Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Govt.-backed investment => TNOTE
6 Across: Travelocity recommendations => INNS
10 Across: Comprehends => GETS
14 Across: Commandment verb involving parents => HONOR
15 Across: Niño's nothing => NADA
16 Across: Difficult exam => ORAL
17 Across: Kagan of the Supreme Court => ELENA
18 Across: Fruit grown in bogs => CRANBERRY
20 Across: *Billy Crystal comedy featuring a cattle drive => CITYSLICKERS
22 Across: __, amas, amat ... => AMO
23 Across: Gnaw (at) => EAT
24 Across: Grocery walkway => AISLE
28 Across: Offshore oil drillers => RIGS
30 Across: *Exact look-alike => DEADRINGER
34 Across: Stiff-upper-lip type => STOIC
36 Across: Under, in French => SOUS
37 Across: Graffiti signature => TAG
38 Across: *Daily filming schedule on the set => CALLSHEET
42 Across: Musical gift => EAR
45 Across: Roman robe => TOGA
46 Across: Hustle genre => DISCO
50 Across: *One in la-la land => SPACECADET
54 Across: Croat or Serb => SLAV
55 Across: Mexican mister => SENOR
56 Across: Correct => FIX
58 Across: __ had it! => IVE
59 Across: Somewhat liberal, or where you might find the first words in the answers to starred clues => LEFTOFCENTER
64 Across: Soap opera genre => MELODRAMA
67 Across: 1960s jacket style => NEHRU
68 Across: Cooking spot => OVEN
69 Across: Large-scale => EPIC
70 Across: Warning signs => OMENS
71 Across: Like fake fruit => WAXY
72 Across: See socially => DATE
73 Across: From Lillehammer, say => NORSE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: My Best Friend's Girl rock band => THECARS
2 Down: Like poker games for high rollers => NOLIMIT
3 Down: Small takeout order => ONETOGO
4 Down: Tiger mascot with a red scarf => TONY
5 Down: Clear data from => ERASE
6 Down: Provoke => INCITE
7 Down: Dealer's foil, briefly => NARC
8 Down: Southern neighbor of Sask. => NDAK
9 Down: Reasonable => SANE
10 Down: Enters => GOESIN
11 Down: To say they __ I dare not be so bold: Shakespeare => ERR
12 Down: North Carolina __ Heels => TAR
13 Down: Cunning => SLY
19 Down: Slow-cooked, as short ribs => BRAISED
21 Down: Young chap => LAD
25 Down: Bilko's rank: Abbr. => SGT
26 Down: Grazing area => LEA
27 Down: Joule fraction => ERG
29 Down: [not my error] => SIC
31 Down: Family name in Mideast politics => ASSAD
32 Down: Homer's I'm an idiot! => DOH
33 Down: Feel remorse over => RUE
35 Down: Provided food for => CATERED
39 Down: Tone-__: Wild Thing rapper => LOC
40 Down: NYC airport near Citi Field => LGA
41 Down: __ the season ... => TIS
42 Down: Scout leader? => ESS
43 Down: Monkey relative => APE
44 Down: Sought a political seat => RAN
47 Down: Move like a mamba => SLITHER
48 Down: Carlsbad __ National Park => CAVERNS
49 Down: Do to death => OVERUSE
51 Down: Revolutionary territory => COLONY
52 Down: Wear away, as a coin surface => EFFACE
53 Down: Nervous twitch => TIC
57 Down: Noble gas => XENON
60 Down: Dancer Astaire => FRED
61 Down: Spanish appetizer => TAPA
62 Down: Leave out => OMIT
63 Down: Verne captain => NEMO
64 Down: Work on a lawn => MOW
65 Down: Training Day actress Mendes => EVA
66 Down: Superman villain Luthor => LEX

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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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