Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 28, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Part of a place setting => PLATE
6 Across: Word before Major or Minor => URSA
10 Across: ___ in Show => BEST
14 Across: Easy, baby! => RELAX
15 Across: Get better => HEAL
16 Across: Cookie in which my kid replaced the frosting with cheese and tried to get me to eat it => OREO
17 Across: Outdo by a bit => ONEUP
18 Across: Group with many boomers => AARP
19 Across: ___ vision => XRAY
20 Across: 2009 film about illegal street racing => FAST&FURIOUS
23 Across: Pioneer in instant messaging => AOL
24 Across: Old photograph tint => SEPIA
28 Across: Reach for the Skyy, for example => IMBIBE
32 Across: Candidates for excommunication => HERETICS
35 Across: The Last Supper, for one => MURAL
36 Across: What Brits call beans in veggie burgers => SOYA
37 Across: Old-fashioned contraction => TIS
38 Across: 2005 film based on a Jane Austen novel => PRIDE&PREJUDICE
42 Across: NYPD alert => APB
43 Across: Many moons => EONS
44 Across: They can be slipped on => PEELS
45 Across: Reaction seekers => CHEMISTS
48 Across: Trick-taking card game => SPADES
49 Across: Owner of Jimmy Dean and Hillshire Farm => TYSON
50 Across: Had some sole, say => ATE
51 Across: 1997 film with George Clooney in one of the title roles => BATMAN&ROBIN
59 Across: No ___! => PROB
62 Across: Knitting shop purchase => YARN
63 Across: Picked => CHOSE
64 Across: Improve, as a skill => HONE
65 Across: Elton's Don't Go Breaking My Heart duet partner => KIKI
66 Across: ___ the Lilacs (Louisa May Alcott novel) => UNDER
67 Across: Boardwalk or Park Place card => DEED
68 Across: Threat-ending word => ELSE
69 Across: ___ with (teased) => TOYED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Plum, for one, briefly => PROF
2 Down: Stormy Weather singer Horne => LENA
3 Down: Brewery offerings => ALES
4 Down: Stretched tight => TAUT
5 Down: Contractable's opposite => EXP&ABLE
6 Down: Rental company since 1945 => UHAUL
7 Down: ___ Window (Hitchcock film) => REAR
8 Down: Wrap at an Indian restaurant, perhaps => SARI
9 Down: Brand once pitched by Garfield => ALPO
10 Down: Complete works, maybe => BOXSET
11 Down: Mess up => ERR
12 Down: Parting subject for Moses => SEA
13 Down: Item in a Happy Meal => TOY
21 Down: Rival => FOE
22 Down: Cause of wear and tear => USE
25 Down: Felt compassion for => PITIED
26 Down: Spike in freezing weather? => ICICLE
27 Down: Put a value on => ASSESS
28 Down: Brace for ___! => IMPACT
29 Down: Eddie who voiced Donkey in Shrek => MURPHY
30 Down: Unethical payments => BRIBES
31 Down: Alternative to DCA or BWI => IAD
32 Down: Some are English and some are French => HORNS
33 Down: Keep your ___ peeled => EYES
34 Down: Bollywood legend Kapoor => RAJ
36 Down: Leopard feature => SPOT
39 Down: The ___ (South American mountain range) => &ES
40 Down: Knockout punch, at times => UPPERCUT
41 Down: Traffic control? (abbr.) => DEA
46 Down: Descended on => MOBBED
47 Down: Words before jam or pickle => INA
48 Down: Get to one's feet => ST&
50 Down: It's the Hard Knock Life musical => ANNIE
52 Down: Big Wheel rider => TYKE
53 Down: Pony Express concern => MAIL
54 Down: Boats like Noah's => ARKS
55 Down: How dreadful! => OHNO
56 Down: Factor in a wine review => BODY
57 Down: Duly noted => ISEE
58 Down: Eugene in Grease, for example => NERD
59 Down: Pres. Wilson held one => PHD
60 Down: Notable plaintiff of 1973 => ROE
61 Down: Ready Player ___ => ONE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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