Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Breaks in relations => RIFTS
6 Across: Update cartographically => REMAP
11 Across: Adorns with Charmin, for short => TPS
14 Across: Basketball Hall of Famer __ Thomas => ISIAH
15 Across: Sherlock Holmes' younger sister as depicted in a recent Nancy Springer book series => ENOLA
16 Across: Hot temper => IRE
17 Across: Using any available means => CATCHASCATCHCAN
20 Across: He broke Babe's record in 1974 => HANK
21 Across: Tulip-to-be => BULB
22 Across: Kitchen protection => MITTS
23 Across: Rocks in a bar => ICE
24 Across: Miss Saigon setting => NAM
25 Across: Clear out => VACATE
26 Across: A college applicant may have to write one => ESSAY
28 Across: City on the Ruhr => ESSEN
31 Across: Roman 151 => CLI
32 Across: Ella's forte => SCAT
34 Across: Strain => TAX
35 Across: Swiss Army knife's assortment => USES
36 Across: Dashboard gauges => ODOMETERS
39 Across: Go for a rebound => JUMP
42 Across: Generation __ => GAP
43 Across: Opportunity metaphor => DOOR
45 Across: Ike's WWII command => ETO
46 Across: Heathcliff's love => CATHY
48 Across: Future docs' exams => MCATS
51 Across: Cassiterite, e.g. => TINORE
53 Across: A-lister => VIP
55 Across: Govt. mortgage agcy. => FHA
56 Across: Golf goof => SLICE
57 Across: Slangy sweeties => BAES
59 Across: Stern's opposite => STEM
60 Across: Novelty piano piece of 1921 ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme => KITTENONTHEKEYS
63 Across: Skater Midori => ITO
64 Across: Old Venetian coin => DUCAT
65 Across: Havana's __ Castle => MORRO
66 Across: Leb. neighbor => SYR
67 Across: Soliloquy site => STAGE
68 Across: Elizabeth of WandaVision => OLSEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Singer Lionel => RICHIE
2 Down: Jason of Harry Potter films => ISAACS
3 Down: Exercise goal => FITNESS
4 Down: Thumb-pressed nail => TACK
5 Down: Theater rebuke => SHH
6 Down: Continue => RESUME
7 Down: Ltr. insert => ENCL
8 Down: Utah city with a Biblical name => MOAB
9 Down: __-rock: music genre => ALT
10 Down: Game with ghosts and a maze => PACMAN
11 Down: Tiny breath mints => TICTACS
12 Down: Talk nonsense => PRATTLE
13 Down: Martial arts instructors => SENSEIS
18 Down: Attorney's gp. => ABA
19 Down: Juice box brand => HIC
24 Down: Long-distance swimmer Diana => NYAD
25 Down: Perturbed => VEXED
27 Down: Rent-__: 1988 film => ACOP
29 Down: Curry of the NBA's Warriors => STEPH
30 Down: Warmed the bench => SAT
33 Down: Senate cover-ups? => TOGAE
35 Down: Dream Team org. => USOC
37 Down: Yoga surface => MAT
38 Down: Frolic => ROMP
39 Down: Kawasaki watercraft => JETSKIS
40 Down: The U in SUV => UTILITY
41 Down: Hall pass checker => MONITOR
44 Down: Roof supports => RAFTERS
46 Down: Belief systems => CREEDS
47 Down: The Big Fib host __ Nicole Brown => YVETTE
49 Down: And __ off! => THEYRE
50 Down: Biblical strongman => SAMSON
52 Down: Fall mo. => OCT
54 Down: Suffix like -like => ISH
57 Down: Fla. resort => BOCA
58 Down: Toilets for T.S. Eliot?: Abbr. => ANAG
59 Down: Vodka brand that sounds like a toast => SKOL
61 Down: Trail mix morsel => NUT
62 Down: Fall Out Boy genre => EMO

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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