Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bun or beehive => HAIRDO
7 Across: Faux __: social goof => PAS
10 Across: Keep __: persevere => ATIT
14 Across: Free from stress by heating, as metal => ANNEAL
15 Across: Theater chain initials => AMC
16 Across: Golfer's mulligan, e.g. => REDO
17 Across: Tendency to explode in anger => VILETEMPER
19 Across: Banjo ridge => FRET
20 Across: Surrounded by => AMID
21 Across: Rushed toward => RANAT
23 Across: Genetic letters => RNA
24 Across: Scottish denial => NAE
25 Across: Demons and such => EVILSPIRITS
28 Across: Graduates => ALUMNI
30 Across: Deem necessary => SEEFIT
31 Across: Performing => ACTING
35 Across: Issue a ticket to => CITE
36 Across: Cover for mysterious doings => VEILOFSECRECY
40 Across: Surprise from the blue => BOLT
41 Across: Sharpshooters' aiming devices => SCOPES
42 Across: Top squads => ATEAMS
45 Across: Media revenue source => ADSALE
49 Across: Blue jeans pioneer => LEVISTRAUSS
53 Across: Roman goddess of peace => PAX
54 Across: Wash. neighbor => IDA
55 Across: Needles => GOADS
56 Across: Beaujolais or Burgundy => WINE
57 Across: Red __: spicy candies => HOTS
59 Across: Real-time media transfer => LIVESTREAM
62 Across: The Mammoth Hunters novelist Jean => AUEL
63 Across: Dictator Amin => IDI
64 Across: Rain or snow, briefly => PRECIP
65 Across: Wee => ITSY
66 Across: Broadband option, briefly => DSL
67 Across: Most elegant => FINEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Our Man in __: Graham Greene novel set in Cuba => HAVANA
2 Down: Creature => ANIMAL
3 Down: Instead (of) => INLIEU
4 Down: Film critic Rex => REED
5 Down: Who __?: New Orleans Saints fans' chant => DAT
6 Down: Spanish cheer => OLE
7 Down: Like a visit from the Bishop of Rome => PAPAL
8 Down: Congregational replies => AMENS
9 Down: Paper bits for collages => SCRAPS
10 Down: Response to Speak! => ARF
11 Down: Wonderful => TERRIFIC
12 Down: Modern theft target => IDENTITY
13 Down: How food may be seasoned => TOTASTE
18 Down: Med. scan => MRI
22 Down: Even score => TIE
25 Down: Ltr. insert => ENCL
26 Down: Corleone family head => VITO
27 Down: School break => RECESS
29 Down: Rum cocktail => MAITAI
32 Down: No __, ands or buts! => IFS
33 Down: White House foreign policy gp. => NSC
34 Down: Old Prizm automaker => GEO
36 Down: Removed from office via election => VOTEDOUT
37 Down: Lifts => ELEVATES
38 Down: Taxpayer ID users => CPAS
39 Down: 56-Across choices => REDS
40 Down: Bloody Mary's solo => BALIHAI
43 Down: Chinese food additive => MSG
44 Down: Unemotional => STOLID
46 Down: Separately => APIECE
47 Down: Island verandas => LANAIS
48 Down: Not subject to jury duty, say => EXEMPT
50 Down: Fridge forays => RAIDS
51 Down: Analgesic brand => ADVIL
52 Down: Put to work => USE
56 Down: Birdhouse singer => WREN
58 Down: Furtive => SLY
60 Down: Sunscreen letters => SPF
61 Down: Prefix with cycle => TRI

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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