Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Small earring => STUD
5 Across: Mercedes line => ECLASS
11 Across: Magazine with a satirical fold-in back cover => MAD
14 Across: Bear in two constellations => URSA
15 Across: Bits of dust => SPECKS
16 Across: Curling surface => ICE
17 Across: *Two Tahitian Women painter => PAULGAUGUIN
19 Across: Testing site => LAB
20 Across: Minute => SMALL
21 Across: SFO incoming flight => ARR
22 Across: Narrow cut => SLIT
23 Across: *1965 Beau Brummels hit with the line It seemed so funny to me => LAUGHLAUGH
27 Across: Neverland pirate => SMEE
28 Across: Snap, crackle and pop => NOISES
32 Across: CPR expert => EMT
35 Across: Media org. that tweets the Declaration of Independence on July 4 => NPR
37 Across: Partner of each => EVERY
38 Across: *Southern lights => AURORAAUSTRALIS
43 Across: H.G. Wells genre => SCIFI
44 Across: Moo __ gai pan => GOO
45 Across: Kin of -kin => LET
46 Across: Yet => THOUGH
48 Across: Zodiac transition point => CUSP
51 Across: *Reuben ingredient => SAUERKRAUT
55 Across: Adhesive strip => TAPE
58 Across: Bygone telecom co. => MCI
59 Across: Waited in line, say => STOOD
62 Across: Ben-__ => HUR
63 Across: 13th/14th-century Mongol Empire region ... and an elemental hint to what's found twice in each answer to a starred clue => GOLDENHORDE
66 Across: The Nixon years, e.g. => ERA
67 Across: Capital west of Krakow => PRAGUE
68 Across: Tiny amt. of time => NSEC
69 Across: Great news! => YAY
70 Across: Autumn blooms => ASTERS
71 Across: Fair => SOSO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Enjoys an evening meal => SUPS
2 Down: Magic Kingdom people mover => TRAM
3 Down: Customary => USUAL
4 Down: Who Shot J.R.? show => DALLAS
5 Down: That, in Tijuana => ESA
6 Down: Apple core? => CPU
7 Down: Sanctioned => LEGAL
8 Down: Honda luxury brand => ACURA
9 Down: Vail trail => SKIRUN
10 Down: Common ID => SSN
11 Down: Pepper grinder => MILL
12 Down: Berry from South America => ACAI
13 Down: It's outstanding => DEBT
18 Down: In a funk => GLUM
22 Down: Hindu deity known as the Destroyer => SHIVA
24 Down: Rowlands who won an Emmy for playing Betty Ford => GENA
25 Down: Air filter acronym => HEPA
26 Down: Suffix with movie or church => GOER
29 Down: What some bears do => SELL
30 Down: Keystone State port => ERIE
31 Down: Part of CNS: Abbr. => SYST
32 Down: Dawn direction => EAST
33 Down: Greatly => MUCH
34 Down: Donald Duck's nephews, e.g. => TRIO
36 Down: Throw __ => RUG
39 Down: Beneficial => OFUSE
40 Down: Latvian birthplace of Baryshnikov => RIGA
41 Down: Bit of footwear => SOCK
42 Down: __ de force => TOUR
47 Down: Indulges => HUMORS
49 Down: Bachelorette party accessory => SASH
50 Down: Deceptions => PUTONS
52 Down: Razzle-dazzle => ECLAT
53 Down: Blue __ Mountains => RIDGE
54 Down: Trunk => TORSO
55 Down: So __ say => THEY
56 Down: Ambience => AURA
57 Down: Use rosary beads, say => PRAY
60 Down: Poetic tributes => ODES
61 Down: Geometric art style => DECO
63 Down: Transcript fig. => GPA
64 Down: Prefix with Asian => EUR
65 Down: Wii forerunner, briefly => NES

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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