Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

---

1 Across: Baroque composer of many fugues => BACH
5 Across: __ did you say? => WHAT
9 Across: Pageant adornment => SASH
13 Across: Workout reminder => ACHE
14 Across: Team instructor => COACH
15 Across: Stage in an insect's life cycle => PUPA
16 Across: Stiletto __: shoe part => HEEL
17 Across: Waze suggestion => ROUTE
18 Across: Chief Norse deity => ODIN
19 Across: Outdoor security illumination => FLOODLIGHTING
22 Across: Tennis toppers => VISORS
24 Across: Shucked shellfish => OYSTER
25 Across: German cry => ACH
26 Across: Tummy muscles => ABS
28 Across: Election night graphic => MAP
29 Across: Sloppy room metaphor => STY
30 Across: Teeth => PEARLYWHITES
34 Across: Caesar's last gasp => ETTU
35 Across: Gut punch reaction => OOF
36 Across: __ na tigela: Brazilian berry dish in a bowl => ACAI
40 Across: First ten U.S. constitutional amendments => BILLOFRIGHTS
45 Across: Fill 'er up fluid => GAS
48 Across: Michelle Obama __ Robinson => NEE
49 Across: Turn on the waterworks => SOB
50 Across: Charged particle => ION
51 Across: Defeat cunningly => OUTFOX
53 Across: Flat renter => TENANT
55 Across: Where horse races begin ... and where the beginning of 19-, 30- and 40-Across might be seen => STARTINGGATES
59 Across: State with a greeting in its name => OHIO
60 Across: Apple pie-making tool => CORER
61 Across: Hoops officials => REFS
64 Across: Lady's man => LORD
65 Across: Egg producer => OVARY
66 Across: Bridal accessory => VEIL
67 Across: Approximately => ORSO
68 Across: Word after user or stage => NAME
69 Across: Provocative, as humor => EDGY

Down Clues and Answers:

---

1 Down: Scroogean scoff => BAH
2 Down: Versatile blackjack card => ACE
3 Down: Culinary topper => CHEFSHAT
4 Down: Word of greeting => HELLO
5 Down: Stove fuel => WOOD
6 Down: In it for the long __ => HAUL
7 Down: Play opening => ACTI
8 Down: One blamed for losing a game => THEGOAT
9 Down: Unchangeable leopard markings, in Jeremiah => SPOTS
10 Down: IRS-conducted ordeals => AUDITS
11 Down: Small piano => SPINET
12 Down: Irritably needing food => HANGRY
14 Down: Bing who teamed with Hope in Road to ... films => CROSBY
20 Down: Like much lore => ORAL
21 Down: Pre-release buzz => HYPE
22 Down: Enjoy an e-cig => VAPE
23 Down: Very cool rapper? => ICET
27 Down: Extremely muscular, in modern parlance => SWOLE
28 Down: Annoys => MIFFS
31 Down: Massage => RUB
32 Down: Owl's sound => HOO
33 Down: Mattress problem => SAG
37 Down: Smoothie additive also used to sprout hair on terracotta pets => CHIASEED
38 Down: Lots and lots => ATON
39 Down: __ it obvious? => ISNT
41 Down: Playing an extra NBA period => INOT
42 Down: Dictionary => LEXICON
43 Down: Traffic circle => ROTARY
44 Down: Su-u-ure => IBET
45 Down: Split with the band, maybe => GOSOLO
46 Down: Novelist, e.g. => AUTHOR
47 Down: Alternative to a crowded elevator => STAIRS
52 Down: Hobbit on a quest => FRODO
54 Down: Optic __ => NERVE
56 Down: Starburst? => NOVA
57 Down: Ma's ma => GRAM
58 Down: Roberts' Pretty Woman co-star => GERE
62 Down: Newton fruit => FIG
63 Down: Sneaky => SLY

---

This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
You can find more crosswords on Washington Post website.

---