Crossword Answers For: Saturday, August 26, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: One who's often over a barrel? => COOPER
7 Across: Band member with a vihuela => MARIACHI
15 Across: Use a combine => THRESH
16 Across: Tiny orbiter => ELECTRON
17 Across: Not shrink from => RISETO
18 Across: Maintain control => RIDEHERD
19 Across: See 38-Across => LOOKEDOVER
21 Across: The Owl and the Pussycat poet => LEAR
22 Across: Watched => SEEN
23 Across: Chocolate-flavored spread => NUTELLA
25 Across: Gets misty => STEAMSUP
29 Across: Welcome item? => MAT
30 Across: Online shopping offer => CHAT
31 Across: Testimony opener => ISAW
33 Across: Glitterati member => CELEB
37 Across: IV sites => ORS
38 Across: She said, It's better to be 19-Across than 55-Across => MAEWEST
40 Across: Bedazzlement => AWE
41 Across: Rwandan ethnic group => TUTSI
43 Across: One of Pop's partners => SNAP
44 Across: Roast beast-eating people => WHOS
45 Across: Adobe file format => PDF
47 Across: Shelley dedicated an ode to one of them => SKYLARKS
49 Across: Musical star who received a 1949 Honorary Award Oscar => ASTAIRE
53 Across: Big heads? => EGOS
54 Across: Split hairs? => PART
55 Across: See 38-Across => OVERLOOKED
60 Across: Blathered => PRATTLED
62 Across: Current quantity => AMPERE
63 Across: Antlion relative => LACEWING
64 Across: Squanders, perhaps => SPENDS
65 Across: Dramatic break => ENTRACTE
66 Across: American of Japanese descent => SANSEI

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: PC key => CTRL
2 Down: Its state quarter displays the Wright Flyer => OHIO
3 Down: ... __ it seems => ORSO
4 Down: Gives a sidelong glance => PEEKSAT
5 Down: Respect => ESTEEM
6 Down: Onetime Botswana neighbor => RHODESIA
7 Down: Jeopardy! first name => MERV
8 Down: Sci-fi staple => ALIEN
9 Down: Shining example of mirror-writing? => REDRUM
10 Down: Curling surface => ICE
11 Down: Shoe endorser => ATHLETE
12 Down: Angler's wicker basket => CREEL
13 Down: Every 60 minutes => HORAL
14 Down: Hindu weather deity => INDRA
20 Down: Responsibilities => ONUSES
24 Down: Diplomatic asset => TACT
25 Down: Kilt wearer => SCOT
26 Down: No __ traffic => THRU
27 Down: Right in the atlas? => EAST
28 Down: Potential queens => PAWNS
32 Down: Not so potent => WEAKER
34 Down: Memorable big cat portrayer => LAHR
35 Down: Furry Endor native => EWOK
36 Down: Catfish Row heroine of opera => BESS
38 Down: Modest skirt => MIDI
39 Down: Pirate's viewing aid => SPYGLASS
42 Down: CSI evidence => SPATTER
44 Down: Showed willingness to listen (to) => WASOPEN
46 Down: Cavort => FROLIC
48 Down: Oompa-__: Wonka worker => LOOMPA
49 Down: Big __ => APPLE
50 Down: Leftovers cover => SARAN
51 Down: Political essay => TRACT
52 Down: Ceremony, e.g. => EVENT
56 Down: Border => EDGE
57 Down: Guy dolls => KENS
58 Down: Mahler's earth => ERDE
59 Down: '50s sitcom name => DESI
61 Down: Longtime Howard Hughes asset => TWA

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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