Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 20, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Get ready, as for surgery => PREP
5 Across: Dada lover? => MAMA
9 Across: Breathe like a hot dog => PANT
13 Across: Trevi Fountain city => ROME
14 Across: Yeah, right! => ASIF
15 Across: Stomach woe => ULCER
16 Across: In memoriam bio => OBIT
17 Across: Shout => YELL
18 Across: Caulking need => PUTTY
19 Across: Dome-shaped frozen areas at the two ends of the Earth => POLARICECAPS
22 Across: Distinctive manner of writing, say => STYLE
23 Across: Sit-__: protests => INS
24 Across: Bro's sibling => SIS
27 Across: One in charge of a depot => STATIONAGENT
32 Across: Throw in => ADD
35 Across: Zip, in soccer => NIL
36 Across: Slow musical movement => LENTO
37 Across: Cognac, crème de cacao and cream cocktail => BRANDYALEXANDER
42 Across: Swahili's language group => BANTU
43 Across: 1950s prez => IKE
44 Across: On the __: sneakily => SLY
45 Across: Over an extended period => INTHELONGRUN
50 Across: Scratch (out), as a living => EKE
51 Across: Smidgen => TAD
52 Across: Harbor cities => PORTS
56 Across: Junior high ... and what each set of circles is? => MIDDLESCHOOL
60 Across: __ Secretary: Téa Leoni title role => MADAM
63 Across: Ultra-modest skirt => MAXI
64 Across: Microsoft browser => EDGE
65 Across: Banishment => EXILE
66 Across: Enthusiastic => AVID
67 Across: Big jump => LEAP
68 Across: Came's opposite => WENT
69 Across: Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald or Thurmond => NATE
70 Across: Share on Facebook, say => POST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Yorick's skull in Hamlet and the dagger in Macbeth, e.g. => PROPS
2 Down: Automaton => ROBOT
3 Down: Poet Dickinson => EMILY
4 Down: Rose features => PETALS
5 Down: Polite request => MAYI
6 Down: Just __ ... => ASEC
7 Down: 1,760 yards => MILE
8 Down: Merged union: Abbr. => AFLCIO
9 Down: In addition to => PLUS
10 Down: Assume a role => ACT
11 Down: Bottom line => NET
12 Down: Give it a go => TRY
15 Down: Swedish university city => UPPSALA
20 Down: Like a prof. emeritus => RET
21 Down: Columnist Landers => ANN
24 Down: Transmits => SENDS
25 Down: Major chip maker => INTEL
26 Down: Kid's bedtime request => STORY
28 Down: ... have you __ wool? => ANY
29 Down: Andalusian aunt => TIA
30 Down: Messin' around, in rap slang => ILLIN
31 Down: With 41-Down, boomer's kid => GEN
32 Down: Steal This Book author Hoffman => ABBIE
33 Down: Had a beer, say => DRANK
34 Down: Divine Comedy poet => DANTE
38 Down: Utmost degree => NTH
39 Down: Eventually and aptly, after in => DUETIME
40 Down: Heart test: Abbr. => EKG
41 Down: See 31-Down => XER
46 Down: Young fellow => LAD
47 Down: Extra guy who's out => ODDMAN
48 Down: Scanned bars: Abbr. => UPC
49 Down: Of little value => NOHELP
53 Down: Wyoming's state sport => RODEO
54 Down: Roman wraps => TOGAS
55 Down: Took a nap => SLEPT
56 Down: Brewer's need => MALT
57 Down: Etna output => LAVA
58 Down: Leave the room => EXIT
59 Down: One of a cube's six => SIDE
60 Down: Kitty's sound => MEW
61 Down: Lumberjack tool => AXE
62 Down: Terrible racket => DIN

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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