Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Happy Motoring gas brand => ESSO
5 Across: Puppy love => CRUSH
10 Across: Contemptuous sound => PFFT
14 Across: Long (for) => ACHE
15 Across: Hang __ dry => OUTTO
16 Across: Make really upset => RILE
17 Across: *Usual burger component => GROUNDMEAT
19 Across: Periods often named for presidents => ERAS
20 Across: Young insects => LARVAE
21 Across: Baby back morsel => RIB
22 Across: Risqué message => SEXT
23 Across: Board in a salon => EMERY
24 Across: In a row => LINEDUP
26 Across: Morales of Ozark => ESAI
28 Across: Metaphors for inner turmoil => DEMONS
31 Across: Takes into custody => NABS
34 Across: On sale, say => LESS
37 Across: Ruby or emerald => JEWEL
38 Across: Big Aussie bird => EMU
39 Across: *British afternoon tradition => HIGHTEA
41 Across: Broody music genre => EMO
42 Across: Opel compact car whose name means stars in Latin => ASTRA
44 Across: Literary governess Jane => EYRE
45 Across: Forehead => BROW
46 Across: Bottom lines => TOTALS
48 Across: In addition => ALSO
50 Across: Narcissist's indulgence => EGOTRIP
53 Across: Blow away => AMAZE
57 Across: Poet Byron's title => LORD
59 Across: Fled => RAN
60 Across: Black furs => SABLES
61 Across: Recon target => INFO
62 Across: Magic toys ... or what the answers to starred clues add up to? => EIGHTBALLS
64 Across: Leave no room in => FILL
65 Across: Didn't show for a date with, with up => STOOD
66 Across: Hitchhiker's hope => RIDE
67 Across: Texting farewell => TTYL
68 Across: Satisfies => SATES
69 Across: Faculty head => DEAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Philadelphia NFLer => EAGLE
2 Down: Get lost! => SCRAM
3 Down: Jersey __: coastal vacation area => SHORE
4 Down: Bodies of work => OEUVRES
5 Down: Hammurabi's creation => CODE
6 Down: Cuba libre liquor => RUM
7 Down: Wombs => UTERI
8 Down: What a Tide to Go pen can remove => STAIN
9 Down: Area of rapid growth => HOTBED
10 Down: Take for granted => PRESUME
11 Down: *Military might => FIREPOWER
12 Down: Linen fiber source => FLAX
13 Down: Word with sniff or taste => TEST
18 Down: Those opposed => NAYS
24 Down: Respected feudal figure => LIEGE
25 Down: __ vu: familiar feeling => DEJA
27 Down: Boxer Laila => ALI
29 Down: Lost fish in a Pixar film => NEMO
30 Down: Sluggish => SLOW
31 Down: Fun! => NEAT
32 Down: I __ confused => AMSO
33 Down: *Monarch or viceroy => BUTTERFLY
35 Down: Like a wallflower => SHY
36 Down: Seat belt, e.g. => STRAP
39 Down: Ring of light => HALO
40 Down: Ribbonlike fish => EEL
43 Down: Hit for Aerosmith and The 4 Seasons (different songs, though) => RAGDOLL
45 Down: Overwhelm, as with questions => BOMBARD
47 Down: Add emphasis to => STRESS
49 Down: Former Swedish automaker => SAAB
51 Down: Yogurt-based condiment served to cool hot curry dishes => RAITA
52 Down: Bar of gold => INGOT
54 Down: Kate's TV sidekick => ALLIE
55 Down: Video game princess => ZELDA
56 Down: German steel city => ESSEN
57 Down: Hitchhiker's hope => LIFT
58 Down: Don't count __! => ONIT
60 Down: Norms: Abbr. => STDS
63 Down: Clod buster => HOE

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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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