Crossword Answers For: Sunday, January 2, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Safari find => SITE
5 Across: Debate side => ANTI
9 Across: First-string squad => ATEAM
14 Across: Degrees for some execs => MBAS
18 Across: Graceful horse => ARAB
19 Across: Created => BORN
20 Across: James Gang associate Starr => BELLE
21 Across: Summa cum __ => LAUDE
22 Across: Candle used in a lighthouse? => WAXBEACON
24 Across: Genesis tower locale => BABEL
25 Across: Place out of the sun => ARBOR
26 Across: Casper-to-Denver dir. => SSE
27 Across: Word in a beauty brand since 1952 => OLAY
28 Across: Snake that can walk on water? => MIRACLECOBRA
30 Across: Snake secretion => VENOM
32 Across: On one's __: having recovered => FEET
33 Across: Brightly plumed songbird => ORIOLE
34 Across: Tax prep pros => CPAS
36 Across: More current => NEWER
38 Across: Such a cute cat! => AWW
41 Across: Russo of Thor => RENE
42 Across: Imitations of disapproving sounds? => RASPBERRYCOPIES
46 Across: Disobedient => REBEL
49 Across: Goree who played Cassius Clay in One Night in Miami... => ELI
50 Across: Actor Morales => ESAI
51 Across: Baconator chain => WENDYS
53 Across: Truth alternative => DARE
54 Across: Expressive chat image => EMOJI
56 Across: Even now => STILL
59 Across: Treasury Dept. variable => GNP
60 Across: Small container => TIN
61 Across: Big name in bread => PANERA
63 Across: Workout trainers? => MUSCLECOACHES
68 Across: Tot's belly => TUM
69 Across: Rochelle Walensky's org. => CDC
70 Across: This __ to stop => HAS
71 Across: Mt. Hood's state => ORE
72 Across: Reward for a fan at a smokehouse drawing? => LIFETIMEBACON
77 Across: iRobot vacuum => ROOMBA
81 Across: Sci-fi author Palmer => ADA
82 Across: Liquid meas. => GAL
83 Across: Loud laughs => ROARS
86 Across: Garden-variety => USUAL
87 Across: Lauderdale neighbor => BOCA
89 Across: Pump number => OCTANE
92 Across: Short statement or question => ITIS
94 Across: Billions airer, briefly => SHO
95 Across: Snow day coasters => SLEDS
97 Across: Traveling jokester? => HIGHWAYCOMEDIAN
101 Across: Barcelona bar bite => TAPA
103 Across: Goofy drawing? => CEL
104 Across: Level Up singer => CIARA
105 Across: Vaper's stick, for short => ECIG
106 Across: Colombian capital => BOGOTA
108 Across: Throw out => DUMP
110 Across: Fr. misses => MLLES
112 Across: Problem that plagues the grid? => POWERSCOURGE
115 Across: Pitcher Sparky, first American League reliever to win the Cy Young Award => LYLE
116 Across: Jeter's jersey number => TWO
119 Across: __ we all? => ARENT
120 Across: Yearly record => ANNAL
121 Across: Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers => TOSSACOIN
123 Across: Soft minerals => TALCS
124 Across: Stranger Things genre => SCIFI
125 Across: Foil alternative => EPEE
126 Across: Craving => URGE
127 Across: Craftsy etailer => ETSY
128 Across: Dry runs => TESTS
129 Across: Orderly => NEAT
130 Across: Julia's Ocean's Eleven role => TESS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bits of wisdom => SAWS
2 Down: Golden years funds => IRAS
3 Down: Risky way to save => TAXEVASION
4 Down: Recede => EBB
5 Down: Rock-clinging mollusks => ABALONES
6 Down: Museum tour rule => NOCAMERAS
7 Down: Horse victim? => TROY
8 Down: Travel stop => INN
9 Down: Cornish of Jack Ryan => ABBIE
10 Down: Convenient envelope-opening strip => TEARTAPE
11 Down: Island off Tuscany => ELBA
12 Down: Smart guy? => ALEC
13 Down: __ Yello => MELLO
14 Down: Like Lost characters => MAROONED
15 Down: Unwinding luxury => BUBBLEBATH
16 Down: Love to pieces => ADORE
17 Down: Blood drive fluids => SERA
21 Down: More frilly => LACIER
23 Down: Many, many years => EON
28 Down: Bygone Ford div. => MERC
29 Down: Make an oopsie => ERR
31 Down: Medium gift => ESP
32 Down: Wine Country actress => FEY
34 Down: Obnoxious sort => CREEP
35 Down: Mallorcan seaport => PALMA
37 Down: Legal order => WRIT
39 Down: Come out on top => WIN
40 Down: Thick-heeled shoes => WEDGES
43 Down: Lebanon's capital => BEIRUT
44 Down: Head-turning birds => OWLS
45 Down: Match sound to video => SYNC
47 Down: Great Lake near Detroit => ERIE
48 Down: Microscope part => LENS
52 Down: Wildlife trail => SPOOR
55 Down: Jump in a tutu => JETE
57 Down: Online source for film buffs => IMDB
58 Down: 2021 Pixar film set in Italy => LUCA
62 Down: Panama pal => AMIGO
64 Down: Half a toy train? => CHOO
65 Down: Pop singer Del Rey => LANA
66 Down: Stir up => AROUSE
67 Down: Corp. honchos => CEOS
69 Down: TD Garden NBAer => CELTIC
72 Down: Research places => LABS
73 Down: Childhood hero, perhaps => IDOL
74 Down: Small drying aids => FACETOWELS
75 Down: Jet speed measure => MACH
76 Down: Staff for sailing => CREW
78 Down: Shop with record sales => MUSICSTORE
79 Down: Its supreme body is the Universal House of Justice => BAHAI
80 Down: Word after string or sing => ALONG
84 Down: Costa __ => RICA
85 Down: Nolde watercolor with a turbulent title => STORMYSEA
88 Down: Mad Men business => ADAGENCY
90 Down: Candle count, maybe => AGE
91 Down: Where teams annually make ice picks? => NHLDRAFT
93 Down: Ready when you are! => IMALLSET
96 Down: Pool and pickleball => SPORTS
98 Down: Pinnacle => ACME
99 Down: Shrill bark => YIP
100 Down: Mudbound director Rees => DEE
102 Down: Common tweet symbols => ATS
106 Down: Fictional Kazakh journalist => BORAT
107 Down: ... and __ of thousands! => ACAST
109 Down: Jamaican citrus fruits => UGLIS
111 Down: Grazing area => LEA
112 Down: Bánh mì condiment => PATE
113 Down: At the moment when => ONCE
114 Down: Aussie colleges => UNIS
115 Down: A bit less than a canter => LOPE
117 Down: Drag show toppers => WIGS
118 Down: People => ONES
121 Down: Decathlon number => TEN
122 Down: Edit, in a way => CUT

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This crossword has 70 across clues and 75 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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