Crossword Answers For: Monday, December 20, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bela Fleck's instrument => BANJO
6 Across: Pitt who was one of the producers of Minari => BRAD
10 Across: Group of warships => FLEET
11 Across: Destroy completely => RAZE
12 Across: A ___ was kicked off a United Airlines flight... (first half of the opening line in an NBC News article posted on Friday) => FLORIDAMAN
14 Across: Suffix with Taiwan or Japan => ESE
15 Across: Sandwich with strips in it => BLT
16 Across: Get-rich-quick email, e.g. => SCAM
19 Across: Free-for-all => MELEE
21 Across: Actress Roberts of That '70s Show => TANYA
23 Across: Honey-based alcoholic drink => MEAD
24 Across: Hilarious Poehler => AMY
25 Across: ___ lift (it takes people up a mountain) => SKI
27 Across: ...after attempting to fly with a ___ his face instead of a mask. (second half of the article's opening line) => REDTHONGON
32 Across: Historic periods => ERAS
33 Across: ___ straws (fun things to drink through) => BENDY
34 Across: Signature song for Harry Belafonte => DAYO
35 Across: Event host => EMCEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Closest pal => BFF
2 Down: ___ of a sudden... => ALL
3 Down: Role for Keanu => NEO
4 Down: Renner or Irons => JEREMY
5 Down: ___ Spunkmeyer (fictional cookie maker) => OTIS
6 Down: Sports ___ (clothing item) => BRA
7 Down: Just keep talking and talking => RAMBLE
8 Down: Iggy from Australia => AZALEA
9 Down: Like a car that just got hit by a shopping cart, say => DENTED
13 Down: Abbr. for Joe Biden or Cory Booker => DEM
16 Down: Couldn't look away => STARED
17 Down: Phone feature => CAMERA
18 Down: Sometime soon => ANYDAY
20 Down: He'll perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in February => EMINEM
22 Down: Tree with dense wood => ASH
26 Down: ___ beef (delicacy named for a Japanese city) => KOBE
28 Down: General with a chicken dish named for him => TSO
29 Down: Chain of health stores => GNC
30 Down: Poem that praises => ODE
31 Down: Initials for Dec. 31st => NYE

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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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