Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 18, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sound check item => AMP
4 Across: Went down => SANK
8 Across: Euripides tragedy => MEDEA
13 Across: __ cross => TAU
14 Across: Skewer relative => PRONG
16 Across: Hipbone-related => ILIAC
17 Across: Woofer's output? => ARF
18 Across: Even less given to emotion => ICIER
19 Across: Quantum of solace? => SOFTC
20 Across: Leave in disarray, probably => RIFLE
22 Across: Copier room quantity => REAM
24 Across: Taking that as a given ... => IFSO
25 Across: Comfortable (with) => ATEASE
27 Across: Indisposed => ILL
29 Across: Dawn goddess => EOS
30 Across: Bread component => CARB
31 Across: Toy used on flights => SLINKY
34 Across: Rural road track => RUT
35 Across: Disney character who sings, The cold never bothered me anyway => ELSA
36 Across: Go Fish request => TENS
37 Across: Turns red, maybe => RUSTS
39 Across: '90s-'00s sci-fi hit ... or what this puzzle's circles graphically depict => THEXFILES
42 Across: 2006 demotion => PLUTO
45 Across: Heracles' beloved => IOLE
46 Across: Very little => ADAB
50 Across: Agent => REP
51 Across: 1962 Happy Birthday, Mr. President singer => MONROE
53 Across: Fla. resort => BOCA
54 Across: Natural resource => OIL
55 Across: Physics unit => ERG
56 Across: Shut off completely, as lights => KILLED
58 Across: Trident-shaped letters => PSIS
60 Across: Order to Spot => STAY
63 Across: Sugar source => BEETS
64 Across: Civilian garb => MUFTI
66 Across: Pair in the score for Beethoven's Fifth => OBOES
68 Across: Dandy => FOP
69 Across: Partner of ciencias => ARTES
70 Across: Forward attitude => NERVE
71 Across: Pizzeria chain => UNO
72 Across: Stick dwellings => NESTS
73 Across: Holden Caulfield, for one => TEEN
74 Across: Court call => LET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Visiting Pimlico => ATARACE
2 Down: __ counseling => MARITAL
3 Down: Blowfish => PUFFERS
4 Down: Furtive sorts => SPIES
5 Down: Golf chip path => ARC
6 Down: The Big Sleep genre => NOIR
7 Down: Walk-in joint? => KNEE
8 Down: Inaccurate introduction? => MIS
9 Down: Wells race => ELOI
10 Down: Suggests an alternative => DIFFERS
11 Down: Enjoys a buffet, usually => EATSOUT
12 Down: Engages with boldness => ACCOSTS
15 Down: Farm structure => GRAINSILO
21 Down: Company that survived Canada's Prohibition => LABATT
23 Down: Jan. honoree => MLK
26 Down: Tequila sunrise direction => ESTE
28 Down: Old plucked strings => LYRE
32 Down: Minuteman Statue city => LEXINGTON
33 Down: About to receive => INFOR
38 Down: Not to be wasted => USABLE
40 Down: Diamond plate => HOME
41 Down: Garlic relative => LEEK
42 Down: Stage employee => PROPMAN
43 Down: Down time => LEISURE
44 Down: Makes joyous => UPLIFTS
47 Down: Joyless => DOLEFUL
48 Down: Paint thinner solvent => ACETONE
49 Down: Dicey situation => BADSPOT
52 Down: Hosp. areas => ORS
57 Down: An Enemy of the People playwright => IBSEN
59 Down: Editor's afterthought => STET
61 Down: Act as lookout, say => ABET
62 Down: Time long past => YORE
65 Down: Orbiting research facility: Abbr. => ISS
67 Down: Fairest of creation, in a Milton classic => EVE

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This crossword has 43 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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