Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Low poker pair => TWOS
5 Across: Mus. key with three sharps => AMAJ
9 Across: Nigerian seaport => LAGOS
14 Across: Greet with fanfare => HAIL
15 Across: Pizza Quick sauce brand => RAGU
16 Across: You've got a friend => ICARE
17 Across: First name in scat => ELLA
18 Across: Region where broadcast reception may be poor => FRINGEAREA
20 Across: Mix => BLEND
22 Across: Former Soviet leader Brezhnev => LEONID
23 Across: Progress at a faster rate => FORGEAHEAD
26 Across: Prefix with tourism => ECO
29 Across: Navigation technology, briefly => GPS
30 Across: Brooding genre => EMO
31 Across: Spartacus Oscar winner => USTINOV
34 Across: Bowler's pickup => SPARE
36 Across: Amtrak express => ACELA
37 Across: Army rank last conferred in 1950 => FIVESTARGENERAL
42 Across: Breakout game developer => ATARI
43 Across: Pool triangles => RACKS
44 Across: Sent a message, old-style => TELEXED
47 Across: Rock's Ocasek => RIC
48 Across: Grow older => AGE
51 Across: Thorn __, former Virgin Records owner => EMI
52 Across: Riot control weapon => TEARGASGUN
55 Across: Arizona MLBers => DBACKS
58 Across: Dig find => RELIC
59 Across: Automatic functions in most cars, and what can be found in this puzzle's circles => GEARSHIFTS
63 Across: Ciao! => TATA
64 Across: Take in eagerly => EATUP
65 Across: Yule tune => NOEL
66 Across: Saroyan's My Name Is __ => ARAM
67 Across: Collaborative 1993 Sinatra album => DUETS
68 Across: Looking like rain => GRAY
69 Across: U. of Maryland athlete => TERP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Roald Dahl novel adapted as a 2016 Disney film => THEBFG
2 Down: Big hit => WALLOP
3 Down: Gretzky's first NHL team => OILERS
4 Down: Word on the street? => SLANG
5 Down: Canine greeting => ARF
6 Down: Tarnish => MAR
7 Down: Like gymnasts => AGILE
8 Down: Capital near Glacier Bay National Park => JUNEAU
9 Down: Property claim => LIEN
10 Down: Dark purple berry => ACAI
11 Down: Plant custodian => GARDENER
12 Down: Vein contents => ORE
13 Down: Briny expanse => SEA
19 Down: Neil Gaiman's American __ => GODS
21 Down: Get rid of => DEEPSIX
24 Down: Latin 101 verb => AMAT
25 Down: Circle dance => HORA
27 Down: Cuba libre mixer => COLA
28 Down: Racecourse shape => OVAL
32 Down: Chemicals carrier => TANKCAR
33 Down: Treats, as a sprain => ICES
34 Down: Drought-plagued => SERE
35 Down: Get an Oh no from Alex Trebek, say => ERR
37 Down: Inevitable end => FATE
38 Down: Tabloid couple => ITEM
39 Down: Stamp, as a passport => VALIDATE
40 Down: Teri of Tootsie => GARR
41 Down: Vaping device, familiarly => ECIG
45 Down: Mark on metal => ETCH
46 Down: Puck-handling skill => DEKING
48 Down: Shining brightly => AGLARE
49 Down: Instrument for The Romeros, a classical quartet => GUITAR
50 Down: Pitch tents => ENCAMP
53 Down: Regarding => ASFOR
54 Down: Tuned to => SETAT
56 Down: Very dry, as Champagne => BRUT
57 Down: Nile vipers => ASPS
59 Down: H.S. dropout's test => GED
60 Down: __ de cologne => EAU
61 Down: Scone go-with => TEA
62 Down: Surreptitious => SLY

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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