Crossword Answers For: Monday, April 27, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pull a pre-exam all-nighter => CRAM
5 Across: High-five sound => SLAP
9 Across: Hamster homes => CAGES
14 Across: Word in a bailiff's order => RISE
15 Across: Comics possum => POGO
16 Across: Seashore recess => INLET
17 Across: Mail-routing abbr. => ATTN
18 Across: How some close NFL games are won => INOT
19 Across: Black, in Bordeaux => NOIRE
20 Across: Strategy with delaying tactics => WAITINGGAME
23 Across: There's no winner in one => TIE
24 Across: Defense org.? => ABA
25 Across: Enticed => TEMPTED
27 Across: Rental industry with units for extra belongings => PUBLICSTORAGE
32 Across: Grabbed a bite => ATE
33 Across: Loafer or moc => SHOE
34 Across: Outlying communities => EXURBS
37 Across: Brown shades => TANS
39 Across: Push in some chips => BET
41 Across: Fab Four first name => PAUL
42 Across: Jeepers! => SHEESH
45 Across: Agrees quietly => NODS
48 Across: Capote nickname => TRU
49 Across: Household gathering to discuss something => FAMILYMEETING
52 Across: Pancake flipper => SPATULA
54 Across: Not within walking distance => FAR
55 Across: Ab neighbor => PEC
56 Across: Hotel accommodations for couples, and a hint to both parts of 20-, 27- and 49-Across => DOUBLEROOMS
62 Across: Dog collar dangler => IDTAG
64 Across: When many start lunch => NOON
65 Across: Slender wind => OBOE
66 Across: Eat away at => ERODE
67 Across: Lump of dirt => CLOD
68 Across: Bread with hummus => PITA
69 Across: Sensitive skin spots => SORES
70 Across: Cooped cluckers => HENS
71 Across: Place to hold a snifter => STEM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Stick in one's __ => CRAW
2 Down: Lovely musical meter maid => RITA
3 Down: Piedmont wine center => ASTI
4 Down: __ telepathy => MENTAL
5 Down: Veggie favored by Popeye => SPINACH
6 Down: Like epic novels => LONG
7 Down: Super-excited => AGOG
8 Down: Idaho product => POTATO
9 Down: HBO-owned broadcaster => CINEMAX
10 Down: It's __-brainer! => ANO
11 Down: Beautiful people, as a group => GLITTERATI
12 Down: Like a fog-enshrouded cemetery => EERIE
13 Down: Jouster's mount => STEED
21 Down: Sacred Nile bird => IBIS
22 Down: Nothing more than => MERE
26 Down: Scrolling PC key => PGUP
27 Down: Frisks, with down => PATS
28 Down: Salt Lake City's state => UTAH
29 Down: Philanthropist => BENEFACTOR
30 Down: Get all blubbery => SOB
31 Down: So, so small => TEENY
35 Down: Severely overcook => BURN
36 Down: Fake coin => SLUG
38 Down: Couch or bench => SEAT
40 Down: Quarterback Brady => TOM
43 Down: Erasure marks => SMUDGES
44 Down: Big Island port => HILO
46 Down: Comes to the aid of => DEFENDS
47 Down: Scorch => SEAR
50 Down: Cape Canaveral event => LAUNCH
51 Down: Bunches of Brownies => TROOPS
52 Down: Seekers of intel => SPIES
53 Down: Martinez with three Cy Youngs => PEDRO
57 Down: Tree trunk => BOLE
58 Down: Minnesota's state bird => LOON
59 Down: Last bio => OBIT
60 Down: Bit of dust in a sunbeam => MOTE
61 Down: Tailor's line => SEAM
63 Down: Drink suffix => ADE

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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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