Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 20, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Most in need of plugs, perhaps => BALDEST
8 Across: Seller of knickknacks and bric-a-brac => CURIOSHOP
10 Across: Christmas classic with the movie-within-a-movie Angels With Filthy Souls => HOMEALONE
11 Across: Good people to know => INS
12 Across: Basis of some vaccines => RNA
13 Across: Name for a value accepted by a function, in programming => PARAMETER
17 Across: What you've been doing while reading this clue => AGING
18 Across: Like the colors green and orange => SECONDARY
22 Across: Kitchen counter? => OVENTIMER
23 Across: Setups for the Pledge of Allegiance, perhaps => PASYSTEMS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: ___ sera => BUONA
2 Down: Contests with increasing heat? => ARMSRACES
3 Down: I have a 12-foot vertical leap, e.g. => LIE
4 Down: Classic film noir about a man's search for his own killer => DOA
5 Down: Course where the conjugation of to be might be taught: abbr. => ESL
6 Down: Sporting concern that's not for long shots => SHORTGAME
7 Down: Metric unit equal to a megagram => TONNE
8 Down: Many a 6-Down shot => CHIP
9 Down: Fruit in some galettes => PEAR
14 Down: Into the Woods song with the lyric Oh, the torture they teach => AGONY
15 Down: Change places? => MINTS
16 Down: Say I need some space, maybe => ENDIT
18 Down: Soak => SOP
19 Down: Noblezada of Hadestown and Yellow Rose => EVA
20 Down: Stage during which some parasomnias may occur => REM
21 Down: Cent. divisions? => YRS

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This crossword has 10 across clues and 17 down clues. In total 27 clues are solved in the section above.
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