Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Former soldiers => VETS
5 Across: Explosive compound, briefly => NITRO
10 Across: A lot => TONS
14 Across: Quarreling => ATIT
15 Across: Still soft, as concrete => UNSET
16 Across: First-year law student => ONEL
17 Across: Housekeeper's whisky request? => MAKEITNEAT
19 Across: Gillette razor => ATRA
20 Across: Wire-bending hand tool => PLIERS
21 Across: Place to adopt a dog => PETSHOP
23 Across: Really big cats => LIONS
26 Across: Mechanical learning routine => ROTE
27 Across: Itemizes => LISTS
30 Across: International shipping co. => UPS
32 Across: Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia => SYRAH
35 Across: Eight: Pref. => OCTO
36 Across: Grins => SMILES
38 Across: Be in debt => OWE
39 Across: One of a bike's two => TIRE
40 Across: Li'l comic strip character => ABNER
41 Across: Medical image for diagnosis => SCAN
42 Across: Bering or Black => SEA
43 Across: First game of the season => OPENER
44 Across: Related by blood => AKIN
45 Across: Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid => ARIAL
47 Across: Gun, as an engine => REV
48 Across: Johnny Mathis classic that begins, Look at me => MISTY
49 Across: FBI agent => GMAN
51 Across: Fix a lawn => RESOD
53 Across: Hawaiian medicine men => KAHUNAS
56 Across: Saudi __ => ARABIA
60 Across: Ships' rears => AFTS
61 Across: Bachelor's whisky request? => SINGLEMALT
64 Across: Loyal => TRUE
65 Across: Letter-shaped dress style => ALINE
66 Across: ExxonMobil brand => ESSO
67 Across: Clumsy one's exclamation => OOPS
68 Across: British race car maker => LOTUS
69 Across: Half-moon tide => NEAP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Femme fatale => VAMP
2 Down: And others: Abbr. => ETAL
3 Down: Symbolic carving in Maori culture => TIKI
4 Down: Type of durable work boot => STEELTOE
5 Down: Insane, as a scheme => NUTSO
6 Down: Lodging choice => INN
7 Down: Cats poet's monogram => TSE
8 Down: Harvest => REAP
9 Down: Frolicking swimmer => OTTER
10 Down: Warm and cozy => TOASTY
11 Down: Geologist's whisky request? => ONTHEROCKS
12 Down: Fiddling Roman emperor => NERO
13 Down: Open-handed hit => SLAP
18 Down: Colored eye part => IRIS
22 Down: Throw softly => TOSS
24 Down: Phone __ => NUMBER
25 Down: Fishing lure => SPINNER
27 Down: Much, casually => LOTSA
28 Down: More slippery => ICIER
29 Down: Astronaut's whisky request? => STRAIGHTUP
31 Down: Magician's hiding place => SLEEVE
33 Down: Be in store for => AWAIT
34 Down: Comic Youngman => HENNY
36 Down: Maple-syrup-to-be => SAP
37 Down: Make a mistake => ERR
41 Down: Ended a prayer => SAIDAMEN
43 Down: The Good Earth heroine => OLAN
46 Down: Makes laugh => AMUSES
48 Down: __ or less: about => MORE
50 Down: Like a facial cavity => NASAL
52 Down: Clearance events => SALES
53 Down: Green Hornet's sidekick => KATO
54 Down: Jackson 5 hairdo => AFRO
55 Down: Storage building for crops => SILO
57 Down: It may be stolen on a diamond => BASE
58 Down: Ingrid's Casablanca role => ILSA
59 Down: Upon => ATOP
62 Down: Petty gripe => NIT
63 Down: Beast with a beard => GNU

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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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