Crossword Answers For: Thursday, July 6, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Many opera villains => BASSI
6 Across: Georgia __ => TECH
10 Across: '70s Israeli prime minister => MEIR
14 Across: Ration out => ALLOT
15 Across: Antioxidant-rich fruit in smoothies => ACAIBERRY
17 Across: Some earrings => HOOPS
18 Across: Celestial explosion => SUPERNOVA
19 Across: Midwestern pair => NEBRASKANSAS
21 Across: Japanese prime minister since 2012 => ABE
22 Across: Cold War weapons => ICBMS
26 Across: Northeastern pair => MAINEWHAMPSHIRE
33 Across: Ready followers? => ORNOT
34 Across: Jumper cable connection => ANODE
35 Across: Did lunch, say => ATE
36 Across: Morse clicks => DITS
37 Across: Fly catchers => MITTS
38 Across: Corp. money execs => CFOS
39 Across: Puerto Rican pronoun => ESO
40 Across: Bandleader's cry => HITIT
41 Across: Ring figure? => CARAT
42 Across: Southwestern pair => NEWMEXICOLORADO
45 Across: Queen __ lace => ANNES
46 Across: Lode load => ORE
47 Across: What the answers to three pair clues share, both in this grid and in reality => STATEBORDERS
55 Across: Soldier of Fortune subject => MERCENARY
58 Across: D-sharp equivalent => EFLAT
59 Across: Grifter => CONARTIST
60 Across: __ del Sol => COSTA
61 Across: Prepare for mailing => SEAL
62 Across: On the less windy side => ALEE
63 Across: Woods components => TREES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Automobil route => BAHN
2 Down: Healing salve => ALOE
3 Down: Frustrating roommate for a neatnik => SLOB
4 Down: Many opera heroines => SOPRANOS
5 Down: I'll take that action => ITSABET
6 Down: Checklist item => TASK
7 Down: Galápagos locale: Abbr. => ECUA
8 Down: Bos'n's boss => CAPN
9 Down: Hustles => HIES
10 Down: Stand-up sort => MENSCH
11 Down: Mancinelli opera __ e Leandro => ERO
12 Down: Robbins of Baskin-Robbins => IRV
13 Down: Shaggy Scandinavian rug => RYA
16 Down: Slow-cook, in a way => BRAISE
20 Down: Give a darn? => SEW
23 Down: Former African secessionist territory => BIAFRA
24 Down: The Wind in the Willows character => MRTOAD
25 Down: Handles => SEESTO
26 Down: Italian headquarters of Maserati => MODENA
27 Down: Out of the sack => ARISEN
28 Down: Around, so to speak => INTOWN
29 Down: French-speaking republic => HAITI
30 Down: Escapade => ANTIC
31 Down: Crossroads of America in Indiana, e.g. => MOTTO
32 Down: Law-and-order gps. => PDS
37 Down: Pancake-making aid => MIX
38 Down: Nurtured => CAREDFOR
40 Down: Mother of Pearl, in an 1850 novel => HESTER
41 Down: PC part? => CORRECT
43 Down: Cantina quaff => MESCAL
44 Down: Head of England? => LOO
48 Down: Masonry support => ANTA
49 Down: Word with coat or shirt => TAIL
50 Down: Gaelic tongue => ERSE
51 Down: Bunch of bits => BYTE
52 Down: What __ could I say? => ELSE
53 Down: Evaluate => RATE
54 Down: D.C. Metro stops => STAS
55 Down: Escher and Hammer => MCS
56 Down: Fair-hiring letters => EOE
57 Down: Protein-building molecule => RNA

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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