Crossword Answers For: Thursday, September 17, 2020

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Big bash => FETE
5 Across: Lestrade's rank, in Sherlock Holmes stories: Abbr. => INSP
9 Across: Music rights org. => ASCAP
14 Across: Hose color => ECRU
15 Across: Ward of TV's FBI => SELA
16 Across: Rattle => DAUNT
17 Across: Excursion in a Loire Valley town? => TOURSTOUR
19 Across: Others, to Pablo => OTRAS
20 Across: Former trucking watchdog agcy. => ICC
21 Across: Newscast attention-getter => TOPSTORY
23 Across: National capital on the Cape Verde Peninsula => DAKAR
25 Across: Horse of southeastern France? => RHONEROAN
29 Across: Improve, as a highway => REPAVE
31 Across: Composer Rorem => NED
32 Across: Rome's __ Veneto => VIA
33 Across: Going down => SETTING
35 Across: Way off the highway => RAMP
36 Across: Relative in a Cote d'Azur family? => NICENIECE
40 Across: Minute Maid Park player, to fans => STRO
43 Across: Rickety, say => UNSOUND
46 Across: Queen Sugar creator DuVernay => AVA
47 Across: Clear dishes from => BUS
50 Across: More work => UTOPIA
51 Across: Swindle at a French festival? => CANNESCON
54 Across: Because __ so!! => ISAID
56 Across: Relieve => UNBURDEN
58 Across: Day-__ => GLO
59 Across: Dust-colored, in Hindustani => KHAKI
62 Across: Hybrid linguistic term that hints at the answers to 17-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across => FRANGLAIS
64 Across: Aspect of a problem => FACET
65 Across: Accommodates => FITS
66 Across: Desperate Housewives character => BREE
67 Across: Set of beliefs => CREDO
68 Across: Old-time dagger => SNEE
69 Across: Lip => SASS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Reeking => FETID
2 Down: Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius => ECOCARS
3 Down: River through Reno => TRUCKEE
4 Down: Scand. locale => EUR
5 Down: Ratio phrase => ISTO
6 Down: Synthetic rubber used in waders => NEOPRENE
7 Down: Winter weather aftermath => SLUSH
8 Down: Islands in the Stream duettist => PARTON
9 Down: Loved => ADORED
10 Down: Man-goat of myth => SATYR
11 Down: Tough mutt => CUR
12 Down: Japanese carrier that sponsors a major LPGA event => ANA
13 Down: Box score abbr. => PTS
18 Down: Low clouds => STRATI
22 Down: __ of Us: Joan Osborne hit => ONE
24 Down: City addr. info => APTNO
26 Down: Eggs => OVA
27 Down: Point => AIM
28 Down: Velvet feature => NAP
30 Down: London's Old __ => VIC
34 Down: Serengeti bovine => GNU
35 Down: Enlists again => REUPS
37 Down: Flood => INUNDATE
38 Down: Richmond winter hrs. => EST
39 Down: Sounding like a dove => COOING
40 Down: Cul-de-__ => SAC
41 Down: FDR power program => TVA
42 Down: Was a candidate => RAN
44 Down: Falls for lovers? => NIAGARA
45 Down: Newsstand buys => DAILIES
47 Down: 1800s Mexican leader Juárez => BENITO
48 Down: Flash drive port => USB
49 Down: Shoeshine targets => SCUFFS
52 Down: Microwaved => NUKED
53 Down: Longtime Utah senator Hatch => ORRIN
55 Down: They're just what the doctor ordered => DOSES
57 Down: Massachusetts motto starter => ENSE
59 Down: Louisville-based fast-food company => KFC
60 Down: Laugh syllable => HAR
61 Down: Nolan Ryan, notably => ACE
63 Down: Dumbbell abbr. => LBS

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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