Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 2, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Stay in the big house => SERVETIME
10 Across: Beach pretender => HODAD
15 Across: [Yawn] => INEEDANAP
16 Across: Many a Studio Ghibli film => ANIME
17 Across: Fund for incidentals => PETTYCASH
18 Across: Character who dances on the beach at Stavros => ZORBA
19 Across: Supporting => PRO
20 Across: Evil skill => SORCERY
22 Across: Talbot Jr. or Sr. on Rectify => TED
23 Across: Obstacles on the set => EGOS
25 Across: Confident response to Your opponent is ready => SOAMI
26 Across: Funeral rite heap => PYRE
27 Across: Poet Thomas => DYLAN
29 Across: Baby Blues baby => WREN
30 Across: Maranjab Desert country => IRAN
31 Across: Empty out badly? => ROB
33 Across: Repertoire => ARSENAL
35 Across: Skeleton's place? => CLOSET
38 Across: Do maintenance on, as a putting green => AERATE
39 Across: Card carrier => LANYARD
41 Across: Convene => SIT
42 Across: Chill (with) => HANG
43 Across: Kate of House of Cards => MARA
45 Across: Grouses => CARPS
49 Across: Welding sparks => ARCS
50 Across: Better => AMEND
52 Across: Tar on the ocean => SALT
53 Across: Compete => VIE
54 Across: Like free-range chickens => UNCAGED
56 Across: West of Tinseltown => MAE
57 Across: Country album? => ATLAS
59 Across: History buff's artifacts => AMERICANA
61 Across: Tearful queen => NIOBE
62 Across: Big brother, often => ROLEMODEL
63 Across: First chips => ANTES
64 Across: Chaotic places => SNAKEPITS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Nursed => SIPPED
2 Down: Zip => ENERGY
3 Down: Overhaul the plant => RETOOL
4 Down: Old hand => VET
5 Down: Dessert company founded in 1928 => EDYS
6 Down: Shells from stands => TACOS
7 Down: Sequentially => INAROW
8 Down: It runs in the shower => MASCARA
9 Down: Short-lived things => EPHEMERA
10 Down: Indistinct => HAZY
11 Down: Noted resident of The Dakota in Manhattan => ONO
12 Down: Singer? => DIRTYRAT
13 Down: Pale order => AMBERALE
14 Down: Tone down => DEADEN
21 Down: Washes out => RINSES
24 Down: South Seas cover-ups => SARONGS
26 Down: They're beaten at parties => PINATAS
28 Down: Intrusive => NOSY
32 Down: Tough guy's exhortation => BEAMAN
34 Down: Church of country => ERIC
35 Down: Allergy sufferer's choice => CLARITIN
36 Down: Legendary court figure => LANCELOT
37 Down: Mine carriers => TRAMCARS
40 Down: As if! => DREAMON
42 Down: Caribbean city with cocotaxis => HAVANA
44 Down: German chancellor Merkel => ANGELA
46 Down: City west of Baghdad => RAMADI
47 Down: Mercury, e.g. => PLANET
48 Down: Bargains beyond belief => STEALS
51 Down: Teammate of Mariano for 19 years => DEREK
54 Down: Exploits => USES
55 Down: Small change => DIME
58 Down: #16, familiarly => ABE
60 Down: Booking agent? => COP

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 35 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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