Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Remove politely, as a hat => DOFF
5 Across: Muscle cramp => SPASM
10 Across: Hang onto => HOLD
14 Across: Assert as true => AVER
15 Across: One with dreads => RASTA
16 Across: Out of the wind => ALEE
17 Across: Topper for a toreador => MATADORHAT
19 Across: On cloud __ => NINE
20 Across: Fill with joy => ELATE
21 Across: Feature that results in extra legroom on a plane => EXITDOOR
23 Across: On __: sans contract => SPEC
26 Across: Bro's sib => SIS
27 Across: Indy 500 letters => STP
30 Across: How sale items are priced => ATADISCOUNT
36 Across: Brewed beverage => TEA
37 Across: Pseudonymous punk rock surname => RAMONE
38 Across: This isn't looking good => UHOH
39 Across: Turn back to zero => RESET
41 Across: Picnic pest => ANT
42 Across: Step between landings => STAIR
43 Across: __ girl! => ATTA
44 Across: Stir up => AROUSE
46 Across: Press into service => USE
47 Across: I'm so disappointed! => WHATADOWNER
49 Across: Corrosive solution => LYE
50 Across: PBS Science Kid => SID
51 Across: Crossed (out) => EXED
53 Across: Previews that sound like they belong after the film => TRAILERS
58 Across: Eye-popping colors => NEONS
62 Across: Little Boy Blue's instrument => HORN
63 Across: System administrator's task ... and a hint to what can be found in 17-, 30- and 47-Across => DATABACKUP
66 Across: In memoriam piece => OBIT
67 Across: Speak from a platform => ORATE
68 Across: River of Pisa => ARNO
69 Across: Change the decor of => REDO
70 Across: Gall => NERVE
71 Across: Like the 10th frame in bowling => LAST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Title for Maggie Smith => DAME
2 Down: Speed-skating rink shape => OVAL
3 Down: Greek cheese => FETA
4 Down: Houses with Greek letters => FRATS
5 Down: Full house letters => SRO
6 Down: It may be two on a minigolf hole => PAR
7 Down: US Open stadium namesake => ASHE
8 Down: Pringles rival => STAX
9 Down: French painter Henri => MATISSE
10 Down: Distributes => HANDSOUT
11 Down: Hodgepodge => OLIO
12 Down: Carson's successor => LENO
13 Down: Bambi and Ena => DEER
18 Down: Leave => DEPART
22 Down: Idiosyncratic twitch => TIC
24 Down: Greek vowel => ETA
25 Down: Sporty Chevy => CAMARO
27 Down: Proverbial camel's backbreaker => STRAW
28 Down: Canines, e.g. => TEETH
29 Down: Ziti or rigatoni => PASTA
31 Down: Brief beginning-of-class activity => DONOW
32 Down: On key => INTUNE
33 Down: DIY mover => UHAUL
34 Down: Loud => NOISY
35 Down: Stooge count => THREE
40 Down: Erodes, as savings => EATSINTO
42 Down: Sister of Venus => SERENA
44 Down: Enlarged the house => ADDEDON
45 Down: Census checkbox => SEX
48 Down: Feel sick => AIL
52 Down: Window sticker => DECAL
53 Down: Thunder god => THOR
54 Down: Courtroom garb => ROBE
55 Down: Desertlike => ARID
56 Down: Uncommon => RARE
57 Down: Betelgeuse is one => STAR
59 Down: Gumbo ingredient => OKRA
60 Down: Sisters => NUNS
61 Down: Lady Macbeth's damned tormenter => SPOT
64 Down: Off-road transp. => ATV
65 Down: Spelling contest => BEE

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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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