Crossword Answers For: Sunday, February 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Small Mercedes sedan => ACLASS
7 Across: Golf match equalizer => HANDICAP
15 Across: Less risky => SAFER
20 Across: Lighthearted => BLITHE
21 Across: Cheerio relative => AUREVOIR
22 Across: Yearn for => CRAVE
23 Across: Ants in the British colonies? => CONTINENTALARMY
25 Across: Drove at Indy => RACED
26 Across: Tentative agreement => IGUESSSO
27 Across: Baton Rouge-to-Jackson dir. => NNE
28 Across: Great Russian czar => PETERI
29 Across: Sun Devils' sch. => ASU
30 Across: Updike's Rabbit Redux, e.g.: Abbr. => SEQ
31 Across: Tennis immortal => ASHE
33 Across: Dull opening? => DEE
34 Across: Gp. with a three-finger salute => BSA
35 Across: Listing => ATILT
37 Across: Fish attending Mass? => CATHOLICSCHOOL
41 Across: Baroque painter Guido => RENI
42 Across: Elvis sings it in Blue Hawaii => ALOHAOE
44 Across: Sarcastic So sad => BOOHOO
45 Across: Lions marching event? => PRIDEPARADE
47 Across: Cataract surgery replacement => LENS
48 Across: Green-lights => OKS
50 Across: Edmond __: the Count of Monte Cristo => DANTES
51 Across: Large body of eau => MER
52 Across: Fiscal execs => CFOS
54 Across: Pope's jurisdiction => HOLYSEE
57 Across: Reason for a star => HEROISM
61 Across: Juno, to Socrates => HERA
62 Across: Punk subgenre => EMO
63 Across: Whales' sorely lacking veggie supply? => TWOPEASINAPOD
67 Across: Goof => ERR
68 Across: Pringles alternative => LAYS
70 Across: Nestlé candy with a white covering => SNOCAPS
71 Across: Shoulda listened to me! => ITOLDYA
73 Across: Cool, in '90s slang => PHAT
74 Across: LAPD unit? => LOS
75 Across: Madame's Spanish counterpart => SENORA
77 Across: Pale __ => ALE
78 Across: Dilute => THIN
80 Across: Wolves from Lower Manhattan? => BATTERYPACK
85 Across: Things to avoid => TABOOS
87 Across: Rangers' domains => FORESTS
88 Across: Wild plum => SLOE
89 Across: Bats living in an old Chrysler? => PLYMOUTHCOLONY
92 Across: Whoopi's role in The Color Purple => CELIE
93 Across: VCR button => REC
94 Across: Degree in math => NTH
95 Across: Tinged => HUED
96 Across: Texter's qualifier => IMO
98 Across: NBC show since 1975 => SNL
99 Across: Gives the slip => EVADES
101 Across: Be on duty at, as a battle station => MAN
102 Across: Aids in DNA sequencing research => GENEMAPS
105 Across: Fathered => SIRED
106 Across: Crows sailing from Ethiopia to Egypt? => MURDERONTHENILE
110 Across: Orson Scott Card protagonist __ Wiggin => ENDER
111 Across: Documented => ONRECORD
112 Across: Swimwear fabric => TRICOT
113 Across: Short => TESTY
114 Across: Closed ecosystems => BIODOMES
115 Across: Net worth component => ASSETS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: black-ish airer => ABC
2 Down: Symbol of monastic life => CLOISTER
3 Down: Alfredo __, Ratatouille character named for a pasta => LINGUINI
4 Down: Alaskan island invaded by Japan in WWII => ATTU
5 Down: Least likely to mingle => SHIEST
6 Down: Connotation => SENSE
7 Down: Brinker on skates => HANS
8 Down: Start to correct? => AUTO
9 Down: Gun lobby org. => NRA
10 Down: __ Taco => DEL
11 Down: Scott classic => IVANHOE
12 Down: Race Matters author West => CORNEL
13 Down: Lyon lover's word => AIME
14 Down: Ask invasively => PRY
15 Down: Certain owl's howl => SCREECH
16 Down: How now? __?: Hamlet => ARAT
17 Down: News source for millions => FACEBOOKFEED
18 Down: Be it __ humble ... : song lyric => EVERSO
19 Down: Phone button => REDIAL
24 Down: Law firm abbr. => ESQ
28 Down: Baja bar tender? => PESOS
29 Down: __ The Magazine => AARP
31 Down: Just barely => ATAD
32 Down: Oxford, but not Cambridge => SHOE
33 Down: Mousetrap brand => DCON
36 Down: 1970s Plumber => LIDDY
37 Down: Exercise target => CORE
38 Down: Shouts of discovery => AHAS
39 Down: Madrid-based airline => IBERIA
40 Down: Moonshine => HOOCH
42 Down: Reuters apps alternative => APNEWS
43 Down: Tardy with => LATEON
46 Down: Down __: Maine nickname => EAST
47 Down: Writer Uris => LEON
49 Down: My bad => SORRY
51 Down: ER scans => MRIS
53 Down: Love Song singer Bareilles => SARA
54 Down: Beatles album with a bang => HELP
55 Down: The Wizard of Oz's hometown => OMAHA
56 Down: Rewards for regulars => LOYALTYCARDS
57 Down: Lukas of Witness => HAAS
58 Down: Debatable gift => ESP
59 Down: Small piano => SPINET
60 Down: General __ => MOTORS
64 Down: Refinement => POLISH
65 Down: Aspiring MBA's major => ECON
66 Down: Fishing boat => DORY
69 Down: Boiling sign => STEAM
72 Down: What a subscription renewal prevents => LAPSE
75 Down: WWII weapon => STEN
76 Down: Crafts website => ETSY
78 Down: Hypes => TOUTS
79 Down: Frozen planet in The Empire Strikes Back => HOTH
80 Down: Tree trunk => BOLE
81 Down: J.Lo's fiancé => AROD
82 Down: Pumpkin pie seasoning => ALLSPICE
83 Down: Vending machine feature => COINSLOT
84 Down: Underwater projection => KEEL
86 Down: Not even moist => BONEDRY
87 Down: Based => FOUNDED
89 Down: Car radio button => PRESET
90 Down: Adam of Maroon 5 => LEVINE
91 Down: Mexican horseman => CHARRO
92 Down: Rising stars => COMERS
96 Down: QB's pass to a CB, say => INT
97 Down: L.A. Philharmonic Conductor Emeritus => MEHTA
100 Down: Tick-ing bomb? => DEET
101 Down: City bond, briefly => MUNI
102 Down: An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power author => GORE
103 Down: Results => ENDS
104 Down: Spanish cordial => ANIS
106 Down: Rabble => MOB
107 Down: The Name of the Rose author => ECO
108 Down: __-com => ROM
109 Down: Presumed UFO crew => ETS

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This crossword has 63 across clues and 76 down clues. In total 139 clues are solved in the section above.
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