Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 12, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: With 12-Across, Italian who was the first woman ever nominated for the Best Director Oscar (for Seven Beauties in 1977); she passed away on Thursday at age 93 => LINA
5 Across: The ___ of Life (Kim Fields's old show) => FACTS
10 Across: Rival company of Mary Kay => AVON
11 Across: On one's toes => ALERT
12 Across: See 1-Across => WERTMULLER
14 Across: Airport west of PHX => LAX
15 Across: ___ Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British reality show) => IMA
16 Across: Loser to scissors, defeater of rock => PAPER
19 Across: I ___, right? => KNOW
20 Across: Part of AAA or NAFTA (abbr.) => AMER
21 Across: Levels, as of a stadium => TIERS
22 Across: The long ___ (scam that may take years) => CON
23 Across: Hillary's running mate in 2016 => TIM
24 Across: Original Saturday Night Live castmember Laraine Newman, who did two sketches on the show as 1-Across in the 1970s, tweeted on Friday: You can well imagine how ___ [1-Across]...Rest In Peace great lady. => MUCHILOVED
29 Across: ___-Canadian (Sandra Oh, e.g.) => ASIAN
30 Across: Astronomical sight => NOVA
31 Across: Turn Off the Light singer Furtado => NELLY
32 Across: Had to repay => OWED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Subject for RBG => LAW
2 Down: As ___ been trying to tell you... => IVE
3 Down: Neither here ___ there => NOR
4 Down: Elk's feature => ANTLER
5 Down: Not real, like jewelry => FAUX
6 Down: Led Zeppelin's ___ of My Love => ALL
7 Down: Dion who sang Beauty and the Beast with Peabo Bryson => CELINE
8 Down: Earthquake shake => TREMOR
9 Down: Drinking devices now often made of paper => STRAWS
13 Down: Make imperfect => MAR
16 Down: Ghosts chase him on screens => PACMAN
17 Down: Eek!!! => AMOUSE
18 Down: Crossword solver's option => PENCIL
19 Down: Traditional clothing at a Japanese tea ceremony => KIMONO
21 Down: ___ the cows come home (seemingly forever) => TIL
23 Down: Elton John's ___ Dancer => TINY
25 Down: 2001: A Space Odyssey computer => HAL
26 Down: Serious promise => VOW
27 Down: Actress Hewson of 2020's Tesla => EVE
28 Down: Will Smith, to Jaden => DAD

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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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