Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 2, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Most massive of all known elementary particles => TOPQUARK
9 Across: Storage spot => CELLAR
15 Across: Place frequented by John Jasper in Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood => OPIUMDEN
16 Across: Bird of baseball => ORIOLE
17 Across: Aptly named heavy-footed bird => MEGAPODE
18 Across: Wow => DAZZLE
19 Across: High school gp. => JRS
20 Across: Areas of interest => SPHERES
22 Across: Night sch. staple => ESL
23 Across: Twelve __: neighbor of Tara => OAKS
25 Across: Pre-fax communication => TELEX
26 Across: One who isn't a pro => ANTI
27 Across: Repeated phrase in Ecclesiastes => ATIME
29 Across: Nile reptile => ASP
30 Across: Body part => ORGAN
31 Across: Stood for => DENOTED
33 Across: 2000s SNL alum => SAMBERG
35 Across: Eastern way => TAO
36 Across: Game console with a Mini version => WII
37 Across: Where many have gone on vacation => FISHING
41 Across: __ zoo => PETTING
45 Across: Get going => IMPEL
46 Across: Pickup hr. => ETA
48 Across: Mexican title => SENOR
49 Across: Animal house => LAIR
50 Across: Polynesian people => MAORI
52 Across: Value => RATE
53 Across: Take responsibility for => OWN
54 Across: California city mentioned after Kingman in the song Route 66 => BARSTOW
56 Across: Yo! => HEY
57 Across: Aficionados' creations that may infringe on copyrights, for short => FANFIC
59 Across: Oscillating curve => SINEWAVE
61 Across: Cactus spine source => AREOLE
62 Across: Takes advantage of => UTILIZES
63 Across: Persian king => XERXES
64 Across: Hiker's shelter => PACKTENT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Steinbeck protagonist => TOMJOAD
2 Down: Run => OPERATE
3 Down: Game item made of cow leather, actually => PIGSKIN
4 Down: In the capacity of => QUA
5 Down: Ballpark figures => UMPS
6 Down: Take responsibility for => ADOPT
7 Down: Lucille Ball, e.g. => REDHEAD
8 Down: Gets down, in a way => KNEELS
9 Down: Scrolls successor => CODEX
10 Down: Prominent periods => ERAS
11 Down: Tina's 30 Rock role => LIZ
12 Down: Cough syrup alternative => LOZENGE
13 Down: Home Run Derby competitor => ALLSTAR
14 Down: Unsteady => REELING
21 Down: Counts while working out => REPS
24 Down: Overwhelm => SMOTHER
26 Down: Decision maker => ARBITER
28 Down: Online biz => ETAIL
30 Down: Skips => OMITS
32 Down: Extended period => EON
34 Down: Amaze => AWE
37 Down: U.K.-based personal organizer brand => FILOFAX
38 Down: That comes as no surprise => IMAWARE
39 Down: Fidget __ => SPINNER
40 Down: First or second, say => GEAR
41 Down: Bach work => PARTITA
42 Down: Confused => INAHAZE
43 Down: Nice try! => NOTEVEN
44 Down: Most dreary, in Dublin => GREYEST
47 Down: Anybody's guess => TOSSUP
50 Down: Medieval clubs => MACES
51 Down: Like the Jefferson Memorial's columns => IONIC
54 Down: Nastiness => BILE
55 Down: Old TV host with an accordion => WELK
58 Down: Kit maker => FOX
60 Down: Quick thinking => WIT

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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