Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Be a snitch => NARC
5 Across: Spade of the 2015 comedy The Ridiculous 6 => DAVID
10 Across: State where LeBron James was born => OHIO
11 Across: Gal pal => AMIGA
12 Across: Due to supply shortages, Canada has been forced to tap into its strategic reserve (!) of this product this week; it released 22 million kilograms of it => MAPLESYRUP
14 Across: I'm very impressed! => OOH
15 Across: Old Navy rival => GAP
16 Across: Turn one's nose up at, as an offer => SPURN
19 Across: Early bedtime => NINE
20 Across: Gets darker at the beach => TANS
21 Across: Word before module or eclipse => LUNAR
22 Across: Vince's agent, on Entourage => ARI
23 Across: Backhanded compliment, e.g. => DIG
24 Across: Nickname in Canada for 12-Across, since it produces about 75% of the world's supply => LIQUIDGOLD
29 Across: Kansas governor ___ Kelly => LAURA
30 Across: Falco born in Brooklyn => EDIE
31 Across: Peanut protector => SHELL
32 Across: New driver, often => TEEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Chance at an Oscar or Emmy, casually => NOM
2 Down: You're so busted! => AHA
3 Down: Letters on Halloween-party tombstones => RIP
4 Down: Orange and ocher, for two => COLORS
5 Down: 40-yard ___ (running race) => DASH
6 Down: Robach of ABC News => AMY
7 Down: Without alcohol, as a cocktail => VIRGIN
8 Down: Lizard seen on Caribbean islands => IGUANA
9 Down: Dressed very smartly => DAPPER
13 Down: One billion-year period => EON
16 Down: Plays for time => STALLS
17 Down: Social outcast => PARIAH
18 Down: ___ New York (noted tongue-twister) => UNIQUE
19 Down: Kid's piece of chicken => NUGGET
21 Down: Jar closer => LID
23 Down: Alternative to Irish Spring or Ivory => DIAL
25 Down: Web address => URL
26 Down: ___ to My Family (Cranberries hit) => ODE
27 Down: Tall tale => LIE
28 Down: ___ of Thieves (2018 action movie starring Gerard Butler and 50 Cent) => DEN

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This crossword has 18 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 39 clues are solved in the section above.
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