Crossword Answers For: Thursday, August 24, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Support financially => BACK
5 Across: Hurricane, e.g. => STORM
10 Across: Drainpipe section => TRAP
14 Across: Face cream additive => ALOE
15 Across: Medicare component => PARTA
16 Across: Leaping critter => HARE
17 Across: Depend (on) => RELY
18 Across: Had superior skills in => EXCELLEDAT
20 Across: Word on really bright Crayolas => NEON
21 Across: Jazz great Montgomery => WES
22 Across: Helen Reddy's __ Woman => IAM
23 Across: Commentary page => OPED
25 Across: Turned out to be => ENDEDUP
29 Across: Blew hard => GUSTED
32 Across: Way back when => AGESAGO
33 Across: Helped start the pot => ANTED
34 Across: Comic Johnson => ARTE
36 Across: Big __ => MAC
37 Across: Regret => RUE
38 Across: Not alfresco, and what this puzzle is vis-à-vis its border answers => INDOORS
41 Across: Craft built in the 2014 film Noah => ARK
42 Across: Nile snake => ASP
43 Across: Yemeni seaport => ADEN
44 Across: Speed => HASTE
46 Across: Become resentful => GETSORE
49 Across: Vampire's bed? => CASKET
50 Across: Painter Manet => EDOUARD
51 Across: Sketch material => GAGS
52 Across: Commuter org. in the Loop => CTA
53 Across: __ Butterworth => MRS
54 Across: Wild Blue Yonder mil. group => USAF
58 Across: Waterway between the major islands of New Zealand => COOKSTRAIT
62 Across: Leg-covering skirt => MAXI
63 Across: Green Gables heroine => ANNE
64 Across: Boardroom prop => EASEL
65 Across: Part of FEMA: Abbr. => EMER
66 Across: Caboose place => REAR
67 Across: Broadway platform => STAGE
68 Across: Fries, for instance => SIDE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Silo neighbor => BARN
2 Down: Toward protection, at sea => ALEE
3 Down: Great Sand Dunes National Park st. => COLO
4 Down: Pinnacle of a lecture series => KEYNOTE
5 Down: Erupted => SPEWED
6 Down: Strained => TAXED
7 Down: Tolkien henchmen => ORCS
8 Down: GPS suggestion => RTE
9 Down: Feign illness to avoid work => MALINGER
10 Down: Motifs => THEMES
11 Down: Far out, dude! => RAD
12 Down: Notre Dame's Parseghian => ARA
13 Down: Kennel guest => PET
19 Down: Put on board => LADE
24 Down: Spa treatment => PEDI
25 Down: Big name in stationery => EATON
26 Down: Ornamental fabric => DAMASK
27 Down: Lorre's Casablanca character => UGARTE
28 Down: Pita feature => POCKET
29 Down: Tech company's origin, perhaps => GARAGE
30 Down: On the shelf => UNUSED
31 Down: Move in the direction of => STEPTO
34 Down: Threw in => ADDED
35 Down: Sushi roll topping => ROE
39 Down: Tells a story => NARRATES
40 Down: Layered do => SHAG
45 Down: Takes for granted => ASSUMES
47 Down: Lollipop => SUCKER
48 Down: Feed bag feed => OATS
49 Down: Once-per-player chess move => CASTLE
51 Down: Norwegian Dances composer => GRIEG
53 Down: Tamale dough => MASA
55 Down: Scandinavian language => SAMI
56 Down: Used a hatchet on => AXED
57 Down: Cause for alarm => FIRE
58 Down: Honda or Hyundai => CAR
59 Down: Pepsi product that's also its calorie count => ONE
60 Down: Springsteen's Working __ Dream => ONA
61 Down: Scoundrel => RAT

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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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