Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 7, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Not insignificant => BIG
4 Across: LeBron's hometown => AKRON
9 Across: Pet food brand => ALPO
13 Across: Discontinued iPod model => NANO
14 Across: Saltine brand => ZESTA
15 Across: Action word => VERB
16 Across: Words after an estimate => ORSO
17 Across: Divisions politiques => ETATS
18 Across: Those, to Pablo => ESOS
19 Across: *Award-winning defense unit? => TOPFORT
21 Across: Sculler's blade => OAR
23 Across: Capri suffix => OTE
24 Across: Trattoria menu suffix => INI
25 Across: Chaucer offering => TALE
27 Across: Stagecoach, for one => OATER
29 Across: Birdcage feature => PERCH
31 Across: *Manchester hospital hookup? => ENGLISHIV
34 Across: Multichannel => STEREO
36 Across: Saturn SUV => VUE
37 Across: One of the Nereids => IONE
38 Across: *Either of a historic PGA pair? => ARNIESARM
41 Across: Neatnik's opposite => SLOB
44 Across: Pioneering ISP => AOL
45 Across: Warm-weather wear => SHORTS
49 Across: *Enforcer of greenhouse gas restrictions? => CARBONCOP
52 Across: Three-time Wimbledon champ => EVERT
53 Across: Directive => ORDER
54 Across: One of the three bears => PAPA
56 Across: Mai __ => TAI
57 Across: Arctic coast explorer => RAE
58 Across: Consume => EAT
61 Across: Make smart remarks ... and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues => WISEOFF
63 Across: Mosque figure => IMAM
65 Across: Big name in craft stores => JOANN
67 Across: Response to being slain, in texts? => ROFL
68 Across: Khartoum's river => NILE
69 Across: Match => AGREE
70 Across: Would __? => ILIE
71 Across: Notable deed => GEST
72 Across: Saratoga action => RACES
73 Across: PC panic button => ESC

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: British nobleman => BARONET
2 Down: Motivate => INSPIRE
3 Down: Mess (up) => GOOF
4 Down: Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017 => AZERA
5 Down: Whistling vessel => KETTLE
6 Down: Nation surrounding 10-Down: Abbr. => RSA
7 Down: Director Preminger => OTTO
8 Down: Hidden Figures org. => NASA
9 Down: __ Maria => AVE
10 Down: Enclaved African land => LESOTHO
11 Down: Tofu nutrient => PROTEIN
12 Down: Watch => OBSERVE
13 Down: Custom on some cruises => NOTIPS
20 Down: Multiple-choice choice => OTHER
22 Down: Louis XIV, par exemple => ROI
26 Down: Wrap around => ENVELOP
28 Down: I, Robot writer => ASIMOV
30 Down: Champion swimmer/actor Buster => CRABBE
32 Down: Director Van Sant => GUS
33 Down: Where ewes can hang out => LEAS
35 Down: __ even keel => ONAN
39 Down: Biennial games org. => IOC
40 Down: Flightless birds => RHEAS
41 Down: Making a touchdown => SCORING
42 Down: Metro area SSE of Casper => LARAMIE
43 Down: Major hassles => ORDEALS
46 Down: Updates the plant => RETOOLS
47 Down: Rush hour report topic => TRAFFIC
48 Down: Suppress => STIFLE
50 Down: Vein contents => ORE
51 Down: Plains tribe => PAWNEE
55 Down: Source of hard and soft lumber => PINES
59 Down: A bit cracked => AJAR
60 Down: Forum attire => TOGA
62 Down: Lackawanna's lake => ERIE
64 Down: Ran into => MET
66 Down: __ welding => ARC

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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