Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Go straight to the top? => PRAY
5 Across: Crawling carpenters => ANTS
9 Across: Made into a bundle => BALED
14 Across: Sport for the supersized => SUMO
15 Across: Unfaithful co-star Richard => GERE
16 Across: Join forces => UNITE
17 Across: Overindulge (someone) at birthday time => SHOWERWITHGIFTS
20 Across: Warble => TRILL
21 Across: Figuratively => SOTOSPEAK
22 Across: Circular power tool => SAW
24 Across: Tarzan player Ron => ELY
25 Across: Tetra- times two => OCTA
29 Across: Set one's sights on, with at => AIMED
31 Across: So long! => BYE
34 Across: Last-ditch gridiron pass => HAILMARY
36 Across: Periodic pay => SALARY
39 Across: Nabisco snack brand => NILLA
40 Across: And so on: Abbr. => ETC
42 Across: Avant-garde jazzman who named himself after an Egyptian god => SUNRA
43 Across: Country Style Steak Fries maker => OREIDA
45 Across: I'm Moving On country singer => HANKSNOW
47 Across: Pindar work => ODE
48 Across: Charlotte __: creamy dessert => RUSSE
50 Across: Road incline => HILL
51 Across: Permit => LET
52 Across: Crumpets companion => TEA
54 Across: Head honcho => TOPBANANA
59 Across: Starbucks flavor => MOCHA
64 Across: Not up to par ... or, aptly, what this puzzle's circled letters are => UNDERTHEWEATHER
66 Across: Send (to) for a second opinion => REFER
67 Across: Steal, for slate: Abbr. => ANAG
68 Across: Lemon-like => TART
69 Across: Like ogres => NASTY
70 Across: So Sick R&B singer => NEYO
71 Across: Ironically, they might be even => ODDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Sibilant Yo! => PSST
2 Down: River to the Rhine => RUHR
3 Down: Mine, in Metz => AMOI
4 Down: Pained cry => YOWL
5 Down: Dept. concerned with rural development => AGR
6 Down: Reuters, for one => NEWSWIRE
7 Down: Folk's Kingston __ => TRIO
8 Down: Couch kin => SETTEE
9 Down: Mobster Siegel => BUGSY
10 Down: Had __: imbibed modestly => ANIP
11 Down: Longest sentence => LIFE
12 Down: Bluesy James => ETTA
13 Down: Work at it => DESK
18 Down: Trains over the street => ELS
19 Down: Ship storage areas => HOLDS
23 Down: Designation for batteries, bonds or baseball teams => AAA
25 Down: I can't believe it! => OHNO
26 Down: Egyptian capital => CAIRO
27 Down: Like many floors => TILED
28 Down: Kate's TV sidekick => ALLIE
30 Down: Nessie and Bigfoot, by most accounts => MYTHS
31 Down: Get red in the face => BLUSH
32 Down: New Age composer => YANNI
33 Down: Flynn of film => ERROL
35 Down: Irate => MAD
37 Down: Question => ASK
38 Down: Two-masted boat => YAWL
41 Down: Robinson Crusoe, notably => CASTAWAY
44 Down: __ we all? => ARENT
46 Down: Society page word => NEE
49 Down: Pioneer Day celebrant => UTAHAN
51 Down: King or Bird => LARRY
53 Down: Physicians' org. => AMA
54 Down: Go sour => TURN
55 Down: Draft designation => ONEA
56 Down: Some email attachments => PDFS
57 Down: Root often pickled => BEET
58 Down: Aloha State bird => NENE
60 Down: Germany's von Bismarck => OTTO
61 Down: African lake in four countries => CHAD
62 Down: Cattle collection => HERD
63 Down: Music and dance, e.g. => ARTS
65 Down: Freudian focus => EGO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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