Crossword Answers For: Friday, December 29, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Ovation fraction => CLAP
5 Across: Overstress, with on => HARP
9 Across: Hungarian Rhapsodies composer => LISZT
14 Across: Shout => YELL
15 Across: Notion => IDEA
16 Across: Let down, as hair => UNPIN
17 Across: Silents star Naldi => NITA
18 Across: Text for a mailroom theater production? => POSTSCRIPT
20 Across: Much Byzantine art => ICONS
22 Across: Put on => HIRED
23 Across: Statue of a theater troupe? => CASTINSTONE
27 Across: CPR provider => EMT
30 Across: Upside-down forest hangers => SLOTHS
31 Across: Scottish landscape feature => BRAE
32 Across: Dorm VIPs => RAS
35 Across: ... __ saw Elba => EREI
36 Across: Shellfish order => PRAWNS
38 Across: World leader in the theater? => ACTINGPRESIDENT
41 Across: Literary family name => BRONTE
42 Across: Ottoman officials => DEYS
43 Across: Large inlet => BAY
44 Across: Shipping hazard => BERG
45 Across: Shepherds' charges => FLOCKS
47 Across: Brief belief => ISM
48 Across: Squawker in a theater performance? => PLAYCHICKEN
53 Across: Taters => SPUDS
55 Across: Consolation beginning and ending => THERE
56 Across: Theater backdrop for a biography of Noah? => FLOODSTAGE
61 Across: Auto club recommendations => INNS
62 Across: Clear of mist => DEFOG
63 Across: Measure of skills => EXAM
64 Across: Part of CBS: Abbr. => SYST
65 Across: Prepare beans, Mexican-style => REFRY
66 Across: Nonpayment consequence => REPO
67 Across: Yoga needs => MATS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Pessimist => CYNIC
2 Down: German camera => LEICA
3 Down: Choir parts => ALTOS
4 Down: Photosynthesis users => PLANTS
5 Down: Trendy => HIP
6 Down: Stir => ADO
7 Down: Hi-__ image => RES
8 Down: Compassion-evoking quality => PATHOS
9 Down: It may be filthy => LUCRE
10 Down: As to => INRE
11 Down: Catcher of small prey => SPIDERWEB
12 Down: Close, as a parka => ZIP
13 Down: Explosive letters => TNT
19 Down: Reason for regret => SIN
21 Down: Like the last letter in a column? => SILENT
24 Down: Norway, in Norway => NORGE
25 Down: Dance part => STEP
26 Down: Adverb after a second contract item => THIRDLY
28 Down: Food for the wandering Israelites => MANNA
29 Down: Irritable => TESTY
31 Down: Serious, as an injury => BAD
32 Down: Jewish teacher => RABBI
33 Down: Farm parts => ACRES
34 Down: Departs in anger => STORMSOFF
36 Down: Fooled you! => PSYCH
37 Down: Take a chance => RISKIT
39 Down: Having one sharp => ING
40 Down: Anti-discrimination agcy. => EEOC
45 Down: Like the tortoise in the fable, ultimately => FASTER
46 Down: Religious division => SCHISM
48 Down: Rotund => PUDGY
49 Down: Mormons, initially => LDS
50 Down: African nation on the Indian Ocean => KENYA
51 Down: Surrealist Max => ERNST
52 Down: Forest homes => NESTS
54 Down: Needy => POOR
56 Down: HST predecessor => FDR
57 Down: Fever singer Peggy => LEE
58 Down: Hatchet => AXE
59 Down: Space => GAP
60 Down: Punk rock offshoot => EMO

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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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