Crossword Answers For: Monday, January 1, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Edible epitomes of redness => BEETS
6 Across: Insurance giant with a spokesduck => AFLAC
11 Across: No chance! => HAH
14 Across: Heap praise upon => EXTOL
15 Across: Fortune-telling prefix with sayer => SOOTH
16 Across: Dude! => BRO
17 Across: 2006 best-selling Elizabeth Gilbert spiritual memoir => EATPRAYLOVE
19 Across: Texter's Egads! => OMG
20 Across: Self-satisfied => SMUG
21 Across: Salon goop => GEL
22 Across: Frozen waffles => EGGOS
24 Across: Place to go blond => BEAUTYPARLOR
28 Across: Capital of Zimbabwe => HARARE
30 Across: Celestial bear => URSA
31 Across: Honda luxury brand => ACURA
32 Across: iPhone assistant => SIRI
34 Across: Dull-colored => DRAB
38 Across: Teen blemish => ZIT
39 Across: Breakfast-in-bed surface => LAPTRAY
42 Across: Lowest Scrabble tile value => ONE
43 Across: Biblical garden => EDEN
45 Across: One signing the checks => BOSS
46 Across: Ejects => OUSTS
48 Across: Western gas chain => ARCO
50 Across: End-of-day photo op => SUNSET
51 Across: Carnivorous plant => VENUSFLYTRAP
55 Across: Like environments where you can walk on air? => ZEROG
56 Across: Deserved => DUE
57 Across: Unwanted lawn plant => WEED
60 Across: Means justifier => END
61 Across: Political organization founded in 1995 by 35-Down ... and a literal hint to each set of circled letters => REFORMPARTY
65 Across: Key & Peele, e.g. => DUO
66 Across: Modify to fit => ADAPT
67 Across: Remote-controlled flying camera, say => DRONE
68 Across: Gimme a __ => SEC
69 Across: Brass band heavyweights => TUBAS
70 Across: Crumbly cheeses => FETAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hive denizens => BEES
2 Down: Oral or final => EXAM
3 Down: Caesar's last question => ETTUBRUTE
4 Down: Fifth, often, for a manual transmission => TOPGEAR
5 Down: Nikon product, briefly => SLR
6 Down: To this point => ASYET
7 Down: Seward's __: Alaska purchase => FOLLY
8 Down: British john => LOO
9 Down: Off-road transp. => ATV
10 Down: Sitcom title bar => CHEERS
11 Down: Streaming option for Game of Thrones => HBOGO
12 Down: Knight wear => ARMOR
13 Down: Ones who don't share => HOGS
18 Down: Fever and chills => AGUE
23 Down: Kitchen bag brand => GLAD
25 Down: Decimated Asian sea => ARAL
26 Down: Runs smoothly, as an engine => PURRS
27 Down: Diva's highlight => ARIA
28 Down: Visibility inhibitor => HAZE
29 Down: Alkali neutralizer => ACID
32 Down: Spaceballs or Scary Movie => SPOOF
33 Down: __ your turn => ITS
35 Down: '90s presidential candidate => ROSSPEROT
36 Down: First chip, maybe => ANTE
37 Down: Oscar adjective => BEST
40 Down: Kindergarten basics => ABCS
41 Down: Part of MYOB => YOUR
44 Down: iPod model => NANO
47 Down: In the dark => UNAWARE
49 Down: Nickelodeon toon tot => RUGRAT
50 Down: Champagne flute feature => STEM
51 Down: Trial locale => VENUE
52 Down: Triage MD => ERDOC
53 Down: Parkinson's drug => LDOPA
54 Down: Mongolian tents => YURTS
55 Down: Pizza pieces in London? => ZEDS
58 Down: Sicilian volcano => ETNA
59 Down: Hair-coloring agents => DYES
62 Down: Harvard URL ending => EDU
63 Down: Terrif => FAB
64 Down: Adobe file format => PDF

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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