Crossword Answers For: Saturday, February 1, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: I Love a Rainy Night singer Eddie => RABBITT
8 Across: Rattletrap => BEATER
14 Across: TV screen-bottom banner, perhaps => INLINEAD
16 Across: Bond girl Andress => URSULA
17 Across: Clapping game => PATACAKE
18 Across: Vitamin B3 => NIACIN
19 Across: Reliable omen => SURESIGN
21 Across: Krazy comics feline => KAT
22 Across: Modify => ALTER
25 Across: Murky milieus => FENS
26 Across: Handle carelessly, with with => MESS
27 Across: Jamaica's Ocho __ => RIOS
28 Across: Rocky peaks => TORS
29 Across: Coordinate-based calc. => DIR
30 Across: French wine term => CRU
31 Across: They can't be prevented => CERTITUDES
34 Across: What human flight was once thought to be => HAREBRAINEDIDEA
37 Across: Secondary matters => SIDEISSUES
38 Across: Possess => OWN
39 Across: Yes, __! => SIR
40 Across: Not wing it => PLAN
41 Across: __ giorno! => BUON
42 Across: Ship's post that secures cables => BITT
44 Across: Largest Italian automaker => FIAT
45 Across: Big name in health care => AETNA
46 Across: Big name in home security => ADT
47 Across: Most curious => FUNNIEST
49 Across: Best Actress winner for The Queen => MIRREN
51 Across: Longtime Arctic transportation methods => DOGTEAMS
55 Across: Crossed the lake, say => BOATED
56 Across: Threatens with bared teeth => SNARLSAT
57 Across: Drives => IMPELS
58 Across: Emulated Gene Kelly performing Singin' in the Rain => SLOSHED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Copy, as a CD => RIP
2 Down: Santa __ => ANA
3 Down: Diner order => BLT
4 Down: Statistical distortions => BIASES
5 Down: Bring on => INCUR
6 Down: Natural eye cleaner => TEAR
7 Down: Test-drive => TAKEFORASPIN
8 Down: Keg stoppers => BUNGS
9 Down: St. Patrick's home => ERIN
10 Down: Quiet-mouse connector => ASA
11 Down: Exhausted => TUCKEREDOUT
12 Down: __ Sports Bureau, statistics giant => ELIAS
13 Down: Diatribes => RANTS
15 Down: Stereotypical shipwreck sites => DESERTISLANDS
20 Down: They're usually not helpful hints => INSINUATIONS
22 Down: Foot part => ARCH
23 Down: Turkish coins => LIRAS
24 Down: Magnet for rubbernecking => TOURISTTRAP
26 Down: Skirt length => MIDI
28 Down: She was Lois on Lois & Clark => TERI
29 Down: Clothing => DUDS
31 Down: Talking trucker => CBER
32 Down: Many a Buffy character => TEEN
33 Down: Attach, as a patch => SEWON
35 Down: Tighten, in a way => EDIT
36 Down: X-Men actress Paquin => ANNA
41 Down: Addictive Asian nuts => BETELS
42 Down: Tale of a whitetail => BAMBI
43 Down: Down in the dumps, say => IDIOM
44 Down: Sponsors => FUNDS
45 Down: 2019 World Series runner-up => ASTRO
47 Down: Intuit => FEEL
48 Down: Alike, in Avignon => EGAL
50 Down: Itinerary abbr. => RTE
52 Down: Tough, elastic wood => ASH
53 Down: West of the movies => MAE
54 Down: Reg. => STD

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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