Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Blue gem, briefly => LAPIS
6 Across: See => ESPY
10 Across: Units of electrical resistance => OHMS
14 Across: You __ serious: I don't believe it => ARENT
15 Across: When doubled, toy train sound => CHOO
16 Across: Actress Cusack => JOAN
17 Across: Bungle => MISDO
18 Across: Don't have => LACK
19 Across: Number after dix => ONZE
20 Across: *Spider-Man's alter ego => PETERPARKER
23 Across: DOJ anti-narcotics arm => DEA
24 Across: Gen-__: boomers' kids => XERS
25 Across: Lustrous patterned fabric => DAMASK
27 Across: Rim => EDGE
30 Across: SOS responder => USCG
33 Across: Vain dresser => FOP
34 Across: Protestant minister => PARSON
36 Across: Leaving out => OMITTING
40 Across: Mined metal => ORE
41 Across: Pseudonym ... and what the end of each answer to a starred clue is => PENNAME
43 Across: Texter's guffaw => LOL
44 Across: Like shish kebab => SKEWERED
46 Across: A __: based on deduction rather than experience => PRIORI
48 Across: Family reunion attendees => KIN
49 Across: Be an omen of => BODE
51 Across: __ in the back: betray => STAB
52 Across: Prickly plant => CACTUS
55 Across: Burn soother => ALOE
57 Across: Ben-__ => HUR
58 Across: *Striped African equine => PLAINSZEBRA
64 Across: Superstar => IDOL
66 Across: BMW competitor => AUDI
67 Across: Studio warning sign => ONAIR
68 Across: Sushi bar soup => MISO
69 Across: Corp. VIP => PRES
70 Across: Bump in the night, say => NOISE
71 Across: Cancún cash => PESO
72 Across: Place for Girl Scout badges => SASH
73 Across: Furry sci-fi creatures => EWOKS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: End table accessory => LAMP
2 Down: Soul singer India.__ => ARIE
3 Down: Irksome one => PEST
4 Down: Reference aids in reference books => INDEXES
5 Down: Sock away => STORE
6 Down: Mercedes line of autos => ECLASS
7 Down: __-Pei: wrinkly dog => SHAR
8 Down: Small indentation => POCK
9 Down: Hitched together, as oxen => YOKED
10 Down: Spanish eye => OJO
11 Down: *Midsize SUV => HONDAPILOT
12 Down: Perplexing passages => MAZES
13 Down: Tiptoe, say => SNEAK
21 Down: One shaping a rosebush => PRUNER
22 Down: Roof support => RAFTER
26 Down: Witty remark => MOT
27 Down: Long narrative poem => EPOS
28 Down: Chocolate option => DARK
29 Down: *Hellenic religious symbol => GREEKCROSS
31 Down: Apartment type => CONDO
32 Down: Start-the-day ABC talk show, familiarly => GMA
35 Down: Let me in! => OPENUP
37 Down: Drives forward => IMPELS
38 Down: You've Got Mail director Ephron => NORA
39 Down: Smooth-talking => GLIB
42 Down: Platte River st. => NEB
45 Down: Punster => WIT
47 Down: Finally got it => ISEENOW
50 Down: From Copenhagen, e.g. => DANISH
52 Down: Zoo primate => CHIMP
53 Down: WWII hero Murphy => AUDIE
54 Down: Reactions to fresh comments => SLAPS
56 Down: Depleted atmospheric layer => OZONE
59 Down: Luminous glow => AURA
60 Down: Mid-month date => IDES
61 Down: Charles in Charge actor Scott => BAIO
62 Down: Take a chance on => RISK
63 Down: Warring son of Zeus and Hera => ARES
65 Down: Lav, in Leeds => LOO

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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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