Crossword Answers For: Sunday, December 10, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: /, on some score sheets => SPARE
6 Across: Herbal tea => TISANE
12 Across: Premier League powerhouse => CHELSEA
19 Across: Ascended => SCALED
20 Across: Calligraphy container => INKPOT
21 Across: Top-seller => HOTITEM
22 Across: Tehran tinderbox for 14-plus months => HOSTAGECRISIS
24 Across: Getting on in years => ELDERLY
25 Across: Asthmatic's device => INHALER
26 Across: Super, slangily => UBER
27 Across: Batman after Michael => VAL
28 Across: Google : Android :: Apple : __ => IOS
29 Across: Got the word => HEARD
30 Across: It borders three oceans => ASIA
32 Across: Resort near Boston => CAPEANN
34 Across: Making the Guinness Book, say => SETTINGARECORD
38 Across: Wander (about) => GAD
41 Across: Took charge of => LED
44 Across: Long stretches => AEONS
45 Across: Netflix alternative => HULU
46 Across: Down tune => DIRGE
48 Across: Ocean rings => ATOLLS
50 Across: Earned => WON
51 Across: Some charges => USERFEES
54 Across: Investment firm T. __ Price => ROWE
55 Across: World Cup events => SOCCERGAMES
60 Across: Plummeted => SANK
61 Across: Ne'er-do-well => KNAVE
63 Across: Catch of the day, perhaps => SEABASS
64 Across: Inc., in Toronto => LTD
66 Across: Euro divs. => CTS
67 Across: Workout addicts => GYMRATS
69 Across: That's no kidding => IMEANIT
72 Across: Sault __ Marie => STE
74 Across: Pull => TUG
75 Across: Jerry-rigged, in a way => TAPEDON
79 Across: Ekberg of La Dolce Vita => ANITA
82 Across: Crime scene figure => PERP
84 Across: Recycling center item => BEVERAGECAN
87 Across: Stable baby => FOAL
88 Across: National summer sport of Canada => LACROSSE
90 Across: Luanda is its cap. => ANG
91 Across: Mourning on the court => ALONZO
93 Across: Distant => ALOOF
94 Across: Sudden attack => RAID
96 Across: Dish alternative => CABLE
99 Across: Lush => SOT
100 Across: Lady Tigers' sch. => TSU
101 Across: Log holder => FIREPLACEGRATE
106 Across: More offensive => NASTIER
108 Across: Queen in Frozen => ELSA
109 Across: Lackluster finish => MATTE
113 Across: And the like: Abbr. => ETC
114 Across: Sweetie => HON
115 Across: Mother of Castor => LEDA
117 Across: Choice word => WHETHER
119 Across: Get going, as an oven => PREHEAT
121 Across: It's not all good ... and it's literally found in this puzzle's circles => MIXEDBLESSING
123 Across: Roll call discovery => ABSENCE
124 Across: Figure of speech? => ORATOR
125 Across: Oddball => WEIRDO
126 Across: Agreement often reluctant but still respectful => YESDEAR
127 Across: Mischief-makers => DEMONS
128 Across: Thrills => SENDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Teahouse treat => SCONE
2 Down: Lara's husband in Doctor Zhivago => PASHA
3 Down: Wedding settings => ALTARS
4 Down: Genuine article => REALDEAL
5 Down: Barely beat (out) => EDGE
6 Down: It may be nervous => TIC
7 Down: Reduced to rubble => INRUINS
8 Down: Aspen traveler's item => SKIBAG
9 Down: Cathedral recess => APSE
10 Down: Detective fiction genre => NOIR
11 Down: Movie makeup dept. creations => ETS
12 Down: Inferior => CHEAPO
13 Down: Cry out loud => HOLLER
14 Down: Flight takeoff fig. => ETD
15 Down: '60s protest => LIEIN
16 Down: What a Facebook post might draw => STRONGREACTIONS
17 Down: Fish trapped in pots => EELS
18 Down: Adams of Her => AMY
19 Down: __ Tzu => SHIH
23 Down: Sister of Clio => ERATO
27 Down: Space devoid of matter => VACUUM
31 Down: Lust, e.g. => SIN
32 Down: Dopey frame, e.g. => CEL
33 Down: Short lines at the post office? => ADDR
35 Down: Hardy's Pure Woman => TESS
36 Down: Now, in Nicaragua => AHORA
37 Down: Climbing aids => RUNGS
39 Down: Mole, perhaps => AGENT
40 Down: Classroom array => DESKS
41 Down: Shenanigan => LARK
42 Down: School since 1440 => ETON
43 Down: Violet Crawley's title in Downton Abbey => DOWAGERCOUNTESS
47 Down: Uncertainties => IFS
49 Down: Impose, as a tax => LEVY
50 Down: Bug catcher => WEB
52 Down: One-named Tejano pop star => SELENA
53 Down: This, to Picasso => ESTA
56 Down: Plains folks? => OSAGES
57 Down: Belgium winter hrs. => CET
58 Down: Social division => CASTE
59 Down: Remark to the audience => ASIDE
62 Down: Pro with a siren => EMT
65 Down: Paternity test letters => DNA
68 Down: Uses elbow grease on => RUBS
70 Down: Comfy slip-on => MOC
71 Down: Skinny => INFO
72 Down: Impact sound => SPLAT
73 Down: Dabbling ducks => TEALS
76 Down: Thin as __ => ARAIL
77 Down: Important animal in '70s U.S.-China diplomacy => PANDA
78 Down: Future chicken => EGG
80 Down: Unexpected blends tea brand => TAZO
81 Down: Heaps => ALOT
83 Down: Golf course figure => PRO
85 Down: Ben of Roots => VEREEN
86 Down: Film lioness => NALA
89 Down: Send-__: farewells => OFFS
92 Down: Hmm … => LETMESEE
95 Down: What 4 may mean: Abbr. => APR
96 Down: Porcelain with a pale green glaze => CELADON
97 Down: Justice Dept. bigwigs => AGS
98 Down: Beaning aftermath, sometimes => BRAWL
102 Down: Odysseus' kingdom => ITHACA
103 Down: Revolting sort? => RIOTER
104 Down: Formally give => CEDETO
105 Down: Takes courses at home? => EATSIN
107 Down: Felt the pain => ACHED
110 Down: Hot corner base => THIRD
111 Down: Ministers => TENDS
112 Down: Cartesian connection => ERGO
113 Down: Kathryn of HBO's Oz => ERBE
115 Down: Old Parmesan bread => LIRE
116 Down: Eye __ => EXAM
118 Down: Adheres (to) => HEWS
119 Down: Settle up => PAY
120 Down: Biloxi-to-Mobile dir. => ENE
121 Down: Like Twiggy's style => MOD
122 Down: Places to crash, in ads => BRS

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This crossword has 64 across clues and 79 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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