Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 26, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Decorate a cake => ICE
4 Across: He/they made an NBA debut in 1979/1989 => MAGIC
9 Across: Skilled trade => CRAFT
14 Across: More: Sp. => MAS
15 Across: Main character in The Honeymooners => ALICE
16 Across: The R in NPR => RADIO
17 Across: Plant related to lilies with edible shoots => ASPARAGUS
19 Across: Performance with arias => OPERA
20 Across: Foolish person => NINNY
21 Across: Popular initialism framing one's emotions about a specific moment => TFW
23 Across: Fortune-telling prop => OUIJABOARD
27 Across: That's obvious! => DUH
30 Across: ___-turvy => TOPSY
31 Across: Cheez Doodles food company => WISE
32 Across: Council site of the 1500s => TRENT
34 Across: Three-leafed find...unless one gets lucky, of course => CLOVER
36 Across: Talking blues musician known for his iconic 1962 hit Boom Boom => JOHNLEEHOOKER
39 Across: Dick ___, Pro Football Hall of Famer who popularized the zone blitz defense => LEBEAU
40 Across: Lorna ___ => DOONE
41 Across: Appear to be => SEEM
42 Across: Out of bounds, say => NOTOK
44 Across: Like over 30 of Arkansas' counties => DRY
45 Across: Opposite => ACROSSFROM
50 Across: 21st Greek letter => PHI
51 Across: Ran on 16 Across => AIRED
53 Across: Request from a person wanting a high five => UPTOP
57 Across: December 26, in some parts of the world...or an apt title for this puzzle given the gifts contained inside four answers => BOXINGDAY
61 Across: June birthstone => PEARL
62 Across: Unreactive, as a gas => INERT
63 Across: Summer, in Marseille => ETE
64 Across: Saw logs at night => SNORE
65 Across: 45's better half, often => SIDEA
66 Across: Blog feed initials (abbr.) => RSS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Mononymous Somali supermodel => IMAN
2 Down: G-shock watch maker => CASIO
3 Down: Cable channel for college sports => ESPNU
4 Down: Real Love singer ___ Blige => MARYJ
5 Down: In the style of => ALA
6 Down: Entertainer's engagement => GIG
7 Down: Restricted hospital area (abbr.) => ICU
8 Down: Jai alai equipment => CESTAS
9 Down: Bunch of spectators => CROWD
10 Down: Style for certain music battles => RAP
11 Down: King Sunny ___ (Afro-pop pioneer) => ADE
12 Down: Cone-bearing evergreen tree => FIR
13 Down: Trigonometrical counterpart to soh and cah => TOA
18 Down: Boyhood nickname in The Phantom Menace => ANI
22 Down: SpongeBob and, previously, Jim, at the Krusty Krab => FRYCOOKS
24 Down: Noshed at noon, say => ATELUNCH
25 Down: Something picked during a disagreement => BONE
26 Down: Decided one would => OPTEDTO
27 Down: Embellish one's fall, in soccer => DIVE
28 Down: Person logging in => USER
29 Down: 2019 Grammy winner born Gabriella Wilson => HER
31 Down: Socially conscious => WOKE
32 Down: Us vs. ___ => THEM
33 Down: Protein synthesis molecule => RNA
35 Down: Horror heavyweight Chaney => LON
36 Down: Yell insults => JEER
37 Down: Be a flunky to => OBEY
38 Down: Univ. of Virginia athletes, to their fans (They're not the Owls, trust me on this!) => HOOS
39 Down: '60s psychedelic => LSD
43 Down: Small African antelopes => ORIBIS
45 Down: Criminal singer (1997) => APPLE
46 Down: Coca-Cola's fruit-flavored cousin => FANTA
47 Down: 18-wheeler => RIG
48 Down: Primates, for humans => ORDER
49 Down: Vegetarians' taboos => MEATS
52 Down: Uses Clairol, perhaps => DYES
53 Down: FedEx rival => UPS
54 Down: Enclosure => PEN
55 Down: Chinese way => TAO
56 Down: Bobby of Boston Bruins fame => ORR
58 Down: Demon of Japanese folklore => ONI
59 Down: Put two lines through => XED
60 Down: Choleric state => IRE

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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