Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 4, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Jack who could eat no fat => SPRAT
6 Across: Guard dog's warning => BARK
10 Across: So cute! => AWW
13 Across: Union member? => SPOUSE
14 Across: Team on a farm => OXEN
15 Across: Aegean, e.g. => SEA
16 Across: *Dining experience with lots of small dishes => TASTINGMENU
18 Across: When the credits roll => END
19 Across: Embroidery or sculpture => ART
20 Across: *Don't wait for someone to reply to your message => DOUBLETEXT
22 Across: They might flare during an argument => TEMPERS
24 Across: Outfits => GETUPS
26 Across: App customer => USER
27 Across: Sharpen => HONE
30 Across: Mindful attention => CARE
31 Across: Santa Claus => STNICK
34 Across: Board game with a turtle strategy => RISK
36 Across: Coldest temperature of the day => LOW
37 Across: *Something signed in the lobby => GUESTBOOK
40 Across: Chuckling syllable => HEH
43 Across: Wrestling commentator Phoenix => BETH
44 Across: Relatives of aunts or uncles => NIECES
48 Across: Unreturned tennis serves => ACES
50 Across: Sound of a failed attempt to skip a stone => PLOP
52 Across: Traveled on horseback => RODE
53 Across: Complicated situation => MORASS
55 Across: Strong encouragements => URGINGS
58 Across: *Substack publication => NEWSLETTER
61 Across: Anti-trafficking org. => DEA
62 Across: Après ___, le déluge (After me, the flood) => MOI
63 Across: Pick up on what people are thinking... or a hint to this puzzle's starred entries => READTHEROOM
65 Across: Thurman of The House That Jack Built => UMA
66 Across: Supposing that's true... => IFSO
67 Across: Build up over time => ACCRUE
68 Across: Place to do some heavy lifting => GYM
69 Across: Editor's Leave it in => STET
70 Across: Talk a big game => BOAST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Most minimalist => SPAREST
2 Down: Male carriers => POSTMEN
3 Down: Day-in-day-out routine => RUT
4 Down: Comment to the audience => ASIDE
5 Down: General tone of a conversation => TENOR
6 Down: Do terribly at the box office => BOMB
7 Down: Beverly Hills Cop protagonist => AXEL
8 Down: Fails to honor, as a promise => RENEGESON
9 Down: Notre Dame football coach Rockne => KNUTE
10 Down: One who might wear a black ring on the middle finger => ASEXUAL
11 Down: Started playing for money => WENTPRO
12 Down: Huge roll of cash => WAD
13 Down: Standing in society => STATUS
17 Down: Effusively dole out compliments => GUSH
21 Down: ...yadda yadda yadda => ETC
23 Down: Stuffy person => PRIG
25 Down: Make shifts, e.g. => SEW
28 Down: Prefix meaning straight => ORTHO
29 Down: Important part of a pen => NIB
32 Down: Baby bear => CUB
33 Down: Stays out of the right lane => KEEPSLEFT
35 Down: Pond swimmer => KOI
38 Down: Cards' city => STL
39 Down: BET Award winner Hilson => KERI
40 Down: Over-the-top actor => HAM
41 Down: In this ___? => ECONOMY
42 Down: Announcement upon arrival => HEREIAM
45 Down: World's largest birds of prey => CONDORS
46 Down: Just barely defeat => EDGEOUT
47 Down: Type of seeds in gomashio => SESAME
49 Down: Tool that can be used as a musical instrument => SAW
51 Down: Shot on the green => PUTT
54 Down: Certain antidepressants, for short => SSRIS
56 Down: Title of songs by Rihanna and Amy Winehouse => REHAB
57 Down: ___-Roman wrestling => GRECO
59 Down: Simplicity => EASE
60 Down: Nickname for Toronto => TDOT
62 Down: Cup that might have a family picture on it => MUG
64 Down: Record label for Britney Spears => RCA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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