Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 11, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Hill and ___ => DALE
5 Across: In a way => SORTA
10 Across: Fall (off) => DROP
14 Across: On the sheltered side, in nautical terms => ALEE
15 Across: Often polarizing figure for a sports team => OWNER
16 Across: Lynch who hosted Hollywood Game Night => JANE
17 Across: Elephant's long tooth => TUSK
18 Across: Kraken, for one => SEAMONSTER
20 Across: Mountain Dew ___ (energy drink) => AMP
21 Across: Particle in science class => ION
22 Across: Greek letter that resembles a trident => PSI
23 Across: Channel with much reality programming => TLC
24 Across: Paragon of slowness => SNAIL
26 Across: Let Me Down Slowly singer ___ Benjamin => ALEC
27 Across: Music to a massage therapist's ears => AAH
28 Across: Wisconsin city that translates to Clear Water => EAUCLAIRE
31 Across: Kevin in the American Theater Hall of Fame => KLINE
33 Across: Prefix with -health or -commute => TELE
34 Across: Except => BUT
35 Across: Partially obscured => VEILED
36 Across: Chilly stretch ... and the end result of the circled squares? => COLDSPELL
39 Across: Maritime menace => PIRATE
42 Across: Balloon filler => AIR
43 Across: McKinnon on SNL => KATE
47 Across: Far from proficient => INEPT
48 Across: Iconic cliff in Yosemite National Park => ELCAPITAN
50 Across: Prompt for an actor => CUE
51 Across: Very top => ACME
53 Across: Make changes to, as a law => AMEND
54 Across: Victor over HOU in the 2021 World Series (abbr.) => ATL
55 Across: Spider's creation => WEB
56 Across: Bond, for one => SPY
58 Across: Comic Wong => ALI
59 Across: Top-billed star of The Howling, Cujo, and E.T. => DEEWALLACE
62 Across: Birthday-sharing sibling => TWIN
63 Across: Black-and-white beast => ORCA
64 Across: The Merry Widow composer Franz => LEHAR
65 Across: Chill => HANG
66 Across: Turns moldy, perhaps => ROTS
67 Across: Snide grin => SMIRK
68 Across: Needle holes => EYES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Statistician's compilation => DATASET
2 Down: Graduates from one of the Seven Sisters, e.g. => ALUMNAE
3 Down: Musician with a Gibson line of guitars named for him => LESPAUL
4 Down: Yikes! => EEK
5 Down: Just okay => SOSO
6 Down: Poet Wilfred => OWEN
7 Down: Messenger ___ => RNA
8 Down: House of worship => TEMPLE
9 Down: Came up => AROSE
10 Down: Nightclub spinners => DJS
11 Down: Hairstyle named for a vermin appendage => RATTAIL
12 Down: Like some narrow roads => ONELANE
13 Down: On a roost, perhaps => PERCHED
19 Down: Coin with Monticello on the back => NICKEL
21 Down: Under the weather => ILL
25 Down: Very large glacier => ICECAP
26 Down: Opportunity to buy oils and such => ARTSALE
29 Down: Competent => ABLE
30 Down: T-shaped birth control device (abbr.) => IUD
32 Down: No Time rapper, 1996 => LILKIM
35 Down: Fashion designer Wang => VERA
37 Down: Locale of the National Gallery of Canada => OTTAWA
38 Down: Insta upload => PIC
39 Down: Lance-wielding bullfighter => PICADOR
40 Down: Nirvana's follow-up to Nevermind => INUTERO
41 Down: Verb on many political signs => REELECT
44 Down: Eroded => ATEAWAY
45 Down: Sunning creation => TANLINE
46 Down: The movie Clue includes three of them => ENDINGS
48 Down: Iconic image => EMBLEM
49 Down: Compensation => PAY
52 Down: Spreadsheet array => CELLS
56 Down: Mark of an injury => SCAR
57 Down: Job benefit => PERK
60 Down: When I ___ your age ... => WAS
61 Down: Tuna often seared => AHI
62 Down: Not merely a => THE

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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