Crossword Answers For: Saturday, June 26, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Become rotted, perhaps => GOBAD
6 Across: Herb-seasoned pickles => DILLS
11 Across: Rumor ___ it... => HAS
14 Across: Do penance => ATONE
15 Across: Highly skilled => ADEPT
16 Across: Play a role => ACT
17 Across: Star forward for FC Barcelona => LIONELMESSI
19 Across: Radio host Glass => IRA
20 Across: Give a Jeopardy! response => ASK
21 Across: Fires (up) => PEPS
22 Across: One putting on a front => FAKER
24 Across: Acquire by freeloading => CADGE
26 Across: Snail, scallop, or squid => MOLLUSK
28 Across: Governors J. B. Pritzker and Jim Justice, for two => BILLIONAIRES
31 Across: Lies next to => ABUTS
32 Across: Church headquartered in Salt Lake City (abbr.) => LDS
33 Across: Appliance that might be self-cleaning => OVEN
37 Across: I don't like the cut of your ___ => JIB
38 Across: Little mischief maker => HELLION
42 Across: Chopping tool => AXE
43 Across: Underling's title (abbr.) => ASST
45 Across: ___ tai (cocktail with a rhyming name) => MAI
46 Across: Oprah's production company => HARPO
48 Across: 19th century Australian coup related to a military-run liquor monopoly => RUMREBELLION
52 Across: Restaurant Patrons Entranced By Sizzling Order Of ___ (headline in The Onion) => FAJITAS
55 Across: It's handled in the kitchen => LADLE
56 Across: Highlight for a Texas tourist => ALAMO
57 Across: Kitty's sound => PURR
58 Across: Carpet crawler => TOT
61 Across: Tang => ZIP
62 Across: June celebration ... which is depicted in this puzzle's circled squares? => PRIDEPARADE
66 Across: Actress Longoria => EVA
67 Across: Miniscule amounts => IOTAS
68 Across: Black cat of cartoon fame => FELIX
69 Across: Living room => DEN
70 Across: On pins and needles => ANTSY
71 Across: Entertainment center unit => TVSET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fancy affair => GALA
2 Down: Try a Little Tenderness singer Redding => OTIS
3 Down: Groups covering many chapters => BOOKCLUBS
4 Down: Journalist Curry => ANN
5 Down: Iconic Chicago pizza style => DEEPDISH
6 Down: Add moisture to => DAMPEN
7 Down: Mid-month occasion => IDES
8 Down: ___ Misérables => LES
9 Down: Vinyl enthusiast's collection => LPS
10 Down: Suppress => STIFLE
11 Down: Artform with a 5/7/5 structure => HAIKU
12 Down: Farmland measures => ACRES
13 Down: Opposite of ornate => STARK
18 Down: Brick in a playroom => LEGO
23 Down: In addition => ALSO
25 Down: Part of many musical genre names => ALT
26 Down: Skirt style between mini and maxi => MIDI
27 Down: Words after a guesstimate => ORSO
28 Down: ___ California (Mexican state) => BAJA
29 Down: Bird related to the spoonbill => IBIS
30 Down: Noah's love in The Notebook => ALLIE
34 Down: Wines derived from one type of grape => VARIETALS
35 Down: Trade show => EXPO
36 Down: Element #10 => NEON
39 Down: Title heroine of English literature => EMMA
40 Down: Metallica drummer Ulrich => LARS
41 Down: Sports event featuring ice picks? => NHLDRAFT
44 Down: Quick job for a stylist => TRIM
47 Down: Everything => ALL
49 Down: Perfect world => UTOPIA
50 Down: Like John Lee Hooker's music => BLUESY
51 Down: Wyatt of the Old West => EARP
52 Down: In a state of confusion => FAZED
53 Down: Still in the running => ALIVE
54 Down: Country divided into prefectures => JAPAN
57 Down: Smartphones succeeded them (abbr.) => PDAS
59 Down: Garfield foil => ODIE
60 Down: Sequence of words => TEXT
63 Down: Comic White => RON
64 Down: Cousin in The Addams Family => ITT
65 Down: MLK title (abbr.) => REV

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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