Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 25, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: C.E.O.'s degree, often => MBA
4 Across: Dropped => SUNK
8 Across: Jackie Chan's Rush Hour co-star => XUCKER
14 Across: White clerical vestment => ALB
15 Across: Like Girl Scout Mints => THIN
16 Across: Smallville actress Huffman => ALAINA
17 Across: Gulf of Mexico port city => CORPUSXI
19 Across: Toddler's shoe fastener => VELCRO
20 Across: Arbitrator's judgment => AWARD
21 Across: Org. in Judas and the Black Messiah => FBI
23 Across: Mr. ___ (character during second season of Lost) => EKO
24 Across: Far-reaching => WIDE
25 Across: Krispy ___ (doughnut chain) => KREME
27 Across: OPEC measures (abbr.) => BBLS
29 Across: Basic skiing technique used for turning => STEMXIE
31 Across: Online abbr. for not online => IRL
33 Across: Form attachment? => ULA
34 Across: Poetic feet => IAMBS
36 Across: Made from a cereal grain => OATEN
38 Across: Danish physicist who pioneered the study of electromagnetism => HANSXIANOERSTED
43 Across: Rap battle combatant => EMCEE
44 Across: Muscat native => OMANI
45 Across: Drone regulators (abbr.) => FAA
46 Across: ___-mo replay => SLO
49 Across: Full of subtlety => NUANCED
53 Across: Gillette brand name => TRAC
55 Across: Ultimate villain => ANTIX
57 Across: Say Anything... actress Skye => IONE
58 Across: Me problem, say => EGO
59 Across: Speed Wagon company => REO
60 Across: Tiny flying insects => GNATS
61 Across: Wood surface applications => STAINS
63 Across: Best Actress of 1965 for Darling => JULIEXIE
66 Across: A bank may waive one => ATMFEE
67 Across: Lionel train track shape => OVAL
68 Across: Make a mistake => ERR
69 Across: Talks at great length => GOESON
70 Across: Sisterhood name in a 1996 novel/2002 film => YAYA
71 Across: Movie-making venue => SET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Long-tailed parrots => MACAWS
2 Down: Waste an opportunity => BLOWIT
3 Down: Rub up against => ABRADE
4 Down: Target for a drywall nail => STUD
5 Down: Gap fillers, of sorts => UHS
6 Down: Kibosh => NIX
7 Down: Potato peeler for those without an actual potato peeler => KNIFE
8 Down: X-Men professor => XAVIER
9 Down: Mod or nod ender? => ULE
10 Down: Pretty Little Liars main character => CALEB
11 Down: Perform exceptionally => KICKBUTT
12 Down: Course registrant => ENROLLEE
13 Down: The Serpent and the Rope author Raja => RAO
18 Down: Starting proposition => PREMISE
22 Down: Weight-to-height ratio (abbr.) => BMI
25 Down: ___ Raikkonen, 2007 F1 world champion known as The Iceman => KIMI
26 Down: Eponymous 2000s ABC sitcom that starred a country music icon => REBA
28 Down: Playing surface for some volleyball matches => SAND
30 Down: Horizontal reference lines => XAXES
32 Down: ___ Doone (square-shaped cookie) => LORNA
35 Down: ___-cone (flavored ice treat) => SNO
37 Down: Beyond ridiculous => ASININE
38 Down: Weightiness => HEFT
39 Down: Sweet, almond-flavored liqueur => AMARETTO
40 Down: The Rose Bowl, e.g. => NCAAGAME
41 Down: Luxury hotel chain => OMNI
42 Down: Waters: Fr. => EAUX
47 Down: Don of 1956 World Series perfect-game fame => LARSEN
48 Down: Any nonzero number raised to the power of zero => ONE
50 Down: Persuades => COAXES
51 Down: Unabridged => ENTIRE
52 Down: Sandstorm location => DESERT
54 Down: Elaborate hairstyles => COIFS
56 Down: Beethoven's Ode___ => TOJOY
60 Down: River with a namesake monster => GILA
61 Down: Old ottoman problem => SAG
62 Down: The Matrix Resurrections role => NEO
64 Down: Sch. in Charlottesville => UVA
65 Down: Build a nest egg? => LAY

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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