-day surfing => EGO
16 Across: Most achy => SOREST
17 Across: *Spends time in the gym => WORKSOUT
19 Across: Shrimp entrée => SCAMPI
20 Across: Prime meridian std. => GST
21 Across: Make into law => ENACT
23 Across: Quaking tree => ASPEN
24 Across: One of the Coen brothers => ETHAN
26 Across: *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers => HATCHECK
28 Across: Big-time celeb => ALISTER
31 Across: P-like Greek letter => RHO
32 Across: ACLU issues => RTS
33 Across: Smell really bad => REEK
34 Across: Crosses (out) => XES
36 Across: Antiquated => OLD
38 Across: James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue => FIREANDRAIN
42 Across: __ on my watch! => NOT
43 Across: Chaney of horror films => LON
44 Across: Where some surfers shop => EBAY
47 Across: Nonprofit URL ending => ORG
50 Across: __ Lingus => AER
52 Across: Ophthalmologist's field => EYECARE
54 Across: *Times Square New Year's Eve custom => BALLDROP
57 Across: Calf-length skirts => MIDIS
58 Across: Like the sea when waves are crashing => AROAR
59 Across: NFL Dolphins' home => MIAMI
62 Across: Bloodshot => RED
63 Across: Broadway's Ethel => MERMAN
65 Across: *When employment ends, formally => EXITDATE
67 Across: Cheese in some bagels => ASIAGO
68 Across: Freight weight => TON
69 Across: Old Spice competitor => AFTA
70 Across: Balanced conditions => STASES
71 Across: Aardvark's morsel => ANT
72 Across: Common flag symbol => STAR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Transmission choice for steep ascents => LOWGEAR
2 Down: Biblical disciple => APOSTLE
3 Down: One driving the wrong way? => CARTHIEF
4 Down: Lodge member => ELK
5 Down: Menial laborer => PEON
6 Down: Océano filler => AGUA
7 Down: V-shaped slit => NOTCH
8 Down: Pack animal => ASS
9 Down: Pepsi rival => COCACOLA
10 Down: Vandalize => TRASH
11 Down: Start of the Marines' motto => SEMPER
12 Down: Appearance => ASPECT
13 Down: Smells really bad => STINKS
18 Down: Dispatched => SENT
22 Down: Driveway material => TAR
25 Down: Welcome to one's home => ASKIN
27 Down: Like rosebushes => THORNY
29 Down: New Hampshire prep school town => EXETER
30 Down: Actor Stephen => REA
35 Down: NBC weekend show => SNL
37 Down: Cinque times due => DIECI
39 Down: Blowup on the highway => ROADRAGE
40 Down: Buck's partner => DOE
41 Down: Annual hoops player selection event => NBADRAFT
45 Down: Short operatic solo => ARIETTA
46 Down: Whatever you say, honey => YESDEAR
47 Down: Trumps' White House predecessors => OBAMAS
48 Down: Least cooked => RAREST
49 Down: Vocalist Estefan => GLORIA
51 Down: CD follower => ROM
53 Down: Radiate => EMIT
55 Down: Asian priests => LAMAS
56 Down: Michelangelo masterwork => PIETA
60 Down: Neural transmitter => AXON
61 Down: Like new => MINT
64 Down: Turndowns => NOS
66 Down: Courtroom figs. => DAS

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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