Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Back (out) => OPT
4 Across: Go by => ELAPSE
10 Across: Peak in Thessaly => OSSA
14 Across: Can. neighbor => USA
15 Across: City on the Liffey => DUBLIN
16 Across: Performs like Kanye => RAPS
17 Across: Eastern seaboard, facetiously => RIGHTCOAST
19 Across: Frantically => AMOK
20 Across: Out in the open => OVERT
21 Across: Open in the garden => BLOOM
22 Across: Narrow opening => SLIT
25 Across: Unlikely to run => COLORSAFE
28 Across: Insinuate => HINTAT
31 Across: Kitchen gadgets brand => OXO
32 Across: Sneak attack => AMBUSH
33 Across: Dryly amusing => WRY
34 Across: More info later: Abbr. => TBA
37 Across: Increase security twofold ... and what 17-, 25-, 46- and 58-Across literally do => DOUBLETHEGUARDS
41 Across: Radical '60s gp. => SDS
42 Across: Besides => TOO
43 Across: Scramble, as a secret message => ENCODE
44 Across: Tile container in Scrabble => BAG
45 Across: Write, as music => NOTATE
46 Across: Secret overseas cash stash site => SWISSBANK
52 Across: Japanese noodle => UDON
53 Across: Leg bone => TIBIA
54 Across: Midwestern city associated with steaks => OMAHA
57 Across: Additionally => ELSE
58 Across: What Aladdin craved and Jasmine wanted to escape, in the Disney film => PALACELIFE
63 Across: Abbr. on a city limits sign => ELEV
64 Across: What's for dinner => ENTREE
65 Across: Speed (up) => REV
66 Across: Piece of glass => PANE
67 Across: Radical in aspirin and vinegar => ACETYL
68 Across: Spot on a peacock's tail => EYE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Taylor Swift's __ Song => OUR
2 Down: Trident-shaped letter => PSI
3 Down: You're it! game => TAG
4 Down: 1999 Ron Howard satire => EDTV
5 Down: Journalist Clare Boothe __ => LUCE
6 Down: Multiple choice choices => ABORC
7 Down: Republic philosopher => PLATO
8 Down: Family gal => SIS
9 Down: MD treating canals => ENT
10 Down: Postgrad tests => ORALS
11 Down: South Pacific island nation => SAMOA
12 Down: Blazing Saddles, for one => SPOOF
13 Down: Shoot! => ASKME
18 Down: Après-ski amenities => HOTTUBS
21 Down: Dude => BRO
22 Down: Herring prized for its roe => SHAD
23 Down: Long rides? => LIMOS
24 Down: Preparing to flower => INBUD
26 Down: Handed-down tales => LORE
27 Down: Gas in a tank => OXYGEN
29 Down: Syst. with hand signals => ASL
30 Down: What a treater picks up => THETAB
33 Down: Says __? => WHO
34 Down: Touch-related => TACTUAL
35 Down: In __ daylight => BROAD
36 Down: Supplement => ADDTO
38 Down: Garment worn in HBO's Rome => TOGA
39 Down: 108-card game => UNO
40 Down: Not hidden => SEEN
44 Down: Merit badge org. => BSA
46 Down: Expensive => STEEP
47 Down: My Ántonia novelist Cather => WILLA
48 Down: Hedda Gabler playwright => IBSEN
49 Down: It won't hold water => SIEVE
50 Down: Nick of Hotel Rwanda => NOLTE
51 Down: Chain with a Smart Sense store brand => KMART
55 Down: __-deucey => ACEY
56 Down: Scoundrel => HEEL
58 Down: Stew vegetable => PEA
59 Down: Mandela's org. => ANC
60 Down: 15-Across locale: Abbr. => IRE
61 Down: 2000s SNL notable Tina => FEY
62 Down: Wrapping time => EVE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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