Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Heckler's array => JEERS
6 Across: Slender woodwind => OBOE
10 Across: Crony => BUD
13 Across: Taxpayer's dread => AUDIT
14 Across: With 24-Across, Chilean poet with a Nobel Prize => PABLO
16 Across: Suffix with Vietnam => ESE
17 Across: *One may follow the wedding dress => BRIDALTRAIN
19 Across: Total => SUM
20 Across: Drunk => SOT
21 Across: Pontiac that was Motor Trend's 1968 Car of the Year => GTO
22 Across: Orchestra overseer => MAESTRO
24 Across: See 14-Across => NERUDA
26 Across: Places for holsters => HIPS
27 Across: Swedish pop quartet => ABBA
30 Across: Arnold's crime => TREASON
33 Across: Stand for a photo? => TRIPOD
36 Across: Evaluation for a would-be painter => ARTTEST
38 Across: Got together => MET
39 Across: *Avant-garde => NEWWAVE
41 Across: The guy over there => HIM
43 Across: Makes harmonious => ATTUNES
45 Across: Frightens => SPOOKS
47 Across: Whoa, bro! => EASYNOW
49 Across: Tiny branch => TWIG
50 Across: Feudal drudge => SERF
52 Across: Low-risk govt. securities => TNOTES
55 Across: Strategy => TACTICS
58 Across: Granola morsel => OAT
59 Across: 27-Down user's need => PIN
62 Across: Master => PRO
63 Across: Familiar slogan ... or, based on its last word, what each answer to a starred clue is? => CATCHPHRASE
66 Across: Every one => ALL
67 Across: Poetry Muse => ERATO
68 Across: __ Hebrides => INNER
69 Across: Knight who played a newsman => TED
70 Across: Food-growing prefix => AGRO
71 Across: Checked out before a heist => CASED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Quick punches => JABS
2 Down: Currency since 1999 => EURO
3 Down: Cut and paste, e.g. => EDIT
4 Down: Freed (of) => RID
5 Down: Put on, as a play => STAGE
6 Down: Decide not to join => OPTOUT
7 Down: Trivia night locale => BAR
8 Down: The Affordable Care Act became law during it => OBAMAERA
9 Down: On the Waterfront director Kazan => ELIA
10 Down: *Westminster's top canine => BESTINSHOW
11 Down: Take by force => USURP
12 Down: Floor models => DEMOS
15 Down: __ of a kind => ONE
18 Down: P.O. box item => LTR
23 Down: Horse's hoof protection => SHOE
24 Down: Afternoon rest => NAP
25 Down: Makes use of, as experience => DRAWSON
27 Down: Bread box? => ATM
28 Down: La __ Tar Pits => BREA
29 Down: *Harsh and wintry => BITTERCOLD
31 Down: Off-rd. transports => ATVS
32 Down: Pedometer unit => STEP
34 Down: Taxing task => ONUS
35 Down: Reject as false => DENY
37 Down: Luau torch type => TIKI
40 Down: Attended without a partner => WENTSTAG
42 Down: Chinese menu abbr. => MSG
44 Down: Heaviest U.S. president => TAFT
46 Down: Extra NBA periods => OTS
48 Down: Joyful shout => WOOHOO
50 Down: Mar. 17 figure => STPAT
51 Down: Guitar Town rocker Steve => EARLE
53 Down: Strike gently => TAP
54 Down: Guiding principle => ETHIC
56 Down: Zamboni's milieu => ICE
57 Down: Fame-ous Irene => CARA
59 Down: Harsh reviews => PANS
60 Down: That makes sense => ISEE
61 Down: Stereotypical Geek Squad employee => NERD
64 Down: WNBA position => CTR
65 Down: Genetics lab subject => RNA

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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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