Crossword Answers For: Sunday, February 20, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 21-Across, marching band instrument => BASS
5 Across: Feline weapons => CLAWS
10 Across: Vineyard measure => ACRE
14 Across: Valuable find => TROVE
19 Across: James who co-wrote and sang I'd Rather Go Blind => ETTA
20 Across: Monsieur __: classic Jacques Tati role => HULOT
21 Across: See 1-Across => DRUM
22 Across: Had one's fingers crossed => HOPED
23 Across: M.D. on Wheel of Fortune? => SPINDOCTOR
25 Across: Fast-working Downton Abbey woman? => MINUTEMAID
27 Across: Indian menu word => TANDOORI
28 Across: ... a grin without a cat! thinker => ALICE
30 Across: How aspirin is taken => ORALLY
31 Across: Restful state => REPOSE
32 Across: Promising moment, as of wit => SPARK
33 Across: Till stack => ONES
34 Across: Madness => IRE
35 Across: Coward's lack, figuratively => SPINE
36 Across: Aparicio in Cooperstown => LUIS
37 Across: Dress (up) => TOG
40 Across: Float like smoke rings => WAFT
43 Across: Painter in prison? => CONARTIST
45 Across: Crime novelist Paretsky => SARA
46 Across: Crop up => ARISE
48 Across: Nixon in China role => MAO
49 Across: Mutual influence => INTERPLAY
51 Across: Speak like a rug? => LIE
52 Across: Ideal for farming => ARABLE
55 Across: Quilting events => BEES
56 Across: Hurricane of 2011 => IRENE
57 Across: The Who co-founder => DALTREY
59 Across: Prepare for a race => TRAIN
61 Across: Hot rod? => SPIT
62 Across: Shoppe preceder => OLDE
63 Across: CIA operative in the Arctic? => NORTHERNSPY
67 Across: Dry run => TEST
70 Across: Happy cap tosser => GRAD
72 Across: Delete => ERASE
73 Across: And Still I Rise poet => ANGELOU
75 Across: Unacceptable, as punishment => CRUEL
77 Across: Caramel-topped dessert => FLAN
78 Across: Exodus obstacle => REDSEA
81 Across: Chem class part => LAB
82 Across: Partied hearty => ROISTERED
84 Across: Site for used cars => LOT
85 Across: Short-vowel mark => BREVE
87 Across: The West Wing Emmy winner, 2006 => ALDA
88 Across: One rating singles bar come-ons? => LINEJUDGE
92 Across: Smelter metals => ORES
93 Across: __ hours => WEE
94 Across: Don't play music notation => REST
95 Across: Gazetteer stats => AREAS
96 Across: Drink from a snifter => SIP
98 Across: Wall map marker => TACK
99 Across: Princeton mascot => TIGER
100 Across: Cell feature => CAMERA
103 Across: Trip up => ASCENT
106 Across: Derby drink => JULEP
107 Across: Hill hundred => SENATORS
109 Across: Gofer at a ballpark? => SPORTSPAGE
111 Across: Displayer of truck-stop equipment? => SCALEMODEL
113 Across: Flirt with, say => TEASE
114 Across: Sign of spoilage => ODOR
115 Across: Marquesses' inferiors => EARLS
116 Across: 100-year-old chip brand => WISE
117 Across: Ran standing still => IDLED
118 Across: Digs for pigs => PENS
119 Across: Surprise ending => TWIST
120 Across: Put one over on => SNOW

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Awards adjective => BEST
2 Down: For face value => ATPAR
3 Down: Fear Street series author => STINE
4 Down: Kids' play places, across the pond => SANDPITS
5 Down: Settle on => CHOOSE
6 Down: Ill-gotten loot => LUCRE
7 Down: Some choir members => ALTI
8 Down: Try to win over => WOO
9 Down: Secure for the trip => STRAPIN
10 Down: Fan => ADMIRER
11 Down: Pain in the neck => CRICK
12 Down: Mystical character => RUNE
13 Down: Liberty's LiMu, for one => EMU
14 Down: Beatles' __ a Place => THERES
15 Down: Oblong tomatoes => ROMAS
16 Down: Birthstone after sapphire => OPAL
17 Down: Bridal shop buy => VEIL
18 Down: Hot tub feature => EDDY
24 Down: One of a coupe's pair => DOOR
26 Down: Time on a marquee => TONITE
29 Down: Clark's teenage crush => LANA
32 Down: Fishing line holder => SPOOL
33 Down: Gives the heave-ho => OUSTS
35 Down: Nature's bandage => SCAB
36 Down: White sale purchases => LINENS
37 Down: Bank worker with lots of stories? => TALETELLER
38 Down: City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena => ORAN
39 Down: Marvin of Motown => GAYE
40 Down: Guy hiding in a red-and-white striped shirt => WALDO
41 Down: Sans-serif font => ARIAL
42 Down: Farmland tour giver? => FIELDGUIDE
44 Down: Advertising gimmick => TIEIN
45 Down: Elf => SPRITE
47 Down: Melodic sense => EAR
48 Down: Eponymous surgical family name => MAYO
50 Down: Tear => RIP
53 Down: Tear => REND
54 Down: Hawke of Sinister => ETHAN
55 Down: Less carpeted => BARER
58 Down: One of Barbie's best friends => TERESA
60 Down: Hi-__ graphics => RES
61 Down: Seasonal song word => SYNE
64 Down: Back off => RELENT
65 Down: Give this for that => TRADE
66 Down: Historian's subject => PAST
68 Down: Dry Italian wine => SOAVE
69 Down: Straws, e.g. => TUBES
71 Down: Cockpit gauge fig. => ALT
74 Down: Be a chatterbox => GAB
75 Down: Metaphorical sticking place => CRAW
76 Down: Auditioner's goal => ROLE
77 Down: Pat down => FRISK
79 Down: English composer of the symphonic study Falstaff => ELGAR
80 Down: That __ it! => DOES
83 Down: Awards a seat to => ELECTS
86 Down: Skiers' aids => ROPETOWS
89 Down: Corrections staffers => JAILERS
90 Down: Push for => URGE
91 Down: Like Jennifer Aniston's eyes => DEEPSET
94 Down: Typed in ALL CAPS, maybe => RANTED
96 Down: Least wacky => SANEST
97 Down: Mosque leader => IMAM
98 Down: Not given to speeches => TERSE
99 Down: Yank at => TUGON
100 Down: Amoebae, e.g. => CELLS
101 Down: The Kiss sculptor => RODIN
102 Down: Recess rebuttal => ARESO
103 Down: Piedmont wine region => ASTI
104 Down: Hustled => SPED
105 Down: Longtime Kentucky resource => COAL
106 Down: Green hue => JADE
107 Down: Bollywood attire => SARI
108 Down: Whole lot => SLEW
110 Down: Uncorking sound => POP
112 Down: Rook's call => CAW

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This crossword has 69 across clues and 76 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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