Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 9, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Always protect your PIN devices => ATMS
5 Across: Kick out of office => OUST
9 Across: Flirt with, maybe => TEASE
14 Across: Curses! => DRAT
15 Across: Counterpart of pizzicato => ARCO
16 Across: ___ on the side of caution => ERRED
17 Across: Self-important question => DOYOUKNOWWHOIAM
20 Across: Get the ball rolling => START
21 Across: Not in stock quite yet => ONORDER
22 Across: Make into law => ENACT
25 Across: Wu-Tang Clan member, casually => RAE
26 Across: I've gotten my comeuppance => NOWWEREEVEN
30 Across: Flash drive letters => USB
33 Across: Startled greeting => OHHI
34 Across: Former horse girl? => MARE
35 Across: ___ beauty => INNER
37 Across: Cries of distress => MAYDAYS
39 Across: Creamy trattoria dish => RISOTTO
41 Across: Activated, as an alarm system => ARMED
42 Across: Brand originally called Froffles => EGGO
44 Across: Relatives with sobrinos => TIAS
45 Across: Mudbound director Rees => DEE
46 Across: Christina's World painter => ANDREWWYETH
49 Across: Polarizing type of beer => IPA
50 Across: A Bell for ___ (John Hersey novel) => ADANO
51 Across: Stage coverer => CURTAIN
54 Across: Wild donkey => BURRO
58 Across: Scenario that works out for everyone... or a hint to this puzzle's theme => WINWINSITUATION
61 Across: Have leftovers, maybe => EATIN
62 Across: Straddling => ATOP
63 Across: My treat => ONME
64 Across: Surname of three influential Chinese sisters => SOONG
65 Across: Trees with poisonous leaves => YEWS
66 Across: Poems of homage => ODES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Checks whether a magic square works => ADDS
2 Down: Gait slower than a canter => TROT
3 Down: Civilization that built Tikal => MAYA
4 Down: Like a sale that covers every aisle => STOREWIDE
5 Down: Grown-up acorn => OAK
6 Down: Diner vessel => URN
7 Down: Bird or Lime vehicle => SCOOTER
8 Down: It might have a central square => TOWN
9 Down: People from Iran's capital => TEHRANIS
10 Down: Gradually break down => ERODE
11 Down: Testimony: Vol. 1 and Testimony: Vol. 2 singer India => ARIE
12 Down: Verb in a steak recipe => SEAR
13 Down: Genre for many DJS => EDM
18 Down: Magazine name that rhymes with chutney => UTNE
19 Down: Sported => WORE
23 Down: Word for BTS's fan base => ARMY
24 Down: Came to a close => CEASED
26 Down: Wanderer => NOMAD
27 Down: Hyatt Regency ___ Chicago (hotel near an airport) => OHARE
28 Down: What did I do to deserve this? => WHYME
29 Down: Bordered (on) => VERGED
30 Down: ___ the knot (get divorced) => UNTIE
31 Down: Programmed to => SETAT
32 Down: Allie who created the webcomic Hyperbole and a Half => BROSH
36 Down: Am I the only reasonable person here? => NOTYOUTOO
38 Down: Turning into a musical, e.g. => ADAPTING
40 Down: State where several Marilynne Robinson novels take place => IOWA
43 Down: Countertop option => GRANITE
47 Down: Bread often made with garlic => NAAN
48 Down: League celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2021 => WNBA
49 Down: Crocodile Hunter Steve => IRWIN
51 Down: Bye! => CIAO
52 Down: A law ___ itself => UNTO
53 Down: Dearie me! => ISAY
55 Down: Cheese covering => RIND
56 Down: City built on seven hills => ROME
57 Down: Tenths of a tenner => ONES
58 Down: Nickname that omits ley => WES
59 Down: Rescue, as a stranded driver => TOW
60 Down: Company with brown vehicles => UPS

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 41 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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