Crossword Answers For: Sunday, January 16, 2022

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Mr ___ (YouTube name of 23-year-old Jimmy Donaldson, who was the site's highest paid-creator in 2021 per Forbes's annual list; he raked in $54 million for stunts like spending 50 hours buried underground) => BEAST
6 Across: ___ Perfect (dangerous-stunt site that was #8 on the list, earning its creators $20 million) => DUDE
10 Across: Coveted statuette in Hollywood => OSCAR
11 Across: Kyrgyzstan's continent => ASIA
12 Across: YouTube name of Mark Fischbach, #3 on the list ($38 million), mostly for streaming himself playing survival horror video games => MARKIPLIER
14 Across: Life stories, for short => BIOS
15 Across: Got out of the rain, say => RANIN
16 Across: Lowers oneself => DEIGNS
17 Across: Jazz clarinetist Shaw and comedian Lange, for two => ARTIES
21 Across: ___ and Link (comedy duo who ranked #4 on the list ($30 million), in part due to their show Good Mythical Morning => RHETT
22 Across: Mexico's unit of currency => PESO
26 Across: Show by an 8-year-old boy who ranked #7 on the list ($27 million) by reviewing new toys => RYANSWORLD
28 Across: ___ Excited (Pointer Sisters hit) => IMSO
29 Across: Confession from an untrustworthy person => ILIED
30 Across: Chemical in bug spray => DEET
31 Across: Can't do without => NEEDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Box office flop => BOMB
2 Down: NYPD Blue actor Morales => ESAI
3 Down: Prefix meaning high => ACRO
4 Down: ___ Fifth Avenue (posh clothing store) => SAKS
5 Down: Prefix with angle or state => TRI
6 Down: ___ Lama (Tibetan spiritual leader) => DALAI
7 Down: Being manipulative => USING
8 Down: Kind of protest => DIEIN
9 Down: Makes, as money => EARNS
13 Down: Biden or Obama, e.g. (abbr.) => PRES
16 Down: Private investigators (abbr.) => DETS
17 Down: Deodorant with an Extra Dry brand => ARRID
18 Down: Sound alike, as Sunday and Monday do => RHYME
19 Down: Make fun of => TEASE
20 Down: Was ___ to your liking? => ITNOT
22 Down: North ___ (Santa lives there) => POLE
23 Down: One of the Great Lakes => ERIE
24 Down: Wintertime vehicle => SLED
25 Down: Vegas calculations => ODDS
27 Down: Victory that may be epic => WIN

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This crossword has 16 across clues and 21 down clues. In total 37 clues are solved in the section above.
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