Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 31, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Asks for a treat, as a boxer => BEGS
5 Across: Site of a boxer's attack => RING
9 Across: Chocolate syrup brand since 1928 => BOSCO
14 Across: Circus prefix with bat => ACRO
15 Across: Diva's delivery => ARIA
16 Across: This __ much!: I'm overwhelmed! => ISTOO
17 Across: Rental vehicles for self-moving => UHAULVANS
19 Across: Pleasantly chubby => PLUMP
20 Across: President after Madison => MONROE
21 Across: Mother-of-pearl sources => ABALONES
23 Across: Has title to => OWNS
25 Across: __ standstill => ATA
26 Across: Tea biscuit => SCONE
29 Across: Designed for comfort and efficiency => ERGONOMIC
35 Across: Guffaw syllable => HAR
36 Across: Pirate in Hook => SMEE
38 Across: U.S. state with the lowest average annual rainfall => NEVADA
39 Across: Horse known for its endurance => ARAB
41 Across: Wed => UNITE
43 Across: Not fer => AGIN
44 Across: Wisdom teeth, e.g. => MOLARS
46 Across: Fabled loch => NESS
48 Across: Stooge Howard => MOE
49 Across: Rainy day protectors => UMBRELLAS
51 Across: Casual conversations => CHATS
53 Across: Contend (for) => VIE
54 Across: Bro of van Gogh => THEO
56 Across: Dedicatee of an annual MLB tribute game => OLDTIMER
61 Across: Snare => ENTRAP
65 Across: Lion's warnings => ROARS
66 Across: Lost-one's-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across => WHEREWASI
68 Across: Lake craft => CANOE
69 Across: Bubbly-textured Nestlé chocolate bar => AERO
70 Across: Muscle pain => ACHE
71 Across: Change for the better => AMEND
72 Across: Tall tale => YARN
73 Across: Classic Jaguars => XKES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Wicked Witch of the West creator => BAUM
2 Down: Reverberate => ECHO
3 Down: Mom's mom => GRAN
4 Down: Become disenchanted with => SOURON
5 Down: Poe's ebony bird => RAVEN
6 Down: Nest egg letters => IRA
7 Down: Columbus ship => NINA
8 Down: Chatterbox => GASBAG
9 Down: Double-winged WWI aircraft => BIPLANE
10 Down: Norway's capital => OSLO
11 Down: Leave slack-jawed => STUN
12 Down: Arrive => COME
13 Down: Sorry, my mistake => OOPS
18 Down: The Home Depot competitor => LOWES
22 Down: Shows contrition => ATONES
24 Down: Noticed => SEEN
26 Down: Former SeaWorld star => SHAMU
27 Down: Off-the-cushion billiards shot => CAROM
28 Down: Dental care brand => ORALB
30 Down: Spanish queen => REINA
31 Down: Caesar's eggs => OVA
32 Down: Molten rock => MAGMA
33 Down: Meathead => IDIOT
34 Down: Curved-top candy shapes => CANES
37 Down: Mosque visitor => MUSLIM
40 Down: Saloon => BAR
42 Down: Exam => TEST
45 Down: Made changes in => REVISED
47 Down: Play division => SCENE
50 Down: Wiggle room => LEEWAY
52 Down: Hair-removal substance => HOTWAX
55 Down: White wader => HERON
56 Down: 26-Down, for one => ORCA
57 Down: Rich soil => LOAM
58 Down: Great dog breed => DANE
59 Down: Suffix with Jumbo => TRON
60 Down: Flightless bird => RHEA
62 Down: __ of lamb => RACK
63 Down: Tennis great Arthur => ASHE
64 Down: Crusty desserts => PIES
67 Down: Goof up => ERR

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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