Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 16, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: First name in old horror films => BELA
5 Across: They're earned at U's => DEGS
9 Across: Serious wound => GASH
13 Across: Suit, so to speak => EXEC
14 Across: Artist Matisse => HENRI
15 Across: Start to freeze? => ANTI
16 Across: __ fail => EPIC
17 Across: Polished orator? => ABLETALKER
19 Across: Like C's, in some cases => SOSO
20 Across: One way to go to a party => STAG
21 Across: Steak __ => DIANE
22 Across: Indication that the coffee is ready? => URNSIGNAL
25 Across: One in a large octet => PLANET
28 Across: Southernmost of the Southeast's Sea Islands => AMELIA
32 Across: Main line => AORTA
33 Across: Palindromic title => MAAM
36 Across: Skiff movers => OARS
37 Across: Corp. money manager => CFO
38 Across: Regret the choice of wall paint color? => RUEBLUE
41 Across: Is, once => WAS
42 Across: __ Shanter: Burns poem => TAMO
44 Across: Dance movement => STEP
45 Across: Bridge along the Arno => PONTE
47 Across: Golf lesson topic => STANCE
49 Across: Becomes aware of => SENSES
50 Across: Carol Burnett, at the end of an episode? => EARJERKER
54 Across: Like some online purchases => INAPP
57 Across: Small case => ETUI
58 Across: Field unit => ACRE
62 Across: 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created => STRIPTEASE
64 Across: Post => MAIL
65 Across: Cry of success => IWIN
66 Across: Sign of early spring => ARIES
67 Across: Senior __ => PROM
68 Across: Errors, say => STAT
69 Across: PC connections => DSLS
70 Across: Gels => SETS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Half a sex-ed metaphor, with the => BEES
2 Down: Trade show => EXPO
3 Down: Floral necklaces => LEIS
4 Down: Explanation => ACCOUNT
5 Down: Financial statement items => DEBTS
6 Down: China's Zhou __ => ENLAI
7 Down: System of shorthand => GREGG
8 Down: Warm the bench => SIT
9 Down: Probe that visited Jupiter => GALILEO
10 Down: She's a Lady songwriter => ANKA
11 Down: British WWII gun => STEN
12 Down: Put on => HIRE
14 Down: Who __?!: Join the club! => HASNT
18 Down: NBA commissioner Silver => ADAM
23 Down: Bring up => REAR
24 Down: First killer whale to perform with a human => NAMU
25 Down: Accords => PACTS
26 Down: For dieters, in ads => LOFAT
27 Down: Coffee asset => AROMA
29 Down: They may be manicured => LAWNS
30 Down: Steaming => IRATE
31 Down: Beasts of burden => ASSES
33 Down: Ran into => MET
34 Down: Half a sawbuck => ABE
35 Down: Zugspitze, e.g. => ALP
39 Down: Manipulative sort => USER
40 Down: Olympics fencing event => EPEE
43 Down: Ice cream purchase => ONEPINT
46 Down: Parts of cloverleafs => ONRAMPS
48 Down: Yokum cartoonist => CAPP
49 Down: Irving Berlin's Blue __ => SKIES
51 Down: Signs of crowd displeasure => JEERS
52 Down: Online biz => ETAIL
53 Down: Deceptions => RUSES
54 Down: Goddess usually depicted holding an ankh => ISIS
55 Down: Food package amt. => NTWT
56 Down: Bizet's Habanera, e.g. => ARIA
59 Down: Diligence => CARE
60 Down: Comedy club hit => RIOT
61 Down: Stately trees => ELMS
63 Down: Bit => TAD

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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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