Crossword Answers For: Thursday, October 26, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: The Hobbit figure => DWARF
6 Across: Moneyless deal => SWAP
10 Across: It may involve an exchange of letters => CODE
14 Across: Like a raucous crowd => AROAR
15 Across: Grassy pet => CHIA
16 Across: Binged (on) => ODED
17 Across: FAN => RANGEHOODDEVICE
20 Across: Donkey Kong, e.g. => APE
21 Across: Tiny bit => IOTA
22 Across: Gas in an arc lamp => XENON
23 Across: Cultural opening? => AGRI
24 Across: Working away => ATIT
26 Across: FAN => GEISHAACCESSORY
33 Across: Dark => UNLIT
34 Across: Holy Week season => LENT
35 Across: Menagerie => ZOO
36 Across: Organa family royal => LEIA
37 Across: Outback youngsters => JOEYS
39 Across: Cover up => MASK
40 Across: Is for many => ARE
41 Across: Trombone's symphonic neighbor => TUBA
42 Across: First two-time Nobelist => CURIE
43 Across: FAN => GODOWNONSTRIKES
47 Across: False move => FAKE
48 Across: Try in court => HEAR
49 Across: Star Wars genre => SCIFI
52 Across: Contrary girl of rhyme => MARY
53 Across: Relaxation spot => SPA
56 Across: FAN => ARDENTSUPPORTER
60 Across: Oblique look => LEER
61 Across: Lowland => VALE
62 Across: Din => NOISE
63 Across: Bigelow products => TEAS
64 Across: Cut without mercy, as a budget => AXED
65 Across: Maker of iComfort mattresses => SERTA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Swimmer Torres with 12 Olympic medals => DARA
2 Down: Sub alternative => WRAP
3 Down: As good as it gets => AONE
4 Down: Joplin work => RAG
5 Down: Train load => FREIGHT
6 Down: Nova __ => SCOTIA
7 Down: Just a doggone minute! => WHOA
8 Down: Legal __ => AID
9 Down: Legal __ => PAD
10 Down: Longs for enviously => COVETS
11 Down: Mr. Wednesday's real identity in American Gods => ODIN
12 Down: Artistic style of L.A.'s Eastern Columbia Building => DECO
13 Down: Churchill's 1955 successor => EDEN
18 Down: Hand-holding celebratory dance => HORA
19 Down: Be real => EXIST
23 Down: Where Vladivostok is => ASIA
24 Down: __-deucey => ACEY
25 Down: Arithmetic column => TENS
26 Down: Solzhenitsyn subject => GULAG
27 Down: Día de Reyes month => ENERO
28 Down: That wasn't quite true ... => ILIED
29 Down: Do housework => CLEAN
30 Down: Netflix drama set in a Missouri mountain resort => OZARK
31 Down: WWII riveter => ROSIE
32 Down: Devices used with oxcarts => YOKES
37 Down: Rubbish => JUNK
38 Down: Flute's symphonic neighbor => OBOE
39 Down: Sierra Club founder => MUIR
41 Down: With the, East and West, in a Kipling ballad => TWAIN
42 Down: Colorful set => CRAYONS
44 Down: They're music to job-seekers' ears => OFFERS
45 Down: Molded => SHAPED
46 Down: Maryland athlete, familiarly => TERP
49 Down: Cellar contents => SALT
50 Down: First Nations tribe => CREE
51 Down: Thought => IDEA
52 Down: Backless shoe => MULE
53 Down: Start to wake up => STIR
54 Down: Sitter's challenge => PEST
55 Down: Geometry figure => AREA
57 Down: Power agcy. since 1933 => TVA
58 Down: Jazz band staple => SAX
59 Down: Landmark '70s case anonym => ROE

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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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