Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Not very spicy => MILD
5 Across: Time and again, to a bard => OFT
8 Across: Stage surprise => ADLIB
13 Across: More reasonable => SANER
14 Across: Give in to jet lag => NAP
15 Across: Far from posh => SEEDY
16 Across: Steinway parts => PIANOKEYS
18 Across: Whack, biblically => SMITE
19 Across: Space-saving abbr. => ETC
20 Across: Mayberry kid => OPIE
21 Across: Bk. before Philippians => EPH
22 Across: Cajun crustacean => CRAWDAD
24 Across: Lowlifes => SLEAZES
28 Across: Bell-shaped lily => SEGO
29 Across: Hobbyist's blade => XACTOKNIFE
31 Across: Laura of Marriage Story => DERN
33 Across: BMW competitor => AUDI
34 Across: Merged comm. giant => GTE
35 Across: Are you serious? => NOKIDDING
39 Across: Awareness-raising TV ad => PSA
42 Across: Lose stamina => TIRE
43 Across: A whole lot => GOBS
46 Across: Cartoon character who is five apples tall => HELLOKITTY
50 Across: Chase scene maneuvers, slangily => UEYS
52 Across: Some bottled waters => DASANIS
53 Across: Most tidy => NEATEST
55 Across: Arcing shot => LOB
56 Across: Fleshy facial feature => JOWL
57 Across: Student advocacy org. => PTA
58 Across: Off-the-cushion pool shot => CAROM
60 Across: Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what's hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across => GETSTHEOK
62 Across: Render weaponless => UNARM
63 Across: Maiden name lead-in => NEE
64 Across: Country rocker Steve => EARLE
65 Across: Jam-packed => DENSE
66 Across: FedEx rival => UPS
67 Across: React to yeast => RISE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Restaurant host => MAITRED
2 Down: Like most pet birds => INACAGE
3 Down: Writer Deighton => LEN
4 Down: Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin __ => DROOD
5 Down: Upstate New York lake => ONEIDA
6 Down: Actress Dunaway => FAYE
7 Down: Playfully pranks, for short => TPS
8 Down: Stubborn equine => ASS
9 Down: Cut down to size => DEMEAN
10 Down: German city where Wagner was born => LEIPZIG
11 Down: Crime after a data breach, perhaps => IDTHEFT
12 Down: See ya => BYE
13 Down: Architectural details => SPECS
17 Down: Title planet in a 2001 sci-fi film => KPAX
23 Down: In need of patching => WORN
24 Down: __ finder: carpenter's tool => STUD
25 Down: Wine city near Sacramento => LODI
26 Down: Just managing, with out => EKING
27 Down: Witness => SEE
30 Down: Coast Guard Academy student => CADET
32 Down: __ your life! => NOTON
36 Down: Dee who sang with Elton => KIKI
37 Down: Spring flower => IRIS
38 Down: Joint ailment => GOUT
39 Down: Prof.'s degree => PHD
40 Down: Maritime route => SEALANE
41 Down: Concession speech deliverer => ALSORAN
44 Down: Paging gadgets => BEEPERS
45 Down: Ventricular contraction => SYSTOLE
47 Down: Hercules' 12 challenges => LABORS
48 Down: Low-risk govt. securities => TNOTES
49 Down: Evergreens used for archery bows => YEWS
51 Down: Buffy's weapon of choice => STAKE
54 Down: Make changes to => ALTER
56 Down: Wrangler maker => JEEP
58 Down: Bovine chew => CUD
59 Down: French Mrs. => MME
60 Down: Oxlike antelope => GNU
61 Down: Yokohama yes => HAI

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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