Crossword Answers For: Thursday, March 26, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Puts at ease => CALMS
6 Across: Pinot alternative => CAB
9 Across: Something about a painting? => FRAME
14 Across: Ryan of Paper Moon => ONEAL
15 Across: Brouhaha => ADO
16 Across: Paint choice => LATEX
17 Across: *Mechanical plaything => WINDUPTOY
19 Across: __-garde => AVANT
20 Across: Ambulance gp. => EMS
21 Across: Quick inhalation => GASP
22 Across: Horseshoe-shaped letter => OMEGA
23 Across: Pennant __ => RACE
25 Across: *Dark as can be => PITCHBLACK
28 Across: Patronizes, in a way => STAYSAT
30 Across: Insecure actress/writer Issa __ => RAE
31 Across: Enero, por ejemplo => MES
32 Across: Foil alternative => EPEE
33 Across: Rock's __ Supply => AIR
34 Across: Campus suffix => EDU
35 Across: *Duke led one => SWINGBAND
40 Across: Keeps in the email loop => CCS
43 Across: Comprehend => SEE
44 Across: Litter's littlest => RUNT
47 Across: Chef's dish words => ALA
48 Across: Med. country => ISR
49 Across: Web page banners => HEADERS
52 Across: *Nursery rhyme arachnophobe => MISSMUFFET
55 Across: Barter => SWAP
56 Across: Cause friction => CHAFE
57 Across: Be up against => ABUT
59 Across: Diner slice => PIE
60 Across: Scoville unit food => CHILI
61 Across: Ump's call, often based on a sequence found in the answers to starred clues => STRIKEONE
63 Across: Muscle beach bro => HEMAN
64 Across: Bedazzle => AWE
65 Across: When left turns are rarely allowed => ONRED
66 Across: Off-mic comment => ASIDE
67 Across: Furry foot => PAW
68 Across: Fills up => SATES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hides in fear => COWERS
2 Down: Do some work at Pixar => ANIMATE
3 Down: Protective camera piece => LENSCAP
4 Down: Sore => MAD
5 Down: Whack over the wall => SLUG
6 Down: Keep a Persian company, perhaps => CATSIT
7 Down: Take in, as a Persian => ADOPT
8 Down: Huck Finn, for one => BOY
9 Down: Served blazing => FLAMBE
10 Down: Bolero composer => RAVEL
11 Down: In the ballpark? => ATAGAME
12 Down: Intimidated => MENACED
13 Down: Interoffice no. => EXT
18 Down: Bear whose bed was too hard => PAPA
22 Down: Maureen of Rio Grande => OHARA
24 Down: Focuses on, as the catcher for signals => EYES
26 Down: Bed with sliding sides => CRIB
27 Down: Sunflower St. school => KSU
29 Down: Patch, perhaps => SEW
33 Down: Ticket price determinant, at times => AGE
36 Down: A single Time? => ISSUE
37 Down: Soft ball => NERF
38 Down: New Deal agcy. => NRA
39 Down: Outfit => DUDS
40 Down: Engine part => CAM
41 Down: Trite expressions => CLICHES
42 Down: Bento box selection => SASHIMI
45 Down: Jazz festival site => NEWPORT
46 Down: One learning the ropes => TRAINEE
48 Down: Nothing's wrong => IMFINE
49 Down: Bar mitzvah language => HEBREW
50 Down: Notions case => ETUI
51 Down: Races round the bases => SPEEDS
53 Down: Caesar __ => SALAD
54 Down: Mufti's proclamation => FATWA
58 Down: 17 of Laila Ali's wins, for short => TKOS
60 Down: __-ching! => CHA
61 Down: Weaken => SAP
62 Down: Bambi doe => ENA

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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