Crossword Answers For: Friday, July 24, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Need in many outdoor games => BALL
5 Across: Basic card game => WAR
8 Across: Saltpetre => NITRE
13 Across: Takeout option => THAI
14 Across: Camaro __-Z => IROC
16 Across: They may be crumbled in ice cream => OREOS
17 Across: With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle => WHOKILLED
19 Across: Coffee mate? => DONUT
20 Across: German finale => ENDE
21 Across: Chaotic situation, in slang => CARNAGE
23 Across: Wealthy TV sleuth Matt => HOUSTON
26 Across: Hard-boiled sleuth Mike => HAMMER
27 Across: Northern sky sight => AURORA
28 Across: __ ballerina => PRIMA
30 Across: Where Charlie may ride forever, in a 1959 hit => MTA
31 Across: Gaming biggie => ATARI
33 Across: Watchdog org.? => ASPCA
37 Across: Exploit => MILK
39 Across: Falcon-finding sleuth Sam => SPADE
41 Across: Medieval Asian leader => KHAN
42 Across: Consents => YESES
44 Across: Twosomes in the news => ITEMS
46 Across: Guadalajara gold => ORO
47 Across: Gulf of Aqaba city => EILAT
49 Across: Took the sloop => BOATED
51 Across: Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane => MARPLE
54 Across: Wisecracking sleuth Philip => MARLOWE
55 Across: Spammer, e.g. => EMAILER
57 Across: City on Utah Lake => OREM
58 Across: Cordial relations => AMITY
59 Across: See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) => COCKROBIN
64 Across: It's a fact => DATUM
65 Across: Pain in the neck, e.g. => ACHE
66 Across: Roman fiddler => NERO
67 Across: Rickman role in Harry Potter films => SNAPE
68 Across: Smidge => TAD
69 Across: Feint on the ice => DEKE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: FYI cousin => BTW
2 Down: Sound from a spa => AHH
3 Down: Vientiane native => LAO
4 Down: Just watch me => LIKESO
5 Down: Metaphor for youthful indiscretion => WILDOATS
6 Down: Former senator Specter => ARLEN
7 Down: Caviar => ROE
8 Down: Having a calm temperament => NODRAMA
9 Down: Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel => IRONMASK
10 Down: Coffee hr. => TENAM
11 Down: Compact item => ROUGE
12 Down: Perfume compound => ESTER
15 Down: Epidemic-fighting agcy. => CDC
18 Down: Mural opening => INTRA
22 Down: Sashimi selection => AHI
23 Down: Given to overacting => HAMMY
24 Down: Navel type => OUTIE
25 Down: Eurasian divide => URALS
28 Down: Star-Lord portrayer Chris => PRATT
29 Down: Theme park staple => RIDE
32 Down: Samoan port => APIA
34 Down: One of many on a phone these days => PHOTO
35 Down: Rod in Cooperstown => CAREW
36 Down: Positive pole, perhaps => ANODE
38 Down: Hang in there => KEEPITUP
40 Down: Left on a sloop => EMBARKED
43 Down: D'oh! => SILLYME
45 Down: More ticked off => SORER
48 Down: Sheltered side => LEE
50 Down: __ Joy => ALMOND
51 Down: Honey drinks => MEADS
52 Down: Capital south of Beirut => AMMAN
53 Down: Indian yogurt dip => RAITA
54 Down: Coffee shop order => MOCHA
56 Down: Color TV pioneer => RCA
60 Down: It ends rather spookily: Abbr. => OCT
61 Down: Busyness symbol => BEE
62 Down: Tick off => IRK
63 Down: San Francisco's __ Valley => NOE

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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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