Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Groups of orcas => PODS
5 Across: Quaint Holy moly! => EGAD
9 Across: Teases => JIVES
14 Across: Scott Turow memoir => ONEL
15 Across: Stubborn critter => MULE
16 Across: Calendario page => ENERO
17 Across: *Crimes of violence, e.g. => SERIOUSOFFENSES
20 Across: School sport, or its setting => TRACK
21 Across: Inheritance recipient => HEIR
22 Across: Singin' in the Rain dance style => TAP
23 Across: *Jungle gym => MONKEYBARS
26 Across: Operatic princess => AIDA
27 Across: Mo. with no holidays => AUG
28 Across: Patriotic org. since 1890 => DAR
29 Across: Lightly colored => TINGED
31 Across: Fraction of a min. => NSEC
33 Across: Go quickly => RUSH
36 Across: Golden __: seniors => AGERS
37 Across: *Not-so-humorous humerus spot => FUNNYBONE
40 Across: Formal will? => SHALL
43 Across: Trampled (on) => TROD
44 Across: Doesn't keep up => LAGS
48 Across: Lightweight straw hat => PANAMA
50 Across: Swiffer product => MOP
52 Across: Divide before the deal => CUT
53 Across: Departure notice? => OBIT
54 Across: *Young boy's role model => BIGBROTHER
58 Across: Game with matchsticks => NIM
59 Across: Catch a Falling Star singer Perry => COMO
60 Across: Verdi opera __ Miller => LUISA
61 Across: Fledgling enterprise ... and what the first word of the answers to starred clues can literally do => STARTUPBUSINESS
65 Across: __ limits: extremes => OUTER
66 Across: The life of Riley => EASE
67 Across: Folk singer Burl => IVES
68 Across: Snorkeling spots => REEFS
69 Across: Inventor's spark => IDEA
70 Across: Formally surrender => CEDE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: One who rings twice, in an old film => POSTMAN
2 Down: Burdensome => ONEROUS
3 Down: Drive up the wall => DERANGE
4 Down: Smooth-talking => SLICK
5 Down: Avian Aussie => EMU
6 Down: Astronaut Grissom => GUS
7 Down: Welcome to Oahu! => ALOHA
8 Down: Schedule for later => DEFER
9 Down: Boo and hiss => JEER
10 Down: Stopover with a keeper => INN
11 Down: Slight trace => VESTIGE
12 Down: Barnes & Noble Nook, for one => EREADER
13 Down: Steel wool scrubbers => SOSPADS
18 Down: Gave one's blessing to => OKED
19 Down: It may be pumped in victory => FIST
24 Down: Knitting need => YARN
25 Down: Full force => BRUNT
26 Down: Well-behaved tot => ANGEL
30 Down: English golfer Poulter => IAN
32 Down: Key equivalent to B => CFLAT
34 Down: Damascus is its cap. => SYR
35 Down: Weapon in a 1952 test => HBOMB
38 Down: Einstein's birth city => ULM
39 Down: Baking-soda-in-the-fridge target => ODOR
40 Down: One buying time, perhaps => SPONSOR
41 Down: Regular patron => HABITUE
42 Down: Bring to life, as cartoons => ANIMATE
45 Down: Accomplish => ACHIEVE
46 Down: Acted desperately on Jeopardy!, perhaps => GUESSED
47 Down: German street => STRASSE
49 Down: __ Ben Adhem => ABOU
51 Down: __ sci => POLI
55 Down: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame architect => IMPEI
56 Down: Spoil => GOBAD
57 Down: Roman garment of yore => TUNIC
59 Down: NBA big men: Abbr. => CTRS
62 Down: Whistler between baskets => REF
63 Down: Take advantage of => USE
64 Down: Beach house view => SEA

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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