Crossword Answers For: Sunday, September 24, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Parcel of land => TRACT
6 Across: Confused state => FOG
9 Across: Chapter XXVIII of Moby-Dick => AHAB
13 Across: Creator of a quirky cartoon family => ADDAMS
19 Across: Island veranda => LANAI
20 Across: Old cereal box no. => RDA
21 Across: __ Alto => PALO
22 Across: Vacation option => CRUISE
23 Across: Designated meditation area? => CHANTROOM
25 Across: Key to a discography including Purple Rain? => PRINCEINDEX
27 Across: Writer known for his surprise endings => OHENRY
28 Across: Old lemon => EDSEL
29 Across: Pick => ELECT
30 Across: Longtime TV host Carol => BURNETT
33 Across: Expansive => VAST
34 Across: Lhasa __: small dog => APSO
36 Across: Dots in l'océan => ILES
37 Across: Lift => UPRAISE
40 Across: Exist => ARE
41 Across: Library attention-getter => PSST
45 Across: Purity meas. => KTS
46 Across: Vacant look, e.g.? => TRANCEELEMENT
49 Across: Annual report VIP => CEO
50 Across: Quaint before => ERE
51 Across: High school phase for many => ANGST
52 Across: Testing site => LAB
53 Across: Oral dozen => MOLARS
55 Across: Got out of the stable, say => RANFREE
57 Across: Platoon setting => NAM
60 Across: Atlantic and Pacific, e.g. => TIMEZONES
62 Across: Lincoln in-law => TODD
63 Across: One who doesn't stay put => NOMAD
65 Across: Bard's bedtime => EEN
66 Across: __ Reader => UTNE
67 Across: Southampton sword => SABRE
69 Across: Tirade from an underground worker? => SEWERRANT
71 Across: Smartened (up) => WISED
72 Across: Stopper => PLUG
73 Across: Water control project => DAM
74 Across: Hound attraction => SCENT
75 Across: Spanish ayes => SISI
76 Across: Fashionable sort? => LATECOMER
79 Across: Witch => HAG
80 Across: In abundance => APLENTY
83 Across: Emcee responsibilities => INTROS
84 Across: Opposite of pref. => SUF
86 Across: Dominated => OWNED
88 Across: That's surprising => GEE
89 Across: Loving murmur => COO
90 Across: Elegant knight's accoutrement? => SATINANDLANCE
94 Across: Tap choice, for short => IPA
95 Across: Lombardy Castle city => ENNA
97 Across: USO show audience => GIS
98 Across: Me too => SOHAVEI
99 Across: Tech news website => CNET
100 Across: Browning, e.g. => POET
102 Across: Rocky areas?: Abbr. => MTNS
103 Across: Oversees => MANAGES
105 Across: Unemotional => STOIC
108 Across: Farewell that's bid => ADIEU
110 Across: One of two using matched weapons => DUELER
112 Across: New Englander from Lhasa? => TIBETANYANK
114 Across: Viper's bar order? => SNAKEPINT
118 Across: Storied restaurant => ALICES
119 Across: Suit to __ => ATEE
120 Across: Fallen space station => MIR
121 Across: Rink fakes => DEKES
122 Across: Hems in => BESETS
123 Across: Hires competitor => DADS
124 Across: BART stop, e.g. => STA
125 Across: Rarely ordered food? => STEAK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Comfort during a tough time, for short => TLC
2 Down: Bleachers sound => RAH
3 Down: California's Santa __ River => ANA
4 Down: Camera choices => CANONS
5 Down: 10% donation => TITHE
6 Down: Like the biggest stories => FRONTPAGE
7 Down: Smell => ODOR
8 Down: Reminiscent of venison => GAMY
9 Down: Soothe => APPEASE
10 Down: Aggressive marketing => HARDSELL
11 Down: Posh party invitees => ALIST
12 Down: Doggy bag item => BONE
13 Down: Expert => ACE
14 Down: Hangs on a line => DRIES
15 Down: Longtime rubber company => DUNLOP
16 Down: Personal assistant => AIDE
17 Down: PC speed unit => MSEC
18 Down: Suggestive message => SEXT
24 Down: Took back => RETURNED
26 Down: Shannon's county => CLARE
30 Down: Yamaha user => BIKER
31 Down: Extreme => ULTRA
32 Down: What to click in response to an offensive tweet? => RESENTBUTTON
33 Down: Fight (for) => VIE
35 Down: Writers => PENMEN
38 Down: ICU personnel => RNS
39 Down: Infomercial urging => ACTNOW
40 Down: Completely surrounding => AMBIENT
42 Down: Insufficient medley? => SCANTSINGING
43 Down: Calm => SERENE
44 Down: Like green salads => TOSSED
46 Down: Time for una siesta => TARDE
47 Down: Down => EAT
48 Down: From A __ => TOZ
54 Down: Title name that Every little breeze seems to whisper, in a Chevalier song => LOUISE
56 Down: One may be exposed by an expert => FORGER
58 Down: Iowa State city => AMES
59 Down: Spring time => MARCH
61 Down: First got acquainted => MET
63 Down: Serious foe => NEMESIS
64 Down: De Matteo of The Sopranos => DREA
67 Down: Do film editing work => SPLICE
68 Down: Program with steps => ALANON
69 Down: Green eggs advocate => SAM
70 Down: Namibia neighbor => ANGOLA
71 Down: Author who wrote Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life => WILDE
73 Down: Two pills, perhaps => DOSAGE
75 Down: Cereal brand since 1955 => SPECIALK
77 Down: 49-Acrosses lead them => COS
78 Down: More than trot => RUN
80 Down: Archie Bunker's Place co-star => ANNEMEARA
81 Down: Plains dwelling => TEPEE
82 Down: Dublin-born poet => YEATS
85 Down: Nailed, say => FASTENED
87 Down: Sound file suffix => WAV
91 Down: Business baron => TITAN
92 Down: Cold War protest sign slogan => NONUKES
93 Down: They don't play the field: Abbr. => DHS
96 Down: Each => APIECE
99 Down: Floor covering => CARPET
101 Down: Two trios and a duo => OCTET
102 Down: Mazda sports car => MIATA
104 Down: Requirements => NEEDS
105 Down: Shot in the dark => STAB
106 Down: Floor covering => TILE
107 Down: Kimono holders => OBIS
109 Down: Twosome => DYAD
110 Down: Mil. awards => DSMS
111 Down: Quart, say => UNIT
113 Down: Pack animal => ASS
115 Down: '50s White House nickname => IKE
116 Down: 1995 Tony honoree for Excellence in the Theatre: Abbr. => NEA
117 Down: Sound of reproach => TSK

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This crossword has 71 across clues and 74 down clues. In total 145 clues are solved in the section above.
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