Crossword Answers For: Thursday, April 23, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Title critter in Blake's Songs of Innocence => LAMB
5 Across: Almost dry => DAMP
9 Across: Football's Papa Bear => HALAS
14 Across: __ vera => ALOE
15 Across: __ Eats: delivery service => UBER
16 Across: Hold the floor => ORATE
17 Across: Generous severance package => PARACHUTE
19 Across: Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit => MCGEE
20 Across: Toss aside => DITCH
21 Across: Bad loser => SOREHEAD
23 Across: Locks => HAIR
26 Across: Stage of adolescence => PUBERTY
27 Across: Frito-Lay brand => TOSTITOS
31 Across: Sudoku fill: Abbr. => NOS
32 Across: Chance of a lifetime => OPPORTUNITY
34 Across: Web spots => ADS
37 Across: Ethically uncertain => GRAY
38 Across: Ring bearer => EAR
39 Across: Came down to earth => ALIT
40 Across: Atlas Shrugged writer Rand => AYN
41 Across: Marriage milestone => ANNIVERSARY
45 Across: Lily of France garment => BRA
46 Across: Citrus grove sight => LIMETREE
47 Across: Covered, in a way => INSURED
51 Across: NYC area above Houston Street => NOHO
52 Across: Suddenly stops working, as an engine => SEIZESUP
54 Across: __ Gay => ENOLA
58 Across: TV host Gibbons => LEEZA
59 Across: His touch will complete five puzzle answers => KINGMIDAS
62 Across: Garden tool => EDGER
63 Across: Biblical twin => ESAU
64 Across: California's __ Valley => SIMI
65 Across: Stadium levels => TIERS
66 Across: Droops => SAGS
67 Across: Air filter acronym => HEPA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: W. Coast force => LAPD
2 Down: Court game word => ALAI
3 Down: Cartoonist Drucker => MORT
4 Down: Bucket shaped like a sandcastle, for one => BEACHTOY
5 Down: Thank you, Captain Obvious => DUH
6 Down: __ Dhabi => ABU
7 Down: Team that retired Mike Piazza's #31 => METS
8 Down: Hosp. area => PREOP
9 Down: __ Industries: L.A. youth program => HOMEBOY
10 Down: McDonald's trademark => ARCHES
11 Down: Ale alternative => LAGER
12 Down: Bugged a lot => ATEAT
13 Down: Like some bagels => SEEDY
18 Down: Department head => CHAIR
22 Down: Litter lightweight => RUNT
24 Down: Addams cousin => ITT
25 Down: Monet's Cathedral Series city => ROUEN
27 Down: Forum robe => TOGA
28 Down: Live at the __: Patsy Cline album => OPRY
29 Down: Spread across => SPAN
30 Down: __ mail => SNAIL
33 Down: The Empire Strikes Back director Kershner => IRVIN
34 Down: Old apple spray => ALAR
35 Down: Desperate => DIRE
36 Down: Eye woe => STYE
39 Down: Blow away => ASTONISH
41 Down: Unpaid balance => ARREARS
42 Down: Highland refusals => NAES
43 Down: Punk subgenre => EMO
44 Down: Shorten, as a pants leg => REHEM
45 Down: Automatic promotion on America's Got Talent => BUZZER
47 Down: Spot of land => ISLET
48 Down: __ say more? => NEEDI
49 Down: Onslaught => SIEGE
50 Down: They're put up in fights => DUKES
53 Down: City in Tuscany => PISA
55 Down: Comic strip canine => ODIE
56 Down: Light source => LAMP
57 Down: Sri Lanka locale => ASIA
60 Down: Old horse => NAG
61 Down: Better Call Saul drug lord Fring => GUS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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