Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Visible muscles on Olympic beach volleyball players => ABS
4 Across: Tight-lipped => MUM
7 Across: Square footages => AREAS
9 Across: Trajectory of an Olympic shot put throw => ARC
10 Across: Pieces (and sometimes currency) produced and sold for collectors => GOLDCOINS
12 Across: Rhinitis-treating doc => ENT
13 Across: European nation represented by five-time Olympic swimming champ Krisztina Egerszegi (abbr.) => HUN
14 Across: Animal that's a melanistic type of a 21 Down => SILVERFOX
18 Across: Olympic rowing implement => OAR
19 Across: ___-com => ROM
20 Across: Period following the Neolithic => BRONZEAGE
23 Across: Single exercise unit => REP
24 Across: Irascible house servant in a 1782 Mozart work => OSMIN
25 Across: Spots during NBC's Olympic coverage => ADS
26 Across: Gymnast Suni ___ (this year's Olympic all-around winner) => LEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Suffix for a rice-based San Francisco treat => ARONI
2 Down: Dress slacks features => BELTLOOPS
3 Down: What a shame => SAD
4 Down: Large high-speed computer => MAINFRAME
5 Down: Ceremonial vase => URN
6 Down: Event hosts, briefly => MCS
7 Down: Mellows => AGES
8 Down: Lively musical composition => SCHERZO
11 Down: Co-owner's pronoun => OUR
15 Down: Moving-day vehicle => VAN
16 Down: ___ Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas villain with a rhyming name => OOGIE
17 Down: Marvel Comics' superhero team => XMEN
20 Down: Sports ___ (undergarment for some Olympians) => BRA
21 Down: Color of card that indicates an ejection in Olympic soccer => RED
22 Down: Aspiring bilingual's class (abbr.) => ESL

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This crossword has 15 across clues and 16 down clues. In total 31 clues are solved in the section above.
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