Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 12, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Guitarist Paul => LES
4 Across: Flamboyant Dame => EDNA
8 Across: Play with a receiver => PASS
12 Across: Chance to roll the dice, say => TURN
16 Across: In the archives => ONFILE
19 Across: Wishes undone => RUES
20 Across: Specialty => AREA
21 Across: Customizable cookie => OREO
22 Across: Ship's accountant => PURSER
23 Across: Like members of Gamblers Anonymous? => AGAINSTALLODDS
26 Across: Tiny racer => SLOTCAR
28 Across: Resort town NNE of Santa Fe => TAOS
29 Across: Chopin wrote a Revolutionary one => ETUDE
30 Across: Assembled => MET
31 Across: Put-__: masquerades => ONS
34 Across: Former British automaker => RELIANT
38 Across: Autumn flower => ASTER
40 Across: Like a popular crusader => CAPED
43 Across: King Cole and others => OLDSOULS
47 Across: Federal biomedical agcy. => NIH
48 Across: Like a church deacon? => ABOVETHEFOLD
52 Across: Draft status => ONEA
53 Across: What a shortage suggests => NEED
55 Across: This is the truth => ICANTLIE
56 Across: Hang out in the sun => LETDRY
58 Across: Splendor in the Grass screenwriter => INGE
59 Across: First name in Israeli statehood => GOLDA
60 Across: Plagued => GNAWED
63 Across: Sister of the moon goddess Selene => EOS
64 Across: Listening aid => EARBUD
66 Across: Wafer brand => NECCO
67 Across: The Far Side cartoonist Larson => GARY
69 Across: Like a balloon company with a depleted helium supply? => OUTOFTHEIRELEMENT
75 Across: Subdue, as a color => MUTE
76 Across: Sailor's Stop! => AVAST
77 Across: Utah national park => ARCHES
80 Across: Beach tone => TAN
81 Across: Cheap hooch => ROTGUT
83 Across: Muff => BOTCH
87 Across: Rope material => HEMP
88 Across: Cello-supporting rod => ENDPIN
90 Across: Support for a big top => TENTPOLE
92 Across: Boo-boo => OWIE
93 Across: Aspersion => SLUR
94 Across: Like one shopping for disposable phones? => AFTERBURNERS
98 Across: List-ending abbr. => ETC
99 Across: Saturn moon named for a Titan => HYPERION
101 Across: Yoga posture => ASANA
102 Across: Get a load of => AMASS
104 Across: American League East city => TORONTO
107 Across: Farm clucker => HEN
108 Across: Back muscle, briefly => LAT
109 Across: Three-time Tony winner Rivera => CHITA
112 Across: Sitar music => RAGA
115 Across: Classic jazz nickname => SATCHMO
119 Across: Like supporters of a Seattle daily? => BEHINDTHETIMES
125 Across: One-dimensional => LINEAR
126 Across: Seven-time Wimbledon winner => GRAF
127 Across: Relax, I'll take care of it! => OKOK
128 Across: European luxury wheels => BMWS
129 Across: Eye => PEERAT
130 Across: Soul mate? => BODY
131 Across: Gear teeth => COGS
132 Across: Dutch word meaning farmer => BOER
133 Across: Bank deposit, perhaps => ORE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Directory name => LISTEE
2 Down: Sister of Orestes => ELECTRA
3 Down: Flu fighters => SERA
4 Down: Horse-and-buggy, e.g. => ERA
5 Down: Enjoyed, in slang => DUG
6 Down: Bar order => NEAT
7 Down: Actor __ Kate Dillon of Billions => ASIA
8 Down: So last year => PASSE
9 Down: Museum focus => ART
10 Down: Raft, or where you might see one => SEA
11 Down: Actor Mineo => SAL
12 Down: Toddler's train sound => TOOTTOOT
13 Down: Pakistani tongue => URDU
14 Down: Comedian Foxx => REDD
15 Down: Wine quality => NOSE
16 Down: Special or black follower => OPS
17 Down: Nada, to Noël => NUL
18 Down: Like sausage's main ingredients? => FROMTHEGROUNDUP
24 Down: Easter opening? => NOR
25 Down: Camera option => LENS
27 Down: Ornate 18th-century style => ROCOCO
32 Down: Kind of architect => NAVAL
33 Down: Opposite of save => SPEND
35 Down: WC => LOO
36 Down: Poorly => ILL
37 Down: Throw into confusion => ADDLE
38 Down: It's the Hard-Knock Life soloist => ANNIE
39 Down: Tuscany city => SIENA
41 Down: Blues singer James => ETTA
42 Down: FedEx rival => DHL
44 Down: Like one caught in a storm? => UNDERTHEWEATHER
45 Down: Brown in a Croce song => LEROY
46 Down: Opines, for instance => SAYS
49 Down: Beehive, e.g. => BIGDO
50 Down: Peak in an Eastwood movie => EIGER
51 Down: Fight with foils => FENCE
54 Down: Coming-out => DEBUT
57 Down: Lawn tool => EDGER
61 Down: Commonly injured knee part, briefly => ACL
62 Down: Trouble => WOE
65 Down: Where embryos grow => UTERI
66 Down: Annual coll. hoops competition => NIT
68 Down: Dried chili pepper => ANCHO
70 Down: Budgetary excess => FAT
71 Down: Family-friendly rating => TVG
72 Down: __ cuisine => HAUTE
73 Down: Dimethyl sulfate, e.g. => ESTER
74 Down: Politically Incorrect host => MAHER
75 Down: Virile => MANLY
78 Down: Throws off => EMITS
79 Down: Technical details => SPECS
80 Down: New Age pianist John => TESH
82 Down: Walking __ => ONAIR
83 Down: Heat meas. => BTUS
84 Down: Talk show host in the National Women's Hall of Fame => OPRAH
85 Down: Metric weight => TONNE
86 Down: Bankrupts, with out => CLEANS
89 Down: Spruce up => PRETTIFY
91 Down: Magic org. => NBA
95 Down: Rock's __ Fighters => FOO
96 Down: Old Opry network => TNN
97 Down: More crude, language-wise => SALTIER
100 Down: Stable color => ROAN
103 Down: Rigg co-star on The Avengers => MACNEE
105 Down: Long hikes => TREKS
106 Down: Muesli morsel => OAT
109 Down: Longtime NYC punk rock club => CBGB
110 Down: Sub => HERO
111 Down: If __ a Hammer => IHAD
113 Down: The Gee in Bee Gees => GIBB
114 Down: Water, in some pistols => AMMO
116 Down: Purina rival => ALPO
117 Down: Goat quote => MAA
118 Down: Table scrap => ORT
120 Down: Sleepy cohort? => DOC
121 Down: Ref's ruling => TKO
122 Down: Slop slurper => HOG
123 Down: Fleecy one => EWE
124 Down: Ukr., once => SSR

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This crossword has 65 across clues and 80 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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