Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Brainiac => EGGHEAD
8 Across: Campus eatery, for short => CAF
11 Across: Flying Solo? => HAN
14 Across: Brewpub brew => PALEALE
15 Across: Auburn University home => ALABAMA
17 Across: #2 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time => CLAPTON
18 Across: Burger bun flavorings => SESAMES
19 Across: Out-of-date => OLD
20 Across: Usual people in a roundup? => SUSPECTS
22 Across: Small dogs => TOYS
24 Across: Trafficking org. => DEA
25 Across: Insisted on it => SAIDSO
29 Across: Gaming rookie, in slang => NOOB
31 Across: Treasure Island author's initials => RLS
33 Across: Cape => CLOAK
34 Across: Six-sided state => UTAH
36 Across: Steinbeck's __ of Eden => EAST
38 Across: Simple card game => WAR
39 Across: Pal of Sleepy => DOC
41 Across: Taras Bulba novelist Gogol => NIKOLAI
43 Across: Org. with Thunder and Heat => NBA
44 Across: Eggs in a lab => OVA
45 Across: Amino __ => ACID
46 Across: Chew (on) => GNAW
48 Across: Male bodybuilder => HEMAN
50 Across: Uncle, in Mexico => TIO
52 Across: Homecoming figure => GRAD
54 Across: Rock show venues => ARENAS
56 Across: U.K. country => ENG
58 Across: Palm smartphone => TREO
60 Across: Welcomers at the church door => GREETERS
63 Across: Car seller's employer: Abbr. => DLR
64 Across: Like some celebrity memoirs => TELLALL
67 Across: Desperate => DOORDIE
69 Across: Salaries => INCOMES
70 Across: Composer Puccini => GIACOMO
71 Across: 28-Down, essentially => POD
72 Across: Solid __ rock => ASA
73 Across: Steams up => ENRAGES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Spaceship Earth locale => EPCOT
2 Down: Unit at the pumps => GALLON
3 Down: *Friendly words to departing guests => GLADYOUCAME
4 Down: Old-school cool => HEP
5 Down: Has => EATS
6 Down: Spoken => ALOUD
7 Down: More heavily populated => DENSER
8 Down: Attorney's assignment => CASE
9 Down: Smart guys? => ALECS
10 Down: *Like medicine that works quickly => FASTACTING
11 Down: Smoked meat => HAM
12 Down: Zion Church letters => AME
13 Down: One Mic rapper => NAS
16 Down: Pasta sauce herb => BASIL
21 Down: *Extremely retro food regimen? => PALEODIET
23 Down: Drunkard => SOT
26 Down: Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues => DOWNWARDDOG
27 Down: Former Swedish automaker => SAAB
28 Down: Southern veggie => OKRA
30 Down: *Cruel Summer band => BANANARAMA
32 Down: Mineo of movies => SAL
35 Down: Hyphenated fruit drink brand => HIC
37 Down: Droop => SAG
39 Down: Qatar's capital => DOHA
40 Down: Done => OVER
42 Down: Young fox => KIT
47 Down: Hotel lobby hangings => ART
49 Down: Prefix with Saxon => ANGLO
51 Down: Nervous => ONEDGE
53 Down: Remove calcium deposits from => DELIME
55 Down: Tennis great Monica => SELES
57 Down: Area below the abdomen => GROIN
59 Down: Cookie bits in some Milka chocolate bars => OREOS
61 Down: Born Free lioness => ELSA
62 Down: Fly high => SOAR
64 Down: Gratuity => TIP
65 Down: Rock producer Brian => ENO
66 Down: HDTV choice => LCD
68 Down: HDTV brand => RCA

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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