Crossword Answers For: Saturday, December 16, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Overwhelming place for many country folk => THEBIGCITY
11 Across: Once-a-week mantra => TGIF
15 Across: Early second-millennium style => ROMANESQUE
16 Across: Modern-day carpe diem => YOLO
17 Across: '80s scandal => IRANCONTRA
18 Across: Pro shop purchase => POLO
19 Across: Remove fluff from, perhaps => EDIT
20 Across: Blond, in many cases => DYED
21 Across: Moved to another table => RESAT
22 Across: Dispatch to the cutting room floor => DELETE
24 Across: Easy money, in theory => SUREBETS
26 Across: Some retirement purchases => RVS
27 Across: Pinkberry competitor => TCBY
28 Across: Hardened, as concrete => SET
29 Across: Layers => PLIES
32 Across: Make a mild romantic overture to => ASKIN
33 Across: Eastern way => TAO
34 Across: Causes to be => RENDERS
36 Across: Anka hit with a Spanish influence => ESOBESO
38 Across: Iron-__ => ONS
39 Across: Era, perhaps => REIGN
41 Across: Place for a pin => LAPEL
42 Across: Opening => GAP
43 Across: Facts and figures => INFO
44 Across: Physical pros => MDS
45 Across: Right, understood => OHIGETIT
47 Across: Fig. at the state's courtroom table => ASSTDA
51 Across: Odyssey fruit => LOTUS
52 Across: They have small roles => COGS
54 Across: Unlike narrators, usually => SEEN
55 Across: Duty-__ => FREE
56 Across: Could conceivably get => HASASHOTAT
58 Across: Hazzard County deputy => ENOS
59 Across: Is it safe to talk? => AREWEALONE
60 Across: Calls the game => REFS
61 Across: Plot markers => HEADSTONES

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Strained, e.g. => TRIED
2 Down: Large mass => HORDE
3 Down: Modern box filler => EMAIL
4 Down: Went back and forth => BANTERED
5 Down: Business issue => INC
6 Down: Natural history museum objects => GEODES
7 Down: Ohio group, initially => CSNY
8 Down: Educational placement aids => IQTESTS
9 Down: Double-stuffed holiday dish => TURDUCKEN
10 Down: Pro's call => YEA
11 Down: Generally unstressed => TYPEB
12 Down: Stiff-legged stride => GOOSESTEP
13 Down: Twitchy => ILLATEASE
14 Down: Chair accessory => FOOTSTOOL
21 Down: Big name in aluminum history => REYNOLDS
23 Down: Pilot's ideal outcome? => TVSERIES
25 Down: MLB stats => RBIS
29 Down: FedExCup seeker => PROGOLFER
30 Down: Subject of the biography Stormy Weather => LENAHORNE
31 Down: Notwithstanding => INSPITEOF
32 Down: Big deal => ASIFICARE
35 Down: Let out for a time => RENT
37 Down: Jazz club highlight => BASSSOLO
40 Down: Sail => GOTOSEA
44 Down: Ordinary people => MASSES
46 Down: One may be educated => GUESS
48 Down: Western Wyoming county => TETON
49 Down: Revolutionary diplomat Silas => DEANE
50 Down: Opening stakes => ANTES
53 Down: Oh mah __! => GAWD
56 Down: Unlikely! => HAH
57 Down: Banded Wonderland wear => HAT

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This crossword has 36 across clues and 33 down clues. In total 69 clues are solved in the section above.
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