Crossword Answers For: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: 50% => HALF
5 Across: Neighbor of Burkina Faso => GHANA
10 Across: Really surprise => STUN
14 Across: Most-populous continent => ASIA
15 Across: Rodgers who guest-hosted Jeopardy! in 2021 => AARON
16 Across: Crazy, in Spanish => LOCO
17 Across: *Non-sensical bit of dialogue? => BOTTOMLINE
19 Across: Not doing anything => IDLE
20 Across: Genetically receive => INHERIT
21 Across: Self-destructive soccer gaffe => OWNGOAL
23 Across: Casual shirt => TEE
24 Across: Fortune teller => SEER
26 Across: Sports org. that includes the Tucson Roadrunners (abbr.) => AHL
27 Across: *Majority of a truck driver's hours? => BORROWEDTIME
32 Across: Crime in some insurance scams => ARSON
35 Across: Dark drink => COLA
36 Across: Member of the fam => SIS
37 Across: With a god-like quality => HOLY
38 Across: Deceptive moves => DEKES
40 Across: Letters that start many addresses => HTTP
41 Across: Mahershala of Ramy => ALI
42 Across: Letting in a breeze, as a room => AIRY
43 Across: Short-tempered => TESTY
44 Across: *One harshly criticizing an insult? => BODICERIPPER
48 Across: Reeeeeeally long time => EON
49 Across: Element with the symbol Fe => IRON
50 Across: ___ tai => MAI
53 Across: Easy peasy! => NOSWEAT
57 Across: Game with an unmatchable card => OLDMAID
59 Across: Honorific title in the Ottoman Empire => AGHA
60 Across: *Footwear worn by a stinging insect? => BOBBYSOCKS
62 Across: Video game-inspired Disney franchise => TRON
63 Across: Bracelet closer => CLASP
64 Across: Region => AREA
65 Across: Uses needle and thread => SEWS
66 Across: Supports on a bed frame => SLATS
67 Across: Broadway performer's prize => TONY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Something that can be kicked => HABIT
2 Down: In unison => ASONE
3 Down: Limber => LITHE
4 Down: Destined outcome => FATE
5 Down: Of lesser quality, as meat => GAMIER
6 Down: Top with neck straps => HALTER
7 Down: Comic Shaffir => ARI
8 Down: Off-limits action => NONO
9 Down: From the top => ANEW
10 Down: Disparaging remark => SLIGHT
11 Down: Errand runners' references => TODOLISTS
12 Down: Sch. that owns the Geffen Playhouse (abbr.) => UCLA
13 Down: French for Christmas => NOEL
18 Down: The Trial director Welles => ORSON
22 Down: Zip => NADA
25 Down: 1979 blockbuster that's a sequel to a Best Picture winner => ROCKYII
27 Down: ___ George => BOY
28 Down: Blue state? => WOE
29 Down: Golfer nicknamed The Big Easy => ELS
30 Down: Baker's protector => MITT
31 Down: Best Athlete, for one => ESPY
32 Down: Literary character with a leg made of whalebone => AHAB
33 Down: Candy in a tube-shaped package => ROLO
34 Down: Presentation with still imagery => SLIDESHOW
38 Down: Cube with dots => DIE
39 Down: Flub => ERR
40 Down: I Can't Breathe Grammy winner => HER
42 Down: Cream-treated condition => ACNE
43 Down: Watches over => TENDS
45 Down: Ames dames and such => IOWANS
46 Down: Survivor host Jeff => PROBST
47 Down: Aquatic animals with tentacles => POLYPS
50 Down: Intro to economics? => MACRO
51 Down: Pulitzer-winning poet Conrad ___ => AIKEN
52 Down: And how! => IDSAY
53 Down: Divisional rival of the Phils => NATS
54 Down: Fairy tale beast => OGRE
55 Down: Letters that can be derived from basics, aptly => ABCS
56 Down: Bridge-crossing fee => TOLL
58 Down: Installation of castle security => MOAT
61 Down: Lamb's sound ... which must be silenced to make sense of the starred clues' answers => BAA

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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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