Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 28, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Quick blow => JAB
4 Across: Weary worker's sigh => TGIF
8 Across: Dives => PLUNGES
15 Across: 4 x 4, briefly => UTE
16 Across: Six-ton predator => ORCA
17 Across: Leopard spot => ROSETTE
18 Across: ICU staffer => LPN
19 Across: False claim about one's pioneer ancestors? => WESTWARDHOAX
21 Across: Taking courses? => EATING
23 Across: Crest box abbr. => ADA
24 Across: Crafty => SLY
25 Across: Medieval German spendthrift? => PRODIGALSAXON
30 Across: Honey, in slang => BAE
31 Across: Zip => PEP
32 Across: Lot choice => SEDAN
36 Across: Wall St. event => IPO
38 Across: Enforcer of some ACA provisions => IRS
39 Across: Vague unease => MALAISE
41 Across: Transmitted documents with Red Riding Hood's location? => FAXEDTOTHEWOLVES
45 Across: Bending movement => FLEXION
46 Across: __ clear => ALL
47 Across: Large receptacle => VAT
48 Across: Nods, maybe => YESES
49 Across: It was precious to conquistadores => ORO
50 Across: Oliver Twist or Tiny Tim => BOY
52 Across: Beauty treatment for poultry? => CHICKENWAXING
58 Across: Half-hearted => WAN
61 Across: There's __ in team => NOI
62 Across: Laundry employee => IRONER
63 Across: Big-screen entertainment for angels? => IMAXINHEAVEN
68 Across: Hurdle for srs. => GRE
69 Across: First religious leader of his title to be called The Great => POPELEO
70 Across: Guy => MALE
71 Across: Charlottesville sch. => UVA
72 Across: Tools for some crossword solvers => ERASERS
73 Across: 500-mile race => INDY
74 Across: Furry friend => PET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Derby cocktail => JULEP
2 Down: For face value => ATPAR
3 Down: Japanese takeout orders => BENTOBOXES
4 Down: Many an off-campus local => TOWNIE
5 Down: An Allman brother => GREGG
6 Down: Suffix with robot => ICS
7 Down: Budgetary excess => FAT
8 Down: Fendi rival => PRADA
9 Down: Seuss activist => LORAX
10 Down: Amer. capital => USD
11 Down: Bk. before Esther => NEH
12 Down: Classic muscle cars => GTOS
13 Down: Shorthand for unlisted items => ETAL
14 Down: Alluring => SEXY
20 Down: With 35-Down, papery construction best left alone => WASP
22 Down: Filmmaker Lupino => IDA
26 Down: Blacksmith wear => APRON
27 Down: For fear that => LEST
28 Down: Capital on a fjord => OSLO
29 Down: Patricia of Hud => NEAL
33 Down: Tending to, as the loot => DIVVYINGUP
34 Down: Like pirates, often => ASEA
35 Down: See 20-Down => NEST
36 Down: Uncertain => IFFY
37 Down: Part of IPA => PALE
38 Down: Midori in a rink => ITO
39 Down: Gourd fruit => MELON
40 Down: Piercing tool => AWL
42 Down: Corner off. occupant => EXEC
43 Down: Share juicy details => DISH
44 Down: Fabled braggart => HARE
49 Down: Dust Bowl migrant => OKIE
50 Down: Dancing dinosaur => BARNEY
51 Down: Kitchen gadget maker => OXO
53 Down: __ circle => INNER
54 Down: Pacific salmon => COHOS
55 Down: Brandish => WIELD
56 Down: Guts => NERVE
57 Down: That's what I'm talking about! => GREAT
58 Down: Sanitizing cloth => WIPE
59 Down: Latin love => AMOR
60 Down: California tourist valley => NAPA
64 Down: Kisses, in love letters => XES
65 Down: Paris' __ de la Cité => ILE
66 Down: What __ missing? => AMI
67 Down: FedEx fleet member => VAN

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 47 down clues. In total 84 clues are solved in the section above.
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