Crossword Answers For: Thursday, February 6, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Diamond problem => FLAW
5 Across: Plush carpet => SHAG
9 Across: Test versions => BETAS
14 Across: Feminist poet Adrienne => RICH
15 Across: It's partially submerged => HULL
16 Across: Valuable violin => AMATI
17 Across: Italian wine region => ASTI
18 Across: Founder of Edom => ESAU
19 Across: R2-D2 or BB-8, e.g. => ROBOT
20 Across: Parvenu's business venture? => UPSTARTSTARTUP
23 Across: Beantown NHL nickname => ESPO
24 Across: __ whiz! => GEE
25 Across: Quarterback's nonchalant move? => OFFHANDHANDOFF
32 Across: Vague time period => WHILE
33 Across: Spots for AirPods => EARS
34 Across: One may be decorated for the holidays => FIR
35 Across: Sprightly => AIRY
36 Across: Marmalade bits => RINDS
38 Across: __ Ren, Star Wars villain => KYLO
39 Across: Trig. function => COS
40 Across: Aloha State bird => NENE
41 Across: Plumlike fruit => SLOES
42 Across: Down Under withdrawal? => OUTBACKBACKOUT
46 Across: Disney doe => ENA
47 Across: It's just over a foot => SHIN
48 Across: TSA agent's perfected search technique? => DOWNPATPATDOWN
55 Across: Tropical porch => LANAI
56 Across: Murdoch who received the 1978 Booker Prize for The Sea, the Sea => IRIS
57 Across: What's the big __? => IDEA
58 Across: Habituate => INURE
59 Across: Retail outlet => MART
60 Across: Mattress option => KING
61 Across: Zaps => TASES
62 Across: Neverland pirate => SMEE
63 Across: What this puzzle does here => ENDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: German spouse => FRAU
2 Down: Speech therapy target => LISP
3 Down: Tries to look => ACTS
4 Down: Plant leaf pest => WHITEFLY
5 Down: Himalayan guide => SHERPA
6 Down: Prizzi's Honor director or actress => HUSTON
7 Down: Word of regret => ALAS
8 Down: Excess => GLUT
9 Down: Scrubby wastelands => BARRENS
10 Down: Chewed the scenery => EMOTED
11 Down: Perfume that sounds forbidden => TABU
12 Down: Surmounting => ATOP
13 Down: Pull up a chair => SIT
21 Down: Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame => ASHE
22 Down: Seaweed-based thickeners => AGARS
25 Down: Buckeye State sch. => OHIOU
26 Down: Leading => FIRST
27 Down: Brightest star in Cygnus => DENEB
28 Down: Taken in => HAD
29 Down: All Because __: 2005 U2 song => OFYOU
30 Down: Steakhouse order => FILET
31 Down: Picked dos => FROS
32 Down: Dr Pepper Museum city => WACO
36 Down: Postgame postmortem => RECAP
37 Down: Skin pics => INK
38 Down: Yukon gold rush region => KLONDIKE
40 Down: Au pairs => NANNIES
41 Down: Burlesque bit => SKIT
43 Down: '__ the Jabberwock, my son!': Carroll => BEWARE
44 Down: Have great plans => ASPIRE
45 Down: Pure => CHASTE
48 Down: Mike's Wayne's World co-star => DANA
49 Down: Obligation => ONUS
50 Down: Gets in the crosshairs, with at => AIMS
51 Down: Disneyland transport => TRAM
52 Down: Norse god => ODIN
53 Down: Make (one's way) => WEND
54 Down: Old horses => NAGS
55 Down: Put a match to => LIT

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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