Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Sporty British cars, for short => JAGS
5 Across: Omelet option => HAM
8 Across: Reef material => CORAL
13 Across: Power co. output => ELEC
14 Across: Shaped like an avocado => OVAL
16 Across: Dig deeply? => ADORE
17 Across: Fey with many Emmys => TINA
18 Across: Baltic port => RIGA
19 Across: Unbroken director Angelina => JOLIE
20 Across: Come out on top => SCOREAVICTORY
23 Across: Intends to hit => AIMSAT
24 Across: Sushi roll fish => EEL
25 Across: NewsHour channel => PBS
28 Across: Novelist Rita __ Brown => MAE
29 Across: [I give up!] => SIGH
32 Across: Vacation location => RESORT
34 Across: Retail showcase => STOREDISPLAY
36 Across: Per item => EACH
39 Across: Area for critical patients, briefly => ICU
40 Across: Diamond great Sandberg => RYNE
41 Across: Particle physics concept => STRINGTHEORY
46 Across: Pub quiz fodder => TRIVIA
47 Across: Red Muppet who refers to himself in the third person => ELMO
48 Across: Bit of toy ammo => CAP
51 Across: Gentle touch => DAB
52 Across: Okay mark => CEE
54 Across: Knuckleheads => IDIOTS
56 Across: Reporter's delivery ... and what 20-, 34- and 41-Across are literally doing? => BREAKINGSTORY
60 Across: Humdinger => BEAUT
62 Across: Kitchenware brand => EKCO
63 Across: Blueprint detail => SPEC
64 Across: Subject of a certain management class => ANGER
65 Across: They may be choppy => SEAS
66 Across: Fit together nicely => MESH
67 Across: High-maintenance => NEEDY
68 Across: That's the spot => AAH
69 Across: Art Deco luminary => ERTE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Goods thrown overboard => JETSAM
2 Down: Girl on Fire singer Keys => ALICIA
3 Down: Biological mapping subject => GENOME
4 Down: Permanent marks => SCARS
5 Down: Fictional captain Hornblower => HORATIO
6 Down: Tel __, Israel => AVIV
7 Down: Christmas trio => MAGI
8 Down: Persuades with flattery => CAJOLES
9 Down: Air Wick target => ODOR
10 Down: Short and chubby => ROLYPOLY
11 Down: D-backs, on scoreboards => ARI
12 Down: Jack Reacher creator __ Child => LEE
15 Down: Doily fabric => LACE
21 Down: __ Los Angeles => EAST
22 Down: Actress Polo => TERI
26 Down: Dietary fiber => BRAN
27 Down: Eye problem => STYE
30 Down: Determination => GRIT
31 Down: Anne of Wag the Dog => HECHE
33 Down: Nimble => SPRY
34 Down: Improvised blade => SHIV
35 Down: Fight that may involve drawing => DUEL
36 Down: Started, as a co. => ESTD
37 Down: Gillette brand => ATRA
38 Down: Pegboard game => CRIBBAGE
42 Down: So close, yet so far => NICETRY
43 Down: Mother Earth, in Greek mythology => GAEA
44 Down: Holy cow! => OMIGOSH
45 Down: Curtain supports => RODS
48 Down: Writer for whose father the National Baseball Hall of Fame city was named => COOPER
49 Down: Idle => ATREST
50 Down: Freudian analyst's concern => PSYCHE
53 Down: __ out: barely makes => EKES
55 Down: Who's there? answer => ITSME
57 Down: Was sorry about => RUED
58 Down: Furniture chain popular in dorms => IKEA
59 Down: Sweet Sixteen org. => NCAA
60 Down: Prohibit => BAN
61 Down: Suffix with ethyl => ENE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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