Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 17, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Storied December shelf dweller => ELF
4 Across: Kind of gun that catches speeders => RADAR
9 Across: Burning crime => ARSON
14 Across: Pooh pal in a pouch => ROO
15 Across: Spanish month => ENERO
16 Across: Colorful tank fish => TETRA
17 Across: Cow call => MOO
18 Across: Baked mac and cheese, for many => COMFORTFOOD
20 Across: When an after-lunch meeting might start => ATTWO
22 Across: Blender maker => OSTER
23 Across: Deux halved => UNE
24 Across: Ones paid to play => PROS
26 Across: Something that affects a result => FACTOR
28 Across: Hit pay dirt => STRIKEITRICH
33 Across: Issue, as light => EMIT
34 Across: Memo opening words => INRE
35 Across: Kid's bear => TEDDY
39 Across: Willy Wonka portrayer Wilder => GENE
40 Across: Doctor's order? => SAYAH
42 Across: __ avis => RARA
43 Across: Leading the league => ONTOP
45 Across: Plant stem joint => NODE
46 Across: Of the mouth => ORAL
47 Across: Aladdin song whose title lyric follows You ain't never had a => FRIENDLIKEME
50 Across: Social blunders => GAFFES
53 Across: Carded at the door, briefly => IDED
54 Across: Christian sch. in Tulsa => ORU
55 Across: One way to read => ALOUD
59 Across: TV host Gibbons => LEEZA
62 Across: Buried record for future generations => TIMECAPSULE
65 Across: OED book, e.g. => VOL
66 Across: Newborn's lack, usually => TEETH
67 Across: Big name in racing => UNSER
68 Across: With 60-Down, on one's game ... and hint to the start of this puzzle's longest answers => INA
69 Across: Analyze, as ore => ASSAY
70 Across: Fills fully => SATES
71 Across: __ Misérables => LES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Funny Bombeck => ERMA
2 Down: Pirate's take => LOOT
3 Down: Clue in the mud => FOOTPRINT
4 Down: Fix dinner? => RECOOK
5 Down: 15-Across starts it => ANO
6 Down: Free game version, maybe => DEMO
7 Down: Lab greetings => ARFS
8 Down: Word with square or cube => ROOT
9 Down: What opposites do, it's said => ATTRACT
10 Down: NBA official => REF
11 Down: Dark beer => STOUT
12 Down: Maine campus town => ORONO
13 Down: Consumer advocate Ralph => NADER
19 Down: APR-reducing loan => REFI
21 Down: Bad loan, to an accountant => WRITEOFF
25 Down: Cinco y uno => SEIS
27 Down: Nation within Oklahoma => CHEROKEE
28 Down: Utah lily => SEGO
29 Down: IRS enforcers => TMEN
30 Down: Silly => INANE
31 Down: Test for fit in the changing room => TRYON
32 Down: Double-check, as totals => READD
36 Down: Stunt double, e.g. => DAREDEVIL
37 Down: Wee bit o' whisky, say => DRAM
38 Down: Clinton's alma mater => YALE
41 Down: Prefix with pad => HELI
44 Down: Holier-than-thou => PREACHY
48 Down: Puerto Rico, por ejemplo => ISLA
49 Down: Loafers => IDLERS
50 Down: I __ go!: Ciao! => GOTTA
51 Down: Astrological Ram => ARIES
52 Down: Running on __: weary => FUMES
56 Down: Numbered work => OPUS
57 Down: Ensign-in-training inst. => USNA
58 Down: Tidy up a bit => DUST
60 Down: See 68-Across => ZONE
61 Down: Woeful cry => ALAS
63 Down: LAX calculation => ETA
64 Down: To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper => LEE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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