Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 24, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Tbsp., for example => AMT
4 Across: Touchy monarch? => MIDAS
9 Across: United States of Al network => CBS
12 Across: Very droll => HAHA
14 Across: Representation => IMAGE
15 Across: Edible seed => CHIA
16 Across: Port near the Red Sea => ADEN
17 Across: To date => ASYET
18 Across: Wild party => ORGY
19 Across: Near-EGOT winner Midler (she's missing the O) => BETTE
21 Across: Org. with admirals => USN
22 Across: Reviews briefly => SKIMS
23 Across: Gets gasps from => AWES
24 Across: Bit of rebar => ROD
25 Across: Philippine currency => PESO
26 Across: Word often contracted => ARE
27 Across: Text lead-in => PREFACE
30 Across: Oversharing! => TMI
32 Across: Home of the Green Wave => TULANE
34 Across: Shrewdness => ACUMEN
36 Across: Inventing middle name => ALVA
37 Across: Short two-pointer => TIPIN
41 Across: Critique of Judgment author => KANT
42 Across: Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves => DEER
43 Across: Opposite of après => AVANT
44 Across: Madrid pronoun => ESTO
45 Across: Like email notifications => PAPERLESS
48 Across: 33-Down members: Abbr. => SRS
51 Across: Update follower, perhaps => RESTART
52 Across: 'And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!': The Merchant of Venice => OPE
55 Across: Old TWA competitor => PANAM
57 Across: Coastal raptor => ERN
58 Across: Shady place => ARBOR
60 Across: Signs => OMENS
61 Across: __ al-Fitr: end-of-Ramadan feast => EID
62 Across: Greek letter => THETA
63 Across: Apple product => IPAD
64 Across: Therefore ... => ANDSO
66 Across: Natural resources => ORES
67 Across: Star Wars role => LUKE
68 Across: Star in Orion => RIGEL
69 Across: That's that! => DONE
70 Across: 1974 CIA spoof => SPYS
71 Across: Word with home or bed => STEAD
72 Across: Tiny crawlers => ANTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Obsessed mariner => AHAB
2 Down: Added to the official playbook => MADEARULE
3 Down: Start of a seasonal title => THETWELVE
4 Down: Fla. NBA team, on scoreboards => MIA
5 Down: Not a doubt in my mind => IMSURE
6 Down: Title, part 2 => DAYSOF
7 Down: Chair's prep job => AGENDA
8 Down: Wimbledon division => SET
9 Down: End of the title => CHRISTMAS
10 Down: Drumroll follower => BIGMOMENT
11 Down: Comments => SAYS
13 Down: Part of a pot => ANTE
15 Down: Smelting fuel => COKE
20 Down: Around the Horn airer => ESPN
22 Down: It's risky to work on it => SPEC
26 Down: Slightly => ATAD
28 Down: Fix a messy package, say => RETAPE
29 Down: Certain rider's pace => CANTER
31 Down: Grooving on => INTO
33 Down: Organization for 48-Across => AARP
35 Down: Short strings? => UKES
38 Down: Comment about a familiar film => IVESEENIT
39 Down: With the contents of this grid's circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down => PARTRIDGE
40 Down: Salton, for one => INLANDSEA
46 Down: __ control => ARMS
47 Down: RBI, e.g. => STAT
48 Down: Booty => SPOILS
49 Down: Increase => RAMPUP
50 Down: Not at all up-front => SNEAKY
52 Down: Puck handler? => OBERON
53 Down: Strong => POTENT
54 Down: Gets rid of => ERASES
56 Down: Long range => ANDES
59 Down: Mary's upstairs neighbor => RHODA
64 Down: MGM motto word => ARS
65 Down: Stale => OLD

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This crossword has 45 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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