Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: More or less suffix => ISH
4 Across: Rose and fell on the waves => BOBBED
10 Across: Tax pros => CPAS
14 Across: Cohort of Larry and Curly => MOE
15 Across: Not widely understood => ARCANE
16 Across: Boffo review => RAVE
17 Across: Extemporaneous, as a speech => OFFTHECUFF
19 Across: Theater honor => OBIE
20 Across: Firework singer Perry => KATY
21 Across: Near-perfect bridge feat => SMALLSLAM
23 Across: Amigo => PAL
26 Across: Liam of Michael Collins => NEESON
27 Across: Appointed White House overseer => CHIEFOFSTAFF
32 Across: __ Vegas => LAS
33 Across: Peaceful => CALM
34 Across: Dalai Lama's homeland => TIBET
38 Across: Planets, in poems => ORBS
40 Across: Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across => FOURF
43 Across: Thick book => TOME
44 Across: Salami type => GENOA
46 Across: Nevada senator Harry => REID
48 Across: Red wine choice, for short => ZIN
49 Across: Laundry service option => FLUFFANDFOLD
53 Across: '60s dance craze => WATUSI
55 Across: Opus __: The Da Vinci Code sect => DEI
56 Across: DJ known for playing novelty tunes => DRDEMENTO
59 Across: Surrealist Salvador => DALI
63 Across: Geological age => AEON
64 Across: Beanstalk giant's chant => FEEFIFOFUM
67 Across: Unclothed => BARE
68 Across: Like bears => URSINE
69 Across: Alias, on police blotters => AKA
70 Across: List of appts. => SKED
71 Across: English writer Edward Bulwer-__ => LYTTON
72 Across: Oedipus __ => REX

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Didn't hurt a bit! => IMOK
2 Down: Living room seat => SOFA
3 Down: Lift with effort => HEFT
4 Down: Scoff from Scrooge => BAH
5 Down: Calif. neighbor => ORE
6 Down: Covertly sends an email dupe to => BCCS
7 Down: The Wizard of Oz author => BAUM
8 Down: __ terrible: difficult child, in French => ENFANT
9 Down: Rid of parasites, as a dog => DEFLEA
10 Down: Multi-discipline strength-training program => CROSSFIT
11 Down: Painter Picasso => PABLO
12 Down: Like many nest-builders => AVIAN
13 Down: Look (like) => SEEM
18 Down: Tap out a text, say => TYPE
22 Down: Departed => LEFT
24 Down: N.Y. Jets' org. => AFC
25 Down: Bread shape => LOAF
27 Down: Bathtub blockage => CLOG
28 Down: Cocksure Aesopian racer => HARE
29 Down: Library ID => ISBN
30 Down: Mel's Diner waitress => FLO
31 Down: Blue toon => SMURF
35 Down: Memorable clown => BOZO
36 Down: Disney's __ and the Detectives => EMIL
37 Down: See to => TEND
39 Down: Began to melt => SOFTENED
41 Down: Stephen of Michael Collins => REA
42 Down: Locate => FIND
45 Down: Grad => ALUM
47 Down: Pres. before JFK => DDE
50 Down: Beneficial => USEFUL
51 Down: Fancy duds => FINERY
52 Down: Pal of Rover => FIDO
53 Down: Perpetrate, as havoc => WREAK
54 Down: Love to pieces => ADORE
56 Down: Pats gently => DABS
57 Down: Exam => TEST
58 Down: Think nothing __ => OFIT
60 Down: Many miles off => AFAR
61 Down: Use the Force, __ => LUKE
62 Down: Big-screen format => IMAX
65 Down: Masculine Italian suffix with bamb- => INO
66 Down: Marshland => FEN

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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