Crossword Answers For: Friday, April 24, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: 35th pres. => JFK
4 Across: Smaller-than-life depiction => ICON
8 Across: Larger-than-life creations => COLOSSI
15 Across: Spleen => IRE
16 Across: Hilo shindig => LUAU
17 Across: Put into play => ENACTED
18 Across: The Shape of Water director => GUILLERMODELTORO
21 Across: Construction __ => SITE
22 Across: Below 71-Across => BLAH
23 Across: Frontline network => PBS
24 Across: What a pursuer seeks to narrow => THEGAP
28 Across: Evergreen shrubs => ERICAS
31 Across: Meat on a stick => KEBAB
33 Across: English L'chaim! => TOLIFE
36 Across: Pack animal => ASS
39 Across: Gimme the skinny! => TELLIT
42 Across: Stiff => RIGID
43 Across: Snapchat marketing expert, in modern lingo => SOCIALMEDIANINJA
46 Across: Northern Iraqis => KURDS
47 Across: Below 71-Across => SUBPAR
48 Across: Virtual-city denizen => SIM
49 Across: __ column => SPINAL
51 Across: Cabbage in a French café? => EUROS
53 Across: Long trip => VOYAGE
56 Across: Old tankard metal => PEWTER
59 Across: Suffix for but- => ANE
61 Across: Rolling rock? => LAVA
63 Across: High pair => ACES
65 Across: Watch your mouth! => DONTGIVEMEANYLIP
71 Across: Garden-variety, and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 43- and 65-Across => AVERAGE
72 Across: Below 71-Across => POOR
73 Across: In bygone days => AGO
74 Across: __ status => MARITAL
75 Across: Ward with awards => SELA
76 Across: Explosive stuff => TNT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lively dances => JIGS
2 Down: __ Roll-Ups => FRUIT
3 Down: Urban of country => KEITH
4 Down: Not well => ILL
5 Down: Numberless type of ball => CUE
6 Down: Pole in a lock => OAR
7 Down: Indifferent => NUMB
8 Down: Chest material => CEDAR
9 Down: Like some wonders => ONEHIT
10 Down: LeBron's team, on scoreboards => LAL
11 Down: World Series mo. => OCT
12 Down: Corner quartet, perhaps => STOPSIGNS
13 Down: Balkan native => SERB
14 Down: Altar words => IDOS
19 Down: Welsh national emblem => LEEK
20 Down: Cheer for a banderillero => OLE
25 Down: Have one's chance to speak => GETASAY
26 Down: Genesis victim => ABEL
27 Down: Conceals, in a way => PALMS
29 Down: Stylist's braid => CORNROW
30 Down: Others, in Latin => ALII
32 Down: French flag couleur => BLEU
34 Down: Island nation whose flag has a Union Jack on it => FIJI
35 Down: Dutch cheese => EDAM
36 Down: Seeks permission => ASKS
37 Down: Common stock option? => SOUP
38 Down: Bartleby, notably => SCRIVENER
40 Down: __ delighted! => IDBE
41 Down: Hold higher, as a baby bottle => TIPUP
44 Down: License fig. => IDNO
45 Down: Swiss river => AARE
50 Down: Spanish soccer association that means the league => LALIGA
52 Down: Command to Fido => STAY
54 Down: Bench mallet => GAVEL
55 Down: Christmas __ => EVE
57 Down: Conspicuous display => ECLAT
58 Down: Hold sway => REIGN
59 Down: Savage of MythBusters => ADAM
60 Down: Super star => NOVA
62 Down: Roadie's haul => AMPS
64 Down: Stain => SPOT
66 Down: Prefix with angle or athlete => TRI
67 Down: Noir weapon => GAT
68 Down: Fair-hiring initials => EOE
69 Down: Co. that bought Netscape in 1999 => AOL
70 Down: Food service trade org. => NRA

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 47 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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