Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: School of thought => ISM
4 Across: 1972 Kentucky Derby winner __ Ridge => RIVA
8 Across: Landlocked African country => MALI
12 Across: Sense of balance => STABILITY
15 Across: Half of a folk-rock duo => SIMON
16 Across: *Orson Welles' role in The Third Man => HARRYLIME
17 Across: Public square => PLAZA
18 Across: Court answers => PLEAS
19 Across: Org. promoting fluoridation => ADA
21 Across: State of calm attentiveness => ZEN
22 Across: Fair-haired => BLOND
23 Across: *James T. Kirk player, in recent Star Trek films => CHRISPINE
26 Across: Kareem, once => LEW
27 Across: Deli order => HERO
29 Across: Police trickery => STING
30 Across: Koala's hangout => TREE
32 Across: Crest container => TUBE
34 Across: Bus Stop playwright => INGE
35 Across: Dollar bill, e.g. ... and what the ends of the answers to starred clues have in common => GREENBACK
38 Across: Curly top => AFRO
40 Across: Landlocked Asian country => LAOS
41 Across: Elephant Boy boy => SABU
45 Across: Jigsaw unit => PIECE
47 Across: Color printer refills => INKS
49 Across: What's shakin'? => SUP
50 Across: *Pogo cartoonist => WALTKELLY
52 Across: Finds the right words, say => EDITS
54 Across: Step into character => ACT
55 Across: It may need massaging => EGO
56 Across: Crouch down => SQUAT
57 Across: Word with ice or cookie => SHEET
59 Across: *Damn Yankees! star => TABHUNTER
63 Across: Wetland birds => TERNS
64 Across: Pushing to the limit => STRAINING
65 Across: Put a tiger in your tank brand => ESSO
66 Across: Babe in the woods => FAWN
67 Across: LP successors => CDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: More or less suffix => ISH
2 Down: Desktop item => STAPLER
3 Down: The Big Sleep private eye => MARLOWE
4 Down: Most populous Arabian Peninsula city => RIYADH
5 Down: Pandora's boxful => ILLS
6 Down: Sundial seven => VII
7 Down: PIN point => ATM
8 Down: End of a soldier's URL => MIL
9 Down: Jaw-dropping => AMAZING
10 Down: Cough drop => LOZENGE
11 Down: Absurd => INANE
13 Down: WWII light machine gun => BREN
14 Down: Class ring number => YEAR
15 Down: Acting fitfully => SPASTIC
20 Down: Talk smack about => DIS
22 Down: Deli order => BLT
23 Down: Pitiless => CRUEL
24 Down: Boot stud => HOBNAIL
25 Down: Legendary Hollywood hot dog restaurant => PINKS
28 Down: French summer => ETE
31 Down: Snowy bird => EGRET
33 Down: Black shade => EBONY
36 Down: Houston NBA team => ROCKETS
37 Down: Try me => ASK
38 Down: Cochise followers => APACHES
39 Down: Instagram overlays => FILTERS
42 Down: Like some lions => ASIATIC
43 Down: Rifle handle => BUTTEND
44 Down: Good times => UPS
46 Down: Brain scan inits. => EEG
48 Down: Costume spangle => SEQUIN
50 Down: Fritter away => WASTE
51 Down: They may be drawn => LOTS
53 Down: Country duo Brooks & __ => DUNN
56 Down: Bandleader Artie => SHAW
58 Down: Rock producer Brian => ENO
60 Down: DOJ division => ATF
61 Down: Bikini half => BRA
62 Down: Some NFL linemen => RGS

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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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