Crossword Answers For: Saturday, January 25, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Moisture-catching linings => SWEATBANDS
11 Across: Barbecue crust => CHAR
15 Across: Period that included the Civil War => LINCOLNERA
16 Across: Place with rolling pins, perhaps => LANE
17 Across: Making a plea => ENTREATING
18 Across: Present opener? => OMNI
19 Across: Have the chutzpah => DARE
20 Across: Farm structure => SILO
21 Across: Word with interest and error => HUMAN
22 Across: Farm structure => STY
23 Across: Date night convenience => ATM
24 Across: Pauses => LETUPS
25 Across: Femina Cup (1910s contest) competitor => AVIATRIX
28 Across: Turn => ROT
29 Across: Informal Right? => AINTITTRUE
32 Across: Ball, e.g. => GALA
33 Across: Links legend => SNEAD
34 Across: It's above lead on tables => TIN
35 Across: Ring of Saturn? => ORBIT
36 Across: Hash ingredient => SPUD
37 Across: Makes even more gross? => GETSARAISE
39 Across: Plural possessive => OUR
40 Across: Leo is one => FIRESIGN
41 Across: Jalopies => CRATES
43 Across: __ wolf => CRY
44 Across: Nasty current => RIP
47 Across: R&B family name => ISLEY
48 Across: Caps on a protective vest => SWAT
50 Across: Fundació Joan __: Barcelona museum => MIRO
51 Across: Family member => AUNT
52 Across: Blocks off => BARRICADES
54 Across: Level => TIER
55 Across: Gerald Ford and Glenn Ford, e.g. => FREEMASONS
56 Across: Blues first name => ETTA
57 Across: Intermediary's compensation => FINDERSFEE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: They often have runners => SLEDS
2 Down: Succeed in => WINAT
3 Down: Contest form => ENTRY
4 Down: Estate unit => ACRE
5 Down: __ the line => TOE
6 Down: Dang! => BLASTIT
7 Down: Part of the Enterprise's power source => ANTIMATTER
8 Down: Diamond of song => NEIL
9 Down: Bond classic => DRNO
10 Down: Decline => SAG
11 Down: Leverage => CLOUT
12 Down: Early code name? => HAMMURABI
13 Down: Alphabetically second on a list of U.S. state capitals => ANNAPOLIS
14 Down: Put back => REINSTATE
21 Down: Curse => HEX
23 Down: All in => AVID
24 Down: Whopper you can't eat => LIE
25 Down: Ever so slightly => ATAD
26 Down: Not remotely fresh => TRITE
27 Down: Flees in a panic => RUNSSCARED
29 Down: Like eight Supreme Court justices => ASSOCIATE
30 Down: Chasing, with of => INPURSUIT
31 Down: Artificial intelligence framework => NEURALNET
32 Down: __ Torino: 1970s Ford => GRAN
35 Down: Bacchanalia => ORGY
37 Down: Beneficiaries of a 1944 bill => GIS
38 Down: PAC's election season purchase => AIRTIME
40 Down: 30 Rock creator => FEY
42 Down: One-third of dodeca- => TETRA
44 Down: No longer forced to deal with => RIDOF
45 Down: Sherlock's foe Adler => IRENE
46 Down: Term in Old West and hip-hop culture => POSSE
48 Down: Indian garb => SARI
49 Down: Chirpy bird => WREN
50 Down: Keyword in Newton's second law => MASS
52 Down: Texting partner, like, srsly! => BFF
53 Down: Ford product => CAR

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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