Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Jeans joints => SEAMS
6 Across: Big coffee holders => URNS
10 Across: Window unit => PANE
14 Across: Major deity in Indonesia => ALLAH
15 Across: Sentence structure element => NOUN
16 Across: Entry on a list => ITEM
17 Across: Polygraph procedure => LIEDETECTORTEST
20 Across: Boots from school => EXPELS
21 Across: Latte option => MOCHA
22 Across: Small swallow => SIP
23 Across: Aunt Bee's boy => OPIETAYLOR
28 Across: Jicama or ginseng => ROOT
31 Across: Two-time Oscar-winning director Lee => ANG
32 Across: Stock market debut, initially => IPO
33 Across: Racket => NOISE
35 Across: St. Peter holds its keys => HEAVEN
38 Across: Five-card draw variation => JACKSORBETTER
41 Across: Professional pursuit => CAREER
42 Across: Sidekick who rode Scout => TONTO
43 Across: Ventilate => AIR
44 Across: Article in Der Spiegel => EIN
45 Across: Veterinarian's subj. => ANAT
48 Across: Tract => PLOTOFLAND
53 Across: Tease => RIB
55 Across: I understand! => GOTIT
56 Across: Disney World's county => ORANGE
59 Across: Dinner table question answered by this puzzle's circled letters => WHATSFORDESSERT
63 Across: No longer here => GONE
64 Across: Ancestry.com diagram => TREE
65 Across: Pop by => VISIT
66 Across: They catch fish => NETS
67 Across: Size matters not Jedi master => YODA
68 Across: Out of style => PASSE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Black Friday events => SALES
2 Down: Magical mixture => ELIXIR
3 Down: Syrian city on the Silk Road => ALEPPO
4 Down: Conjured up => MADE
5 Down: Author Silverstein => SHEL
6 Down: One, for Monet => UNE
7 Down: Mythical big bird => ROC
8 Down: Apple pie spice => NUTMEG
9 Down: Supercilious type => SNOOT
10 Down: Brief and forceful => PITHY
11 Down: Totally creamed => ATEALIVE
12 Down: Video game letters => NES
13 Down: Life-saving pro => EMT
18 Down: General on Chinese menus => TSO
19 Down: Early TV maker => RCA
24 Down: __ Robles, California => PASO
25 Down: Subject of Newton's first law => INERTIA
26 Down: 0 button letters => OPER
27 Down: Director Howard => RON
29 Down: It may be enough => ONCE
30 Down: Dealer's tip => TOKE
34 Down: Negev Desert land: Abbr. => ISR
35 Down: Lady bird => HEN
36 Down: Soul singer James => ETTA
37 Down: Oceans => ATON
38 Down: Just Visiting Monopoly square => JAIL
39 Down: Overbearing => ARROGANT
40 Down: City on the Rhine => BONN
41 Down: Gas tank cover => CAP
44 Down: Matador's opponent => ELTORO
46 Down: Gunsmoke star James => ARNESS
47 Down: Mosul Dam's river => TIGRIS
49 Down: Convenient bags => TOTES
50 Down: Some NHL endings => OTS
51 Down: Old Glory's star count => FIFTY
52 Down: Female deer => DOE
54 Down: Davis of All About Eve => BETTE
57 Down: Invitation request => RSVP
58 Down: Much of the Silk Road is in it => ASIA
59 Down: Chicago-based cable superstation => WGN
60 Down: Tool that gets ground up => HOE
61 Down: Flushed => RED
62 Down: Org. in the 2000 film Traffic => DEA

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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