Crossword Answers For: Thursday, January 9, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Coffee holder => CUP
4 Across: Top Chef host Lakshmi => PADMA
9 Across: Droop => SAG
12 Across: Tapped-off remnant => ASH
13 Across: Thread holder => SPOOL
14 Across: T'ai __ => CHI
15 Across: Club condiment => MAYO
17 Across: Fiddler meddler => YENTE
18 Across: Chemistry Nobelist Otto => HAHN
19 Across: Big musical number ... or what 60-Across is to four puzzle answers? => SHOWSTOPPER
22 Across: My Friend title horse => FLICKA
24 Across: Coral creatures => POLYPS
27 Across: A Legacy of Spies author => LECARRE
29 Across: Makes a mess of => FOULSUP
30 Across: St. Teresa's town => AVILA
31 Across: VII x XIII => XCI
33 Across: Rodeo performer => ROPER
34 Across: Catchall abbr. => MISC
35 Across: Pool tool => CUE
36 Across: Eat in style => DINE
37 Across: Dramatic accusation => ETTU
38 Across: Paris transit => METRO
40 Across: Deca- minus two => OCTA
41 Across: GPS part: Abbr. => SYST
42 Across: Smart __ => ALECK
43 Across: Eco-friendly certification letters => LEED
44 Across: Tablet named for an organ => TUMS
46 Across: Kosher food carrier => ELAL
48 Across: Preserve, in a way => EMBALM
51 Across: The Joy Luck Club novelist => AMYTAN
55 Across: Philosopher __-tzu => LAO
56 Across: Short rest => NAP
58 Across: Word for a woman => SHE
59 Across: Hosp. area => ICU
60 Across: Decisive ending => EXCLAMATIONMARK
64 Across: I like that => NICE
65 Across: Cool beans or warm fuzzies => IDIOM
66 Across: Great Lake city => ERIE
67 Across: MC alternative => AMEX
68 Across: Yoga pose => ASANA
69 Across: Word for men => LADS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Dash attachment => CAM
2 Down: NATO founding member => USA
3 Down: The Curies, e.g. => PHYSICISTS
4 Down: Propaganda battle => PSYWAR
5 Down: Tarzan raisers => APES
6 Down: Cut it out! => DONT
7 Down: Con __: briskly => MOTO
8 Down: Syrian city => ALEPPO
9 Down: Member of a 1990s girl group => SCARYSPICE
10 Down: Spa sigh => AHH
11 Down: Martini default => GIN
16 Down: Musical revue performed in the nude => OHCALCUTTA
18 Down: Musical whose first run won 10 Tony Awards => HELLODOLLY
20 Down: Gumbo pod => OKRA
21 Down: Refill a glass, say => POUR
22 Down: Fire sign => FLAMES
23 Down: Flippancy => LEVITY
25 Down: Mambo legend Tito => PUENTE
26 Down: Nutella, e.g. => SPREAD
28 Down: Shines => EXCELS
29 Down: Cutthroat, as competition => FIERCE
32 Down: Meet-__: romcom device => CUTE
38 Down: Musical featuring ABBA songs => MAMMAMIA
39 Down: Musical awarded a special Pulitzer in 1944 => OKLAHOMA
45 Down: Radius neighbor => ULNA
47 Down: You said it! => AMEN
48 Down: Justice Kagan => ELENA
49 Down: Pithy saying => MAXIM
50 Down: Lawn game => BOCCE
52 Down: Wonder Woman topper => TIARA
53 Down: Pungent => ACRID
54 Down: Zaps for dinner => NUKES
57 Down: Sketchbooks => PADS
58 Down: The Da Vinci Code priory => SION
61 Down: Supervillain Luthor => LEX
62 Down: Hermana de la madre => TIA
63 Down: __ B: 9-Down's professional name => MEL

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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