Crossword Answers For: Saturday, March 11, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Participated in a movie gunfight, say => SHOTBLANKS
11 Across: Symbol of purity => HALO
15 Across: Fizzled => PETEREDOUT
16 Across: Junket => TRIP
17 Across: Really hot => EXTRASPICY
18 Across: Bud => MATE
19 Across: Passes => ENACTS
20 Across: Getaway car driver => WHEELMAN
22 Across: Comforter => DUVET
23 Across: Metered lines => POESY
24 Across: Rudder location => AFT
25 Across: Now! => STAT
26 Across: Buddenbrooks author => MANN
27 Across: Farm follower? => EIEIO
29 Across: Moolah => GELT
30 Across: Pop-up producer => ADWARE
31 Across: How many games are won => ASATEAM
35 Across: Cuddled => SPOONED
36 Across: Wine flavor component => TANNIN
37 Across: Compact __ => DISC
38 Across: Jerks => TWITS
39 Across: No __! => DICE
40 Across: Inventing middle name => ALVA
44 Across: Six-pack to be proud of => ABS
45 Across: Big name in '50s-'60s civil rights => EVERS
47 Across: Take turns? => STEER
48 Across: Cuts to a roving reporter => GOESLIVE
50 Across: Introductory language class => LATINI
51 Across: Digging => INTO
52 Across: Symbol of ancient Egypt => SACREDIBIS
54 Across: Shipping hazard => REEF
55 Across: Wary => ONTHEALERT
56 Across: Exam for some college srs. => LSAT
57 Across: Tourist attraction => RESORTAREA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Radar pickups => SPEEDS
2 Down: Threaded fastener => HEXNUT
3 Down: Interval for Rossini => OTTAVA
4 Down: Three-line stanza => TERCET
5 Down: Benjamin of Law & Order => BRATT
6 Down: Frequency modulation word? => LESS
7 Down: Payroll service initials => ADP
8 Down: Forget it! => NOIWONT
9 Down: German coffeecake => KUCHEN
10 Down: Optical maladies => STYES
11 Down: Webmaster's code => HTML
12 Down: Ancient Syrian => ARAMAEAN
13 Down: Got ready to grill => LITAFIRE
14 Down: Displaying polish, perhaps => OPENTOED
21 Down: Focus group member, casually? => EYEDOC
23 Down: Date provider => PALM
26 Down: Average => MEAN
28 Down: WWII battle site, for short => IWO
29 Down: Theodor whose middle name was Seuss => GEISEL
30 Down: It adjoins the altar => APSE
31 Down: Brava! => ATTAGIRL
32 Down: Surgeon, slangily => SAWBONES
33 Down: Aromatic brew => ANISETEA
34 Down: Blaster => TNT
35 Down: Unleashes => SICS
37 Down: Runs => DIRECTS
39 Down: William of 24 => DEVANE
40 Down: Fifth-century invader => ATTILA
41 Down: Elvis Presley lyricist Jerry => LEIBER
42 Down: __ facias: jury pool (from the Latin for make come) => VENIRE
43 Down: Grain bristle => ARISTA
46 Down: Sun block => VISOR
47 Down: '70s-'80s Egyptian president => SADAT
49 Down: Permissive => SOFT
50 Down: Suggestive gander => LEER
53 Down: Letter after pi => RHO

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This crossword has 34 across clues and 37 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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