Crossword Answers For: Thursday, December 21, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: It can generate a lot of interest => CREDIT
7 Across: Become less aloof => THAW
11 Across: Texting format, briefly => SMS
14 Across: Saint of Ávila => TERESA
15 Across: Opera set in Egypt => AIDA
16 Across: Fell with an ax => HEW
17 Across: Whirligig => SPINNINGTOY
19 Across: Toothpaste-approving org. => ADA
20 Across: Northernmost capital on the Mississippi => STPAUL
21 Across: Key of Grieg's only piano concerto: Abbr. => AMIN
22 Across: Careful way to play it => SAFE
25 Across: Mont Blanc, e.g. => ALPINEPEAK
28 Across: Class-conscious gp.? => PTA
29 Across: Actress de Armas of Blade Runner 2049 => ANA
30 Across: Swivel around => SLUE
31 Across: Fielding mishap => ERROR
33 Across: Attacking fiercely => STORMING
37 Across: Fine woolen wear => CASHMERESWEATER
40 Across: Increased steadily => SPIRALED
41 Across: Rogue => KNAVE
42 Across: Lively, in mus. => ANIM
43 Across: Charlottesville sch. => UVA
45 Across: Majors in acting => LEE
46 Across: Westminster award => BESTINSHOW
50 Across: Admiral who explored the Antarctic => BYRD
51 Across: x, y and z, in math => AXES
52 Across: 11th Greek letter => LAMBDA
54 Across: Hey, ewe! => BAA
55 Across: Motown group ... and what 17-, 25-, 37- and 46-Across comprise? => THEFOURTOPS
60 Across: Large shade tree => ELM
61 Across: Run into => MEET
62 Across: Garden figures in red hats => GNOMES
63 Across: Muddy pen => STY
64 Across: Scalawags => IMPS
65 Across: Grieg wrote only one for piano => SONATA

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Euro parts: Abbr. => CTS
2 Down: Street cred => REP
3 Down: __ tu: Verdi aria => ERI
4 Down: Not getting it => DENSE
5 Down: Ain't right? => ISNT
6 Down: Clavell's Shogun sequel => TAIPAN
7 Down: Prepare to advance after a fly ball => TAGUP
8 Down: Schedules of items to deal with => HITLISTS
9 Down: Hubbub => ADO
10 Down: Path => WAY
11 Down: Tut-tut! => SHAME
12 Down: __ blitz => MEDIA
13 Down: Two-time Best Actress winner Hilary => SWANK
18 Down: Simba's mate => NALA
21 Down: Hypothetical evolutionary link => APEMAN
22 Down: Short glasses? => SPECS
23 Down: Set __ for: lure => ATRAP
24 Down: Language that gave us bazaar => FARSI
26 Down: Sweet'__: coffee additive => NLOW
27 Down: California's motto => EUREKA
29 Down: Stylish suit => ARMANI
32 Down: Darn it! => OHRATS
33 Down: But, to Brutus => SED
34 Down: See 43-Down => ITALY
35 Down: When the sun rises in the west => NEVER
36 Down: Avarice => GREED
38 Down: Mother of Sam and Charlie Woods => ELIN
39 Down: Dreaming phase => REMSLEEP
43 Down: Man, in 34-Down => UOMO
44 Down: Beetles => VWBUGS
46 Down: Innocent ones => BABES
47 Down: Sing the praises of => EXALT
48 Down: Hardly wholesome => SEAMY
49 Down: Sword handles => HAFTS
50 Down: Relay stick => BATON
53 Down: Spy-fi villain on Crab Key => DRNO
55 Down: I don't need the deets! => TMI
56 Down: Fence (in) => HEM
57 Down: Medical suffix => OMA
58 Down: Odie, to Jon Arbuckle => PET
59 Down: Org. funded by FICA => SSA

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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