Crossword Answers For: Monday, September 18, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: British bloke => CHAP
5 Across: Title for a fictional fox => BRER
9 Across: Pancake syrup tree => MAPLE
14 Across: Prefix for six => HEXA
15 Across: Coleridge's The __ of the Ancient Mariner => RIME
16 Across: Partners of pains => ACHES
17 Across: Many Manet works => OILS
18 Across: Like a grand-scale fail => EPIC
19 Across: __ Islander: small-state resident => RHODE
20 Across: Earnings before the government's cut => PRETAXPROFITS
23 Across: End in __: come out even => ATIE
24 Across: French street => RUE
25 Across: Cops' orgs. => PDS
28 Across: Fave pal, in 67-Across => BFF
31 Across: German pastry => STRUDEL
33 Across: Question as to technique => HOW
34 Across: New Haven collegian => YALIE
36 Across: Cribbage piece => PEG
37 Across: Gossip columnist Barrett => RONA
38 Across: Words on a No Trespassing sign => PRIVATEPROPERTY
42 Across: Rockers' sound machines => AMPS
43 Across: Speck in la mer => ILE
44 Across: Coloring cosmetic => ROUGE
45 Across: Chessmen and board, e.g. => SET
46 Across: Squeaky clean, as hospital supplies => STERILE
49 Across: Alternative to grass seed => SOD
50 Across: No seats initials => SRO
51 Across: Big __: trademark burger => MAC
52 Across: Gunk => GOOP
54 Across: Invention that revolutionized book production => PRINTINGPRESS
60 Across: First appearance => DEBUT
62 Across: Promises at the altar => IDOS
63 Across: __ Hari => MATA
64 Across: Smidge => SKOSH
65 Across: Me neither => NORI
66 Across: Getting people out of harm's way, for short => EVAC
67 Across: Cellphone messages => TEXTS
68 Across: Secluded valley => GLEN
69 Across: __ of the woods => NECK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Lamb serving => CHOP
2 Down: Will beneficiary => HEIR
3 Down: Rod on which wheels turn => AXLE
4 Down: Rotini or rigatoni => PASTA
5 Down: Secession approved in a 2016 U.K. referendum => BREXIT
6 Down: Jack the __ => RIPPER
7 Down: Arab leader => EMIR
8 Down: Piccolo relative => RECORDER
9 Down: Actress Hemingway => MARIEL
10 Down: German eight => ACHT
11 Down: Element in matches => PHOSPHORUS
12 Down: Conducted => LED
13 Down: Language suffix => ESE
21 Down: On the Caribbean => ATSEA
22 Down: En __: on a hot streak, slangily => FUEGO
26 Down: Stick around => DONTGO
27 Down: Influenced => SWAYED
28 Down: Road that avoids the city center => BYPASS
29 Down: Crop raiser => FARMER
30 Down: Container with an attached cover => FLIPTOPBOX
32 Down: Michigan's __ Peninsula => UPPER
35 Down: Drips in a hosp. => IVS
37 Down: Classic roadster => REO
39 Down: Giant => TITAN
40 Down: Putting in office => ELECTING
41 Down: Surg. holding area => PREOP
46 Down: Workers with anvils => SMITHS
47 Down: Pay no mind => IGNORE
48 Down: Begins a computer session => LOGSIN
53 Down: Ad agency guys responsible for 20-, 38- and 54-Across? => PRMEN
55 Down: Oxidation damage => RUST
56 Down: Beloved star => IDOL
57 Down: Roof gutter locale => EAVE
58 Down: Like short, clipped notes, in mus. => STAC
59 Down: Burlap container => SACK
60 Down: Va. summer hours => DST
61 Down: __ out a living => EKE

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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