Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 1, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cajun staple => OKRA
5 Across: Rhyme $yndicate Records founder => ICET
9 Across: Pooch living in 2062 => ASTRO
14 Across: Fast-food option => DRIVETHRU
16 Across: Fine fiddle => STRAD
17 Across: Asian cooking ingredient => SESAMEOIL
18 Across: Sad => TEARY
19 Across: Red state verb => OWE
20 Across: Boston song whose title lyric precedes We're cookin' tonight => SMOKIN
22 Across: Preceding periods => EVES
23 Across: Goose that may nest on volcanic ash => NENE
25 Across: Donkey Kong or King Kong => APE
26 Across: Blue side: Abbr. => DEMS
27 Across: Sound that gets an exam proctor's attention => PSST
31 Across: Jan. honoree => MLK
33 Across: Pop singer Brenda => LEE
34 Across: Nevertheless ... => BETHATASITMAY
37 Across: Dealer's question => AREYOUINOROUT
38 Across: Teaching where to go in England? => HOUSETRAINING
39 Across: Wine label abbr. => ALC
40 Across: Airport near OAK => SFO
41 Across: This comes __ surprise => ASNO
42 Across: De Matteo of The Sopranos => DREA
44 Across: !!! => OMG
46 Across: Judicial order => WRIT
50 Across: Bubble Up sister brand => DADS
51 Across: Wyndham-owned chain => RAMADA
55 Across: Kerfuffle => ADO
56 Across: Don't get any __ => IDEAS
58 Across: Spam-revealing aid? => CANOPENER
60 Across: Hitchcock menace => BIRDS
61 Across: Erratic => HITORMISS
62 Across: Toothed whale's technique => SONAR
63 Across: Proto-matter of the universe => YLEM
64 Across: Wary of => ONTO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Indulges in to an extreme degree => ODSON
2 Down: Mardi Gras parade-organizing group => KREWE
3 Down: Up and at 'em => RISEN
4 Down: Selma director DuVernay => AVA
5 Down: Thing => ITEM
6 Down: End of an allergic reaction => CHOO
7 Down: Alexander of Living Single => ERIKA
8 Down: 17th-century craze involving bulbs => TULIPMANIA
9 Down: Puerto Rico hrs. => AST
10 Down: Medieval Times ride => STEED
11 Down: Commuter's convenience => TRAVELMUG
12 Down: What's just not done, to some diners? => RAREMEAT
13 Down: Quite a journey => ODYSSEY
15 Down: Mushroom ends? => EMS
21 Down: '50s-'60s TV family => NELSONS
24 Down: Pentathlon equipment => EPEES
28 Down: Lid problems => STYES
29 Down: Strove to achieve => SHOTFOR
30 Down: Matador's art => TAUROMACHY
32 Down: Beer order at a sushi bar => KIRIN
34 Down: Nebraska Best Actor nominee => BRUCEDERN
35 Down: Padre's hermana => TIA
36 Down: Thus far => TONOW
37 Down: Music service pioneer that merged with Slacker in 2017 => AOLRADIO
38 Down: Staked a claim (on) => HADDIBS
43 Down: Adjective on taco truck menus => ASADA
45 Down: Outlook alternative => GMAIL
47 Down: Arrested => RANIN
48 Down: Latin clarifier => IDEST
49 Down: Where the heart is => TORSO
52 Down: Penultimate prefix => ANTE
53 Down: Dire prophecy => DOOM
54 Down: National Poetry Mo. => APR
57 Down: Ukr. or Est., once => SSR
59 Down: Moody genre => EMO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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