Crossword Answers For: Thursday, August 13, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Freebies => COMPS
6 Across: Charity sale goods => RUMMAGE
13 Across: Undefeated Ali => LAILA
14 Across: Cradle-rocking site of rhyme => TREETOP
15 Across: Good ideas that don't always pan out => BESTINTENTIONS
17 Across: Eduardo's east => ORIENTE
18 Across: Only => SOLE
19 Across: Gives the go-ahead => OKS
20 Across: Championship ice dancer __ Virtue => TESSA
23 Across: Depressed areas => SLUMS
26 Across: Carpe diem! => THETIMEISNOW
28 Across: Fountain output => SODAS
31 Across: Fuel for a fire => LOGS
32 Across: Vatican's higher authority => DIO
33 Across: Puts on TV => AIRS
34 Across: Children's song refrain featured in the four longest answers => EIEIO
36 Across: Monsieur across the border => HERR
37 Across: Land in la mer => ILE
38 Across: Give a heads-up => WARN
39 Across: Rams QB Goff => JARED
40 Across: GPS suggestion to avoid a tie-up => NEWDIRECTION
44 Across: Characteristic => TRAIT
45 Across: Looks => SEEMS
46 Across: Nor. neighbor => SWE
49 Across: '90s Polish president Walesa => LECH
51 Across: Group of groupies => RETINUE
53 Across: Both options are practical => EITHERWILLWORK
56 Across: Show contempt for => SNEERAT
57 Across: Objects of fondness => DEARS
58 Across: Ones of interest, perhaps => PERSONS
59 Across: Thing of worth => ASSET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Register user => CLERK
2 Down: Spring for a drink? => OASIS
3 Down: Somewhat, with a => MITE
4 Down: Architectural column bases => PLINTHS
5 Down: South Carolina river to the Atlantic => SANTEE
6 Down: GPS datum => RTE
7 Down: Decorative container => URN
8 Down: Team whose mascot's head is a ball => METS
9 Down: Cell division that produces gametes => MEIOSIS
10 Down: Common Pacific groupings => ATOLLS
11 Down: Failed, as a business => GONEUNDER
12 Down: Four-song discs, briefly => EPS
15 Down: Frightening word => BOO
16 Down: Trial => TEST
21 Down: Library ambience => SILENCE
22 Down: Madame's mine => AMOI
24 Down: Optically active pattern => MOIRE
25 Down: Excalibur, for one => SWORD
26 Down: Prof's helpers => TAS
27 Down: A star may have a big one => EGO
28 Down: Venerated figure => SAINT
29 Down: Gulf of Oman vessel => OILER
30 Down: Set boundaries => DREWALINE
34 Down: Protuberant organ => EAR
35 Down: Elicits a Grrr! from => IRES
36 Down: Solo in space => HAN
38 Down: First group seen in Macbeth => WITCHES
39 Down: Fights (through), as a crowd => JOSTLES
41 Down: One with something to lose => DIETER
42 Down: Polo usually not on horseback => TERI
43 Down: Former Filipino first lady Marcos => IMELDA
46 Down: Sleep soundly? => SNORE
47 Down: Hot dog, to a Hamburger => WURST
48 Down: That scared me! => EEK
50 Down: Often-shared sandwich => HERO
52 Down: Methought __ enamour'd of an ass: Titania => IWAS
53 Down: Debatable ability => ESP
54 Down: Headed for the hills => RAN
55 Down: Lb. and oz. => WTS

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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