Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 5, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Seize => USURP
6 Across: Just slightly => ABIT
10 Across: Lip-__ => SYNC
14 Across: Justice nominated by Barack => SONIA
15 Across: Buddy, in slang => BRAH
16 Across: Secure with lines => MOOR
17 Across: Cut most likely to win a BBQ competition? => MODELTBONE
19 Across: TT automaker => AUDI
20 Across: Part of => INON
21 Across: Feminine side => YIN
22 Across: Keyboard shortcuts => MACROS
24 Across: TV scientist with 19 Emmys => NYE
25 Across: Keurig coffee for the big day? => SPECIALKCUP
27 Across: Tear drier => TISSUE
29 Across: Richmond-to-D.C. direction => NNE
30 Across: Hunk's pride => ABS
31 Across: Finishes second => PLACES
34 Across: Deli order => BLT
35 Across: Rental to get the twins to college? => DOUBLEUHAUL
38 Across: Word before or after pack => RAT
39 Across: Nearly => ALMOST
40 Across: Asian New Year => TET
41 Across: Harmless cyst => WEN
43 Across: They're tossed up before they're made => PIZZAS
47 Across: Sports competitions in anti-gravity? => SPACEXGAMES
51 Across: Uganda's Amin => IDI
52 Across: Ciudad Juárez neighbor => ELPASO
53 Across: It's crude, then refined => GAS
54 Across: Bit of cabinet hardware => KNOB
55 Across: Money box => TILL
56 Across: Ring up a short story writer? => DIALOHENRY
59 Across: Bering Sea barker => SEAL
60 Across: Impromptu modern group pic => USIE
61 Across: King Triton's mermaid daughter => ARIEL
62 Across: Poet __ St. Vincent Millay => EDNA
63 Across: Boys, to men => SONS
64 Across: Commencement celebrants => GRADS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Org. that makes cents => USMINT
2 Down: Woody's wife => SOONYI
3 Down: Repeals => UNDOES
4 Down: It meant nothing to Edith Piaf => RIEN
5 Down: Buddy => PAL
6 Down: Chicago 7 first name => ABBIE
7 Down: Rodeo bucker => BRONC
8 Down: Writer/illustrator Falconer known for Olivia children's books => IAN
9 Down: Stan __ Musial => THEMAN
10 Down: Big wet one => SMACK
11 Down: I'm not making that decision => YOURCALL
12 Down: For sure! => NODOUBT
13 Down: Baked fruit desserts => CRISPS
18 Down: Rare blood designation => TYPEAB
23 Down: Dogfish Head brew => ALE
25 Down: Star Trek role for Takei and Cho => SULU
26 Down: To recap ... => INSUM
28 Down: Pick out of a crowd => SPOT
32 Down: Bell tower sound => CLANG
33 Down: Long fish => EEL
34 Down: Secretary of Agriculture under Nixon => BUTZ
35 Down: Smartphone arrangement => DATAPLAN
36 Down: Knock on wood => HOPESO
37 Down: Craigslist caveat => ASIS
38 Down: Wrote back => REPLIED
40 Down: Fly around the equator? => TSETSE
41 Down: Actor Bentley => WES
42 Down: It included a sweet, not sorrowful, parting => EXODUS
44 Down: Sunflower relative => ZINNIA
45 Down: Doted on => ADORED
46 Down: Delphic diviners => SIBYLS
48 Down: Lily plant => CALLA
49 Down: Not __! => AGAIN
50 Down: Cock and bull => MALES
54 Down: Broadway's Walter __ Theatre => KERR
57 Down: Classified ad shorthand for seeking => ISO
58 Down: Folklore crone => HAG

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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