Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Pitch-altering guitar clamps => CAPOS
6 Across: Actor Kinnear => GREG
10 Across: Former Fed chair Bernanke => BEN
13 Across: Jordanian seaport => AQABA
14 Across: Fishing gear => LURES
16 Across: Texter's As I see it => IMO
17 Across: Sitcom pioneer in the first class of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame => LUCILLEBALL
19 Across: Rte. finder => GPS
20 Across: Receipts => TAKE
21 Across: Game with a spinoff called DOS => UNO
22 Across: Milo of Ulysses => OSHEA
24 Across: Poetic before => ERE
25 Across: Grand Ole Opry comedian for more than 50 years => MINNIEPEARL
28 Across: Florence and Charlotte => CITIES
30 Across: Cats poet => TSELIOT
31 Across: Lacks => HASNT
32 Across: Forest floor plant => MOSS
34 Across: Flub => ERR
35 Across: #2 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time => KEITHMOON
38 Across: Humanities degs. => BAS
40 Across: Pencils down => TIME
41 Across: Assumed as fact => GIVEN
45 Across: Assigned a new title => RENAMED
47 Across: Recess => ALCOVE
48 Across: Winner of 18 Grand Slam tennis titles from 1936 to 1940 => ALICEMARBLE
51 Across: __-Mex cuisine => TEX
52 Across: Mad Dog Radio host Chris => RUSSO
53 Across: Unfashionable => OUT
54 Across: Mary Poppins chimney sweep => BERT
55 Across: Baltimore winter hrs. => EST
56 Across: Like 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across? => WELLROUNDED
60 Across: Billions airer, briefly => SHO
61 Across: Stainless __ => STEEL
62 Across: Mrs. Gorbachev => RAISA
63 Across: Pewter component => TIN
64 Across: Hot => SEXY
65 Across: Like a fuzzy navel? => LINTY

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pasadena engineering sch. => CALTECH
2 Down: Display idea that's a bit fishy? => AQUARIA
3 Down: Sugar servings at a coffee bar => PACKETS
4 Down: Kin of a Tony => OBIE
5 Down: Muppet chimp __ Minella => SAL
6 Down: The Wife Oscar nominee Close => GLENN
7 Down: Apply, as lotion => RUBON
8 Down: The E in BCE => ERA
9 Down: Salon goop => GEL
10 Down: Result of much teasing? => BIGHAIR
11 Down: Claudius or Nero => EMPEROR
12 Down: Margarita preference => NOSALT
15 Down: Calculus calculation => SLOPE
18 Down: California's San __ Obispo => LUIS
23 Down: Of the moon => SELENIC
25 Down: Dole (out) => METE
26 Down: Who's there? reply => ITSME
27 Down: Pump name => ESSO
29 Down: Squid organs => INKSACS
32 Down: Crete peak: Abbr. => MTIDA
33 Down: Electrical unit => OHM
36 Down: One of an express lane's 15 maximum => ITEM
37 Down: Eye rudely => OGLE
38 Down: SNL legend John => BELUSHI
39 Down: Friends co-star => ANISTON
42 Down: Elected => VOTEDIN
43 Down: Hillary's conquest => EVEREST
44 Down: Like fast UPS service => NEXTDAY
45 Down: Least available => RAREST
46 Down: Siamese sounds => MEOWS
47 Down: Choir voice => ALTO
49 Down: Bulova rival => ROLEX
50 Down: Husky => BURLY
54 Down: __ B'rith => BNAI
57 Down: Aliens, briefly => ETS
58 Down: Jeans brand => LEE
59 Down: Link letters => URL

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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