Crossword Answers For: Saturday, February 29, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Baseball warm-up word => SHAG
5 Across: Brazilian music genre word meaning trend => BOSSA
10 Across: Secured => ICED
14 Across: Ebb => WANE
15 Across: Nailing, in a way => ACING
16 Across: Weather __ => VANE
17 Across: Kitchen fixture => OVEN
18 Across: Mountain slope debris => SCREE
19 Across: Welder's output => ARCS
20 Across: Home improvement team => REMODELERS
22 Across: One of two sts. admitted to the Union 11/2/1889 => NDAK
23 Across: Elder of an '80s-'90s country duo => NAOMIJUDD
24 Across: Metaphorical casino loss => SHIRT
25 Across: Formed by solidified magma => IGNEOUS
26 Across: Is __: imminently will => SOONTO
27 Across: Turndowns => NOES
28 Across: Perceived Cold War weapons disparity => MISSILEGAP
31 Across: Propelled, as a raft => POLED
32 Across: Words preceding an important reminder => PLEASENOTE
37 Across: Power eponym => WATT
41 Across: Antagonism => RANCOR
42 Across: Amazon, notably => ETAILER
44 Across: Singer for whom Bernie wrote lyrics => ELTON
45 Across: Remit, nowadays => PAYONLINE
47 Across: Contact author Sagan => CARL
48 Across: Comes to terms => MAKESADEAL
49 Across: I'll do it => OKAY
50 Across: Formal Who's there? response => ITISI
51 Across: Letter-bottom abbr. => ENCL
52 Across: Bit of progress => DENT
53 Across: Atlantic food fish => SCROD
54 Across: Pak of the LPGA => SERI
55 Across: Artist's pseudonym formed from the French pronunciation of his initials => ERTE
56 Across: 1953 Ladd classic => SHANE
57 Across: Casual wear => TEES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Like court witnesses => SWORNIN
2 Down: Try it => HAVEAGO
3 Down: Buttercup family member => ANEMONE
4 Down: Biological mapping subjects => GENOMES
5 Down: Parachutist using low-altitude starting points => BASEJUMPER
6 Down: Blockage => OCCLUSION
7 Down: Brought into being => SIRED
8 Down: Dummy Mortimer => SNERD
9 Down: Quite a while => AGES
10 Down: Rowena's lover => IVANHOE
11 Down: Bouncer's job => CARDING
12 Down: Early Wikipedia competitor => ENCARTA
13 Down: Icon locale => DESKTOP
21 Down: Giovanni's god => DIO
24 Down: Roman sun god => SOL
26 Down: Like a pendulum's movement => SIDETOSIDE
29 Down: __-mo => SLO
30 Down: Saw => SETEYESON
32 Down: Like Hollywood films before censorship guidelines were introduced => PRECODE
33 Down: LeBron, since Jul. 2018 => LALAKER
34 Down: One in a 1K, say => ENTRANT
35 Down: Follower => ACOLYTE
36 Down: Certain youngster's nickname => SON
37 Down: Least civilized => WILDEST
38 Down: Property recipient, in law => ALIENEE
39 Down: Like a good-sized farm => TENACRE
40 Down: Plant support => TRELLIS
43 Down: Santa follower => ANA
45 Down: Cabbage site => PATCH
46 Down: Ran director Kurosawa => AKIRA
48 Down: Wish were here => MISS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 32 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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