Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fancy parties => GALAS
6 Across: [This is gonna be really bad!] => GULP
10 Across: OutKast rapper Big __ => BOI
13 Across: Hi in Hawaii => ALOHA
14 Across: Senior golfer Aoki => ISAO
15 Across: Lends support to => AIDS
16 Across: Likely to speak out => VOCAL
17 Across: *Vodka cocktail often served with a sugared rim => LEMONDROP
19 Across: Text update from an Uber driver: Abbr. => ETA
20 Across: Trippy '60s drug => LSD
22 Across: Milked for all it's worth => BLEDDRY
23 Across: Mai __: rum drinks => TAIS
25 Across: Post-CrossFit woes => ACHES
26 Across: With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue => BROKEN
28 Across: __-ching! => CHA
29 Across: Down with the flu => ILL
32 Across: NFLer again in 2016 => LARAM
33 Across: Early American furniture style => COLONIAL
36 Across: Casino cash source => ATM
37 Across: Oft-injured knee part, for short => ACL
40 Across: Bit of texting tact => PLS
41 Across: Sine __ non => QUA
42 Across: Interest-arousing promo => TEASERAD
45 Across: More accurate => TRUER
47 Across: Mud bath offerer => SPA
48 Across: Night before => EVE
49 Across: See 26-Across => RECORD
50 Across: Burton of Star Trek: TNG => LEVAR
52 Across: Wild swine => BOAR
53 Across: Win out => PREVAIL
56 Across: Tiny drink => SIP
57 Across: Go wrong => ERR
60 Across: *Largely bygone penal colony => LABORCAMP
62 Across: Paper Moon girl => ADDIE
64 Across: Notable times => ERAS
65 Across: Mideast dignitary => EMIR
66 Across: Brownish gray => TAUPE
67 Across: Susan of L.A. Law => DEY
68 Across: Fix, as a feline => SPAY
69 Across: Promoted heavily => HYPED

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Conceded, with up => GAVE
2 Down: Tons => ALOT
3 Down: *Store website feature => LOCATORMAP
4 Down: I thought so! => AHA
5 Down: Education financing company, familiarly => SALLIEMAE
6 Down: Coat, as jewelry => GILD
7 Down: Put in the game => USE
8 Down: *Shari Lewis puppet => LAMBCHOP
9 Down: Place for a break? => POOLHALL
10 Down: Dove or robin => BIRD
11 Down: Campfire attraction => ODOR
12 Down: Kids' game for car trips => ISPY
15 Down: Includes => ADDSIN
18 Down: Maiden name intro => NEE
21 Down: Nine-digit ID => SSN
24 Down: Wanted poster letters => AKA
25 Down: Duke's conf. => ACC
26 Down: Cry from a sheep => BLAT
27 Down: Motel postings => RATES
30 Down: *Totally drunk => LIQUOREDUP
31 Down: Today co-host Matt => LAUER
34 Down: Manipulative health care practitioner => OSTEOPATH
35 Down: Pie crust fat => LARD
38 Down: Mountain climber's piton spots => CREVICES
39 Down: *Light source with hypnotic bubbles => LAVALAMP
43 Down: Artillery bursts => SALVOS
44 Down: Essen article => DER
46 Down: Electronics giant => RCA
49 Down: Hitter's stat => RBI
51 Down: Sound-detecting organ => EAR
53 Down: Claimed in court => PLED
54 Down: Hard to find => RARE
55 Down: Buy It Now site => EBAY
56 Down: Agile => SPRY
58 Down: Like orange or red persimmons => RIPE
59 Down: Marsh plant => REED
61 Down: Athletes for Hope co-founder Hamm => MIA
63 Down: Calendar square => DAY

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