Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Carpet thickness => PILE
5 Across: Crowbar, basically => LEVER
10 Across: Vanishing ski lift => TBAR
14 Across: Preemptive rescue op => EVAC
15 Across: Wear down => ERODE
16 Across: MasterCard rival => VISA
17 Across: *Boot camp newbie => RAWRECRUIT
19 Across: Not fer => AGIN
20 Across: Slap in the face => INSULT
21 Across: Play the hand you were dealt => STANDPAT
23 Across: Smooth engine sound => HUM
25 Across: __-Locka, Florida => OPA
26 Across: Aetna's bus. => INS
27 Across: Michelin product => CARTIRE
31 Across: Ancient vase in a museum, say => RELIC
33 Across: Fuel-efficient Chevy => AVEO
34 Across: Physics work unit => ERG
36 Across: Starts the kitty => ANTES
39 Across: Truth stretcher => LIAR
40 Across: Nebula Award genre => SCIFI
43 Across: Undiluted => PURE
44 Across: Untrue => FALSE
46 Across: Acquired => GOT
47 Across: __ Minor: Little Bear => URSA
48 Across: Chinese menu promise => NOMSG
51 Across: Company co-founded by J.P. Morgan => USSTEEL
53 Across: The Simpsons disco guy => STU
55 Across: Sport-__: 4 x 4 => UTE
56 Across: 90 deg. at the North Pole, e.g. => LAT
57 Across: Overly long and generally unproductive activity => TIMESINK
60 Across: One of Santa's reindeer => DASHER
65 Across: SOS pop group => ABBA
66 Across: *Defensible alibi => GOODEXCUSE
68 Across: Baked desserts => PIES
69 Across: Latest craze => MANIA
70 Across: Ointment additive => ALOE
71 Across: Tortoise racer => HARE
72 Across: Spiritual guardian => ANGEL
73 Across: Identity hider => MASK

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Prefix with scope => PERI
2 Down: Hall of Fame catcher Rodriguez => IVAN
3 Down: Newton's motion trio => LAWS
4 Down: Color of raw silk => ECRU
5 Down: Professors' talks => LECTURES
6 Down: Boot the ball => ERR
7 Down: Parlez-__ français? => VOUS
8 Down: Manuscript fixer => EDITOR
9 Down: Make another recording of => RETAPE
10 Down: Promo on the tube => TVAD
11 Down: *Grand scheme of things => BIGPICTURE
12 Down: From China, say => ASIAN
13 Down: Tirades => RANTS
18 Down: Pre-college, briefly => ELHI
22 Down: Simba's playmate => NALA
24 Down: Defunct Ford division, for short => MERC
27 Down: Baby whale => CALF
28 Down: Sports shoe brand => AVIA
29 Down: *It may be rational, in math => REALNUMBER
30 Down: Sculptor's subject => TORSO
32 Down: Data to be processed => INPUT
35 Down: Band tour booking => GIG
37 Down: Highland tongue => ERSE
38 Down: Close tightly => SEAL
41 Down: Basketball transgression => FOUL
42 Down: Agreed! ... and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues => ITSADEAL
45 Down: Grounded Aussie birds => EMUS
49 Down: Mark of disgrace => STIGMA
50 Down: Columbus, by birth => GENOAN
52 Down: Lay's chips-in-a-can brand => STAX
53 Down: Dangerous bacterium => STAPH
54 Down: Knee-to-ankle bone => TIBIA
58 Down: Lessen, as pain => EASE
59 Down: Skull Island ape => KONG
61 Down: Rip-off => SCAM
62 Down: Island dance => HULA
63 Down: Those, in Mexico => ESOS
64 Down: Cause serious nose-wrinkling => REEK
67 Down: Stop working, as an engine => DIE

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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