Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: eBay sale condition => ASIS
5 Across: Nasal spray, e.g. => MIST
9 Across: Guiding values of a group => ETHOS
14 Across: Funnyman Jay => LENO
15 Across: Actress Falco of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders => EDIE
16 Across: Bench-clearing fight => BRAWL
17 Across: Indonesian resort island => BALI
18 Across: Big commotion => HURLYBURLY
20 Across: Assists with a felony => ABETS
22 Across: River near the Egyptian pyramids => NILE
23 Across: Podcast interruptions => ADS
24 Across: Taxable profit => NETGAIN
26 Across: Julep ingredient => MINT
28 Across: It has only two possible answers => YESORNOQUESTION
33 Across: Enjoy a pizza, say => EAT
34 Across: Summer shades => TANS
35 Across: Hosp. diagnostic chamber => MRI
36 Across: Performs like Drake => RAPS
39 Across: Have a bug => AIL
40 Across: Pedal pushers => FEET
41 Across: Lifeboat mover => OAR
42 Across: Like cellars, typically => DAMP
44 Across: The Blacklist government agcy. => FBI
46 Across: Start of a teaching moment from grandpa => WHENIWASYOURAGE
52 Across: Australian isl. state => TASM
53 Across: Chose from a menu => ORDERED
54 Across: Refuse to share => HOG
55 Across: Imitated => APED
58 Across: Hindu sage => SWAMI
59 Across: Showing embarrassment ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing => TURNINGRED
62 Across: Not much => ABIT
63 Across: Thorny plant => BRIAR
64 Across: Like eyesores => UGLY
65 Across: Snippet of poetry => LINE
66 Across: Platform for a play => STAGE
67 Across: Get ready for a selfie => POSE
68 Across: __-back: relaxed => LAID

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hudson River capital => ALBANY
2 Down: Naval construction worker => SEABEE
3 Down: Shoreline recesses => INLETS
4 Down: C'est la vie => SOITGOES
5 Down: I'm not impressed => MEH
6 Down: Beats me => IDUNNO
7 Down: iPad voice-activated app => SIRI
8 Down: Reveal => TELL
9 Down: Fade away => EBB
10 Down: One playing hooky => TRUANT
11 Down: Difficulty, with a => HARDTIME
12 Down: Birds that can rotate their heads about 270 degrees => OWLS
13 Down: Sneaky => SLY
19 Down: Red Sea republic => YEMEN
21 Down: Lee of desserts => SARA
25 Down: QB's flub => INT
27 Down: Magazine unit: Abbr. => ISS
29 Down: Ear cleaners => QTIPS
30 Down: Carrier whose largest hub is O'Hare: Abbr. => UAL
31 Down: Mine extraction => ORE
32 Down: Petty peeve => NIT
36 Down: Information on a Broadway ticket => ROW
37 Down: Satisfied sigh => AAH
38 Down: University of South Africa city => PRETORIA
39 Down: Org. for docs => AMA
40 Down: Computer network security system => FIREWALL
42 Down: Bad-mouth => DIS
43 Down: Oh, drat! => AWMAN
44 Down: Word on a gift tag => FOR
45 Down: Future blossoms => BUDS
47 Down: Get off my back! => NAGNAG
48 Down: Alpine songs => YODELS
49 Down: Lawrence of __ => ARABIA
50 Down: The Twins of the Zodiac => GEMINI
51 Down: Worked on text => EDITED
54 Down: Injured => HURT
56 Down: PC key used for scrolling => PGUP
57 Down: Logically, ... => ERGO
59 Down: Channel formerly called Superstation => TBS
60 Down: Fury => IRE
61 Down: Just For Men product => DYE

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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