Crossword Answers For: Friday, June 26, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: President before Wilson => TAFT
5 Across: Sign of shock => GASP
9 Across: Classical inspiration for the 2004 film Troy => ILIAD
14 Across: Another, in Mexico => OTRO
15 Across: __ ID => USER
16 Across: Chip in a bowl => NACHO
17 Across: Almost at => NEAR
18 Across: Long vehicle => LIMO
19 Across: It has no subs => ATEAM
20 Across: Avian athletic contest? => GAMEOFFINCHES
23 Across: Like a disciplinarian => STERN
24 Across: Torque symbol, in mechanics => TAU
25 Across: RV chain => KOA
28 Across: Advanced degree for a gemologist? => DOCTOROFFLAWS
33 Across: Ominous => DIRE
34 Across: Destinies => FATES
35 Across: Push-up targets => PECS
39 Across: Not against the rules => LEGAL
42 Across: Like a hairpin => BENT
43 Across: Stretched circles? => OVALS
45 Across: Brewpub array => ALES
47 Across: Metropolis, thanks to Superman? => CITYOFFLIGHTS
52 Across: Corrida cheer => OLE
53 Across: Waze suggestion: Abbr. => RTE
54 Across: Estée Lauder subsidiary => AVEDA
57 Across: Flunk out ... and what three long answers do? => GETSTRAIGHTFS
62 Across: Problematic bacterium => ECOLI
64 Across: The Mississippi forms its eastern border => IOWA
65 Across: Northern European capital => OSLO
66 Across: Singer nicknamed The Velvet Fog => TORME
67 Across: Visible pollution => SMOG
68 Across: Comics icon Lee => STAN
69 Across: Vast chasm => ABYSS
70 Across: Sun dog, e.g. => HALO
71 Across: Carry => TOTE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Kitchen picker-uppers => TONGS
2 Down: Patronized, as a diner => ATEAT
3 Down: Like many museum paintings => FRAMED
4 Down: Corrida star => TORERO
5 Down: Wide gap => GULF
6 Down: Dream on! => ASIF
7 Down: Big rig => SEMI
8 Down: Stat relative => PRONTO
9 Down: Highly annoyed => INAHUFF
10 Down: Having missed the deadline => LATE
11 Down: Item of hockey equipment => ICESKATE
12 Down: Cry of discovery => AHA
13 Down: Champagne title => DOM
21 Down: Like much '80s-'90s music => ONCD
22 Down: Half-__: coffee order => CAF
26 Down: Wilson who voiced Lightning McQueen in Cars films => OWEN
27 Down: A new exec may hire one => ASST
29 Down: Shop __ you drop => TIL
30 Down: Hematite, for one => ORE
31 Down: Fit for a queen => REGAL
32 Down: Yellow __ => LAB
35 Down: Somewhat, to Schubert => POCO
36 Down: Villainous => EVIL
37 Down: One in a Trivial Pursuit sextet => CATEGORY
38 Down: Slick => SLY
40 Down: Big name in Islam => ALI
41 Down: KFC selection => LEG
44 Down: Military pilot's missions => SORTIES
46 Down: Heavy carpet => SHAG
48 Down: NBA foul shots => FTS
49 Down: Magic charm => FETISH
50 Down: Jay Leno, for many years => TVHOST
51 Down: Starts => SETSTO
55 Down: Key of Chopin's Minute Waltz => DFLAT
56 Down: In concert => ASONE
58 Down: Slippery trees => ELMS
59 Down: Capital SSE of Firenze => ROMA
60 Down: Nowhere to be found => AWOL
61 Down: Aladdin parrot => IAGO
62 Down: Pilot's approx. => ETA
63 Down: Corn discard => COB

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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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