Crossword Answers For: Saturday, September 30, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: MTV toon teen => BEAVIS
7 Across: Sings the blues => LAMENTS
14 Across: Planned city in California's Orange County => IRVINE
15 Across: Conquered => OVERCAME
17 Across: General courses => TRENDS
18 Across: Could be worse => NOTSOBAD
19 Across: __ talks => MONEY
20 Across: Ones in a mess, briefly => GIS
21 Across: Celestial body => ORB
22 Across: Chug-__ => ALUG
23 Across: Persuaded => SOLD
25 Across: Instrument dating to the Paleolithic age => FLUTE
27 Across: Go ahead => PLEASEDO
29 Across: One determining 17-Across => POLLER
30 Across: Wikipedia is an example of it => CROWDSOURCING
32 Across: Like most capital costs => ONETIME
33 Across: Kind of response to mortal danger => FIGHTORFLIGHT
39 Across: Brody who was the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner => ADRIEN
40 Across: Contingency plan => RECOURSE
43 Across: Double-check => READD
44 Across: Old Italian capital => LIRE
45 Across: __ oui! => MAIS
46 Across: Provoke => FAN
47 Across: San Francisco's __ Valley => NOE
48 Across: Presages => BODES
49 Across: Symbolic attitude? => EMOTICON
52 Across: Star close to Venus? => SERENA
53 Across: Field of dreams? => LALALAND
54 Across: Pucker-inducing => LEMONY
55 Across: Denies => NAYSAYS
56 Across: Parks with games => ARENAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Digital image format => BITMAP
2 Down: Jazz virtuoso Garner => ERROLL
3 Down: Street in Manhattan's Alphabet City => AVENUEC
4 Down: Salad bar item => VINEGAR
5 Down: __ 500 => INDY
6 Down: His, to Henri => SES
7 Down: Reunion discovery => LONGLOSTFRIENDS
8 Down: Bypass => AVOID
9 Down: Last team to play in the Polo Grounds => METS
10 Down: Sounds from the stumped => ERS
11 Down: Base fig. => NCO
12 Down: Bulgur salad => TABOULI
13 Down: Spruce (up) => SMARTEN
16 Down: Swedish tennis great => EDBERG
23 Down: Like some patches => SEWNON
24 Down: Harder to explain => ODDER
25 Down: Precede => FOREGO
26 Down: Inc. kin => LLC
28 Down: Blackened from combustion => SOOTED
29 Down: Exfoliation material => PUMICE
31 Down: NFL Titan, once => OILER
33 Down: Pasta pellets in Jewish cuisine => FARFEL
34 Down: Thoughtful guy? => IDEAMAN
35 Down: Breakfast bar => GRANOLA
36 Down: Sought anonymity => HID
37 Down: Just play along, okay? => HUMORME
38 Down: Exploit => TRADEON
41 Down: Burnt crayon color => SIENNA
42 Down: Prose pieces => ESSAYS
44 Down: More than a little foolish => LOONY
47 Down: BCS org. => NCAA
48 Down: It's often tapped out => BEER
50 Down: North Sea feeder => TAY
51 Down: They, in Tours => ILS
52 Down: Radical '70s org. => SLA

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This crossword has 31 across clues and 36 down clues. In total 67 clues are solved in the section above.
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