Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Give kudos to => LAUD
5 Across: Trudge through water => SLOSH
10 Across: News piece => ITEM
14 Across: Marriott alternative => OMNI
15 Across: Cake instruction Alice followed => EATME
16 Across: Empty-truck weight => TARE
17 Across: *Bring dinner to diners, say => SERVEAMEAL
19 Across: Gumbo pod => OKRA
20 Across: Villainous expressions => SNEERS
21 Across: Jamaican export => RUM
22 Across: Revolutionary Trotsky => LEON
23 Across: To and __ => FRO
24 Across: *Discover incriminating information => DIGUPDIRT
26 Across: Not yet resolved => ATISSUE
29 Across: Yorkie, size-wise => TOY
30 Across: Sans accomplices => LONE
31 Across: Work on punches => SPAR
34 Across: Buffalo hockey pro => SABRE
38 Across: ID checker's concern => AGE
39 Across: *Band's cheat sheet => SETLIST
41 Across: Schlep => LUG
42 Across: Sorry to say ... => SADLY
44 Across: Apiary unit => HIVE
45 Across: Yao of hoops fame => MING
46 Across: Connections => INS
48 Across: Storefront covers => AWNINGS
50 Across: *Stiletto on a shoe => SPIKEHEEL
55 Across: Not only that ... => AND
56 Across: Put to work => HIRE
57 Across: __ let you know => ILL
58 Across: Stream crosser => BRIDGE
61 Across: Word in a hot day simile => OVEN
62 Across: Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues => VOLLEYBALL
64 Across: Speech quality => TONE
65 Across: Olympic blades => EPEES
66 Across: Molecule component => ATOM
67 Across: Hearty bowlful => STEW
68 Across: Tenant payments => RENTS
69 Across: Credit union seizure, briefly => REPO

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Fiscal disappointment => LOSS
2 Down: Couldn't agree more! => AMEN
3 Down: Like crude oil => UNREFINED
4 Down: Not at all homogeneous => DIVERSE
5 Down: Black and Red => SEAS
6 Down: Run for it => LAM
7 Down: SNL alum Cheri => OTERI
8 Down: Dragon in The Hobbit => SMAUG
9 Down: __ Kohl, first chancellor of reunified Germany => HELMUT
10 Down: Listen to me next time! => ITOLDYA
11 Down: Star Trek actor George => TAKEI
12 Down: Fielder's fluff => ERROR
13 Down: Should have said => MEANT
18 Down: God of love => EROS
24 Down: Pool diver's concern => DEPTH
25 Down: Fence support => POST
26 Down: Sorry to say ... => ALAS
27 Down: Forum garment => TOGA
28 Down: Purpose => USE
32 Down: Oscar winner Mahershala => ALI
33 Down: Adversary => RIVAL
35 Down: Sight-unseen encounter => BLINDDATE
36 Down: Ladder part => RUNG
37 Down: Incubator contents => EGGS
39 Down: Last word in the first song of the year => SYNE
40 Down: Suture, say => SEW
43 Down: Showing no wear => LIKENEW
45 Down: Pay-for-what-you-use hotel feature => MINIBAR
47 Down: React to cold => SHIVER
49 Down: __ a one: zero => NARY
50 Down: Annual pet checkup components => SHOTS
51 Down: Turn on a shaft => PIVOT
52 Down: Cara of Fame => IRENE
53 Down: Marry on the fly => ELOPE
54 Down: DeGeneres who voices Dory => ELLEN
58 Down: Gershwin heroine => BESS
59 Down: Unsavory stuff => GLOP
60 Down: Saint with a fire => ELMO
63 Down: Tennis do-over => LET

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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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