Crossword Answers For: Thursday, August 6, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Spirited French commune? => COGNAC
7 Across: Like Wicca, say => PAGAN
12 Across: Not many => FEW
15 Across: Dawn goddess => AURORA
16 Across: Coffeehouse draw => AROMA
17 Across: Hagen of the theater => UTA
18 Across: *Scout leader's unit => BROWNIETROOP
20 Across: UPS rival => DHL
21 Across: Take top prize for => WINAT
22 Across: Hauled => DRAGGED
24 Across: Specialized job => NICHE
27 Across: Try a new color on => REDYE
29 Across: Claudius' successor => NERO
30 Across: Another, in Acapulco => OTRA
31 Across: Excessive => UNDUE
32 Across: U.K. fliers => RAF
33 Across: Father's Day pin => TIETAC
35 Across: *Ragtime pianist's number => CAKEWALK
39 Across: AOL or MSN => ISP
40 Across: A lot of hooey => CLAPTRAP
43 Across: Hoodwink => CON
44 Across: *Analyst's infographic => PIECHART
46 Across: A bit much => TOOTOO
48 Across: Manta __ => RAY
49 Across: Like some perfume => MUSKY
52 Across: Blog entry => POST
53 Across: One of the basic tastes => SOUR
55 Across: Sans-serif font => ARIAL
56 Across: Tackle box assortment => LURES
57 Across: Warm greeting => EMBRACE
59 Across: Tibet neighbor => NEPAL
61 Across: Capture => NAB
62 Across: Appropriate reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be => JUSTDESSERTS
67 Across: That yacht => SHE
68 Across: Pianist Rubinstein => ARTUR
69 Across: Comparable to a pin => ASNEAT
70 Across: Bud's place => EAR
71 Across: Many a Bob Marley fan => RASTA
72 Across: They're often at the bottoms of columns => TOTALS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Popular red => CAB
2 Down: Group possessive => OUR
3 Down: Garden adspeak word => GRO
4 Down: Another problem?! => NOWWHAT
5 Down: Golf icon Palmer => ARNIE
6 Down: Genesis farmer => CAIN
7 Down: Stroked gently => PATTED
8 Down: Flight info abbr. => ARR
9 Down: Michelin rival => GOODYEAR
10 Down: Love, in Pisa => AMORE
11 Down: Source of much 1-Down => NAPA
12 Down: *Arbitrary error allowance => FUDGEFACTOR
13 Down: Bygone anesthetic => ETHER
14 Down: Guy found in kids' books => WALDO
19 Down: Bring home => EARN
23 Down: Chew (on) => GNAW
24 Down: Payback for lousy service => NOTIP
25 Down: Formal Just me => ITISI
26 Down: *Boot sole material => CREPERUBBER
28 Down: Tear dispenser => DUCT
31 Down: Pac-12 team => UCLA
32 Down: Default takeback => REPO
34 Down: Sore from a workout => ACHY
36 Down: Singer Perry => KATY
37 Down: __ cannon => LOOSE
38 Down: Rustic pine features => KNOTS
41 Down: Loveseat sides => ARMRESTS
42 Down: Spitting sound => PTUI
45 Down: Novelist Caleb => CARR
47 Down: Swank => OPULENT
50 Down: Oh of Killing Eve => SANDRA
51 Down: Cat and Bird artist => KLEE
53 Down: Taste, for one => SENSE
54 Down: Nebraska city => OMAHA
55 Down: High-end Honda => ACURA
56 Down: Cowboy rope => LASSO
58 Down: Slightly open => AJAR
60 Down: Exam for jrs. => PSAT
63 Down: Tsk relative => TUT
64 Down: The Crying Game actor Stephen => REA
65 Down: 1960-'61 chess champ => TAL
66 Down: GPS displays => STS

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 43 down clues. In total 82 clues are solved in the section above.
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