Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Understand, in slang => GROK
5 Across: Greek liqueur => OUZO
9 Across: Time-traveling TV character => DRWHO
14 Across: Strauss of denim => LEVI
15 Across: Hair salon sound => SNIP
16 Across: Setting for much of Moana => OCEAN
17 Across: Final bio => OBIT
18 Across: Too bad we have to throw out this uneaten food => WHATAWASTE
20 Across: Asian noodle dish => PADTHAI
22 Across: Bro kin => SIS
23 Across: Earl Grey, e.g. => TEA
24 Across: Shrill barks => YELPS
26 Across: Word with room or center => REC
28 Across: Storied => FABLED
31 Across: They may need breaking in => NEWSHOES
36 Across: Bitter-tasting => ACRID
37 Across: Sioux City state => IOWA
38 Across: Doing nothing => IDLE
39 Across: Small IOU => CHIT
40 Across: Muppet who loves this puzzle's four longest answers? => OSCAR
41 Across: Astronaut Armstrong => NEIL
42 Across: With perfection => TOAT
43 Across: Blueprint => PLAN
44 Across: Chevy muscle car => VETTE
45 Across: Condition caused by 31-Across, at times => SOREFEET
47 Across: Snake warnings => HISSES
48 Across: Darling of baseball => RON
49 Across: Holey kitchen gadget => SIEVE
51 Across: Rooter for the Bulldogs => ELI
54 Across: Bro or sis => SIB
56 Across: Bennie's band, in an Elton John hit => THEJETS
60 Across: Hurls competitive insults => TALKSTRASH
63 Across: D-Day beach => UTAH
64 Across: I swear! => NOLIE
65 Across: Lotion additive => ALOE
66 Across: One of Emeril's New Orleans eateries => NOLA
67 Across: Test one's metal => ASSAY
68 Across: Many a Punjabi => SIKH
69 Across: Was positive => KNEW

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Yucky guck => GLOP
2 Down: First name in country music => REBA
3 Down: Roman poet exiled by Augustus => OVID
4 Down: Pet product also used for tire traction => KITTYLITTER
5 Down: Disney's Lucky Rabbit => OSWALD
6 Down: Behind the times => UNHIP
7 Down: New Mexico tribe with a Sun symbol => ZIA
8 Down: Goes (for) => OPTS
9 Down: Searches for water => DOWSES
10 Down: Color TV pioneer => RCA
11 Down: Way to go, per Horace Greeley => WEST
12 Down: More than dislike => HATE
13 Down: Draft category => ONEA
19 Down: Conflict with planes => AIRWAR
21 Down: Listen to => HEED
25 Down: Ski resort vehicles => SNOCATS
27 Down: Taiwan Strait vessel => CHINESEJUNK
28 Down: Trivia quiz fodder => FACTS
29 Down: Blessing preceder => ACHOO
30 Down: Prickly shrub => BRIAR
32 Down: McGregor of TV's Fargo => EWAN
33 Down: Golden Boy playwright => ODETS
34 Down: A-listers => ELITE
35 Down: Tennis great Monica => SELES
37 Down: Iona, for one => ISLE
40 Down: Christmas encouragement => OPENIT
44 Down: __ la France! => VIVE
46 Down: Woman in the Mists subject Dian => FOSSEY
47 Down: [Snicker] => HEHHEH
50 Down: There, there => ITSOK
51 Down: Sicilian World Heritage Site => ETNA
52 Down: Mekong River land => LAOS
53 Down: Misfortunes => ILLS
55 Down: Bikini tops => BRAS
57 Down: Kind of collar or jacket => ETON
58 Down: Story => TALE
59 Down: Pygmalion playwright => SHAW
61 Down: Bicycle maker turned automotive giant => KIA
62 Down: __ Baba => ALI

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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