Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 3, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Like le in Fr. or el in Sp. => MASC
5 Across: Scissors sound => SNIP
9 Across: Stuffed shirts => SNOBS
14 Across: Utah ski resort that means high => ALTA
15 Across: Statistician Silver => NATE
16 Across: __ buddy => BOSOM
17 Across: High-intensity indoor cycling group => SPINCLASS
19 Across: Video game name for nearly 50 years => ATARI
20 Across: Bar mitzvah scroll => TORAH
21 Across: __-Cola => COCA
23 Across: Variety show bit => SKIT
24 Across: Cinderella's ride => PUMPKINCOACH
27 Across: Barrio grocery => BODEGA
30 Across: Nope => NAH
31 Across: Many a Monopoly prop. => AVE
32 Across: Microwaves => ZAPS
36 Across: Agree totally! => SODOI
40 Across: Company correspondence ... and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across => BUSINESSLETTERS
44 Across: Protein-building acid => AMINO
45 Across: Settles a bill => PAYS
46 Across: Epitome of slipperiness => EEL
47 Across: Bath fixture with claw feet, perhaps => TUB
49 Across: __ Vision: eye care chain => PEARLE
52 Across: Pipe unclogger => DRAINCLEANER
58 Across: 500 sheets of paper => REAM
59 Across: Scratching post users => CATS
60 Across: Duo Hall & __ => OATES
64 Across: Gillette razors => ATRAS
66 Across: Feature of New York-style pizza => THINCRUST
68 Across: Jotted (down) => WROTE
69 Across: Lamarr of old films => HEDY
70 Across: Mandatory bet => ANTE
71 Across: Nine-player chamber group => NONET
72 Across: Part of GE: Abbr. => ELEC
73 Across: Overflow (with) => TEEM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Sail holder => MAST
2 Down: Friskies sister brand => ALPO
3 Down: Pudding recipe direction => STIR
4 Down: Cocktail party nibble => CANAPE
5 Down: NBC skit show => SNL
6 Down: Rights org. since 1909 => NAACP
7 Down: Not to worry => ITSOK
8 Down: Joe of Home Alone => PESCI
9 Down: Agcy. that helps startups => SBA
10 Down: Just fair => NOTSOHOT
11 Down: Japanese port => OSAKA
12 Down: Antiseptic acid type => BORIC
13 Down: Worker suffix with black or silver => SMITH
18 Down: Drink all at once => CHUG
22 Down: Gothic novelist Radcliffe => ANN
25 Down: Puzzle with paths => MAZE
26 Down: Group bowing to a curtain call => CAST
27 Down: Ali __ => BABA
28 Down: Egg cell => OVUM
29 Down: Arnaz of early TV => DESI
33 Down: Deadly viper => ASP
34 Down: Awareness-raising TV ad: Abbr. => PSA
35 Down: Devious => SLY
37 Down: Leaper in a tractor company logo => DEER
38 Down: Hershiser of baseball => OREL
39 Down: Land in the ocean => ISLE
41 Down: Very personal => INTIMATE
42 Down: Part of speech after the, often => NOUN
43 Down: Sports bar channel => ESPN
48 Down: Discreetly send a dupe email to => BCC
50 Down: Fair-hiring agcy. => EEOC
51 Down: Noah's landfall => ARARAT
52 Down: Sketched => DRAWN
53 Down: In style again => RETRO
54 Down: Composer Copland => AARON
55 Down: Wood shop tool => LATHE
56 Down: I Love Lucy role => ETHEL
57 Down: Actor-to-audience remark => ASIDE
61 Down: Bring into pitch => TUNE
62 Down: 90° from norte => ESTE
63 Down: Wineglass support => STEM
65 Down: Good to go => SET
67 Down: Five-bor. city => NYC

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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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