Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Drains of energy => SAPS
5 Across: Pay with a credit card => CHARGE
11 Across: FDR's successor => HST
14 Across: Gillette razor => ATRA
15 Across: Alabama's cross-state rival => AUBURN
16 Across: Par-three eagle => ACE
17 Across: *Nutrition guide => FOODPYRAMID
19 Across: Big coffee holder => URN
20 Across: Battery terminals => ANODES
21 Across: Chant for Real Madrid => OLEOLE
23 Across: Send (to) for treatment => REFER
24 Across: *Comprehensive personal philosophy => WORLDVIEW
27 Across: Disney CEO Robert => IGER
28 Across: Cross-shaped Greek letters => TAUS
29 Across: Yardstick unit => INCH
30 Across: Grass farm roll => SOD
31 Across: Truth => FACT
32 Across: Small boat => DINGHY
34 Across: *Horse breeder's concern => BLOODLINE
36 Across: Covent Garden productions => OPERAS
39 Across: Driver's one-eighties => UIES
40 Across: Gave birth to => HAD
43 Across: CBS legal drama The Good __ => WIFE
44 Across: Yardstick units => FEET
45 Across: Novelist Caleb => CARR
46 Across: *Figuratively, whence some unexpected ideas => LEFTFIELD
49 Across: Mint family herb => THYME
50 Across: Corkscrew pasta => ROTINI
51 Across: Rose impressively => SOARED
52 Across: Big name in ATMs => NCR
53 Across: 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be => BANKOPENING
56 Across: To this moment => YET
57 Across: Lacking nothing => ENTIRE
58 Across: Falco of Nurse Jackie => EDIE
59 Across: Insured investments: Abbr. => CDS
60 Across: Ready for more action => RESTED
61 Across: Run the show => LEAD

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: African adventures => SAFARIS
2 Down: In a single try => ATONEGO
3 Down: Checked for errors => PROOFED
4 Down: More glum => SADDER
5 Down: Little isles => CAYS
6 Down: Ben-__: Heston epic => HUR
7 Down: Org. with many judges => ABA
8 Down: Grapevine fodder => RUMORS
9 Down: Barbecue => GRILL
10 Down: Came to a close => ENDED
11 Down: Semi activity => HAULING
12 Down: With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry => SCREECH
13 Down: Down-for-the-count count => TEN
18 Down: Part of mph => PER
22 Down: Like ewe, but not me => OVINE
24 Down: City between Austin and Dallas => WACO
25 Down: Best in an épée match => OUTDUEL
26 Down: Tot's query => WHY
28 Down: New Mexico art colony => TAOS
31 Down: Home of the SEC's Gators => FLA
32 Down: Nutrition regimen => DIET
33 Down: Officeholders => INS
34 Down: One of hockey's Hulls => BRETT
35 Down: Stretched the truth => LIED
36 Down: See 12-Down => OWL
37 Down: Poked a hole in => PIERCED
38 Down: Concerted tries => EFFORTS
40 Down: Fall outing in a wagon => HAYRIDE
41 Down: Country south of Georgia => ARMENIA
42 Down: Made deeper, as a shipping lane => DREDGED
44 Down: Deceptive fencing moves => FEINTS
45 Down: Coco of fashion => CHANEL
47 Down: __ optic cable => FIBER
48 Down: Completely absurd => INANE
49 Down: Low digit => TOE
51 Down: Went quickly => SPED
52 Down: Home of MoMA => NYC
54 Down: Hobbyist's buy => KIT
55 Down: Smelter input => ORE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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