Crossword Answers For: Monday, January 22, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Cried on cue, say => ACTED
6 Across: Nimble-fingered => DEFT
10 Across: Auntie on Broadway => MAME
14 Across: Africa's Sierra __ => LEONE
15 Across: Butterlike topping => OLEO
16 Across: Beatnik's Understood => IDIG
17 Across: *Grocery store => FOODMARKET
19 Across: Join the chorus => SING
20 Across: Like the chains in a chain necklace => LINKED
21 Across: Camp beds => BUNKS
22 Across: Swear (to) => ATTEST
25 Across: Pair in a dinghy => OARS
27 Across: Employee's reward => RAISE
28 Across: *Vessel for a cheesy dip => FONDUEPOT
33 Across: Cone-dropping trees => FIRS
34 Across: Recycling receptacle => BIN
35 Across: Maps within maps => INSETS
36 Across: Therapists' org. => APA
37 Across: *Ballroom dance that's also a phonetic alphabet F => FOXTROT
39 Across: Shatner's __War => TEK
40 Across: Cash in, as coupons => REDEEM
42 Across: I __ only kidding => WAS
43 Across: Shoulder muscle, for short => DELT
44 Across: *All-terrain high shoe => FIELDBOOT
46 Across: Sandburg and Sagan => CARLS
47 Across: Highest in quality => BEST
48 Across: Gives a thumbs-up => SAYSOK
49 Across: Wrinkle-removing injection => BOTOX
52 Across: Acquires, as debts => INCURS
55 Across: State firmly => AVOW
56 Across: Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues => FOOTBRIDGE
60 Across: Filet mignon order => RARE
61 Across: World power initials until 1991 => USSR
62 Across: How contracts are signed => ININK
63 Across: Iditarod vehicle => SLED
64 Across: Fishing rod partner => REEL
65 Across: Occur as a result => ENSUE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: 1980s TV ET => ALF
2 Down: Corporate VIP => CEO
3 Down: Also => TOO
4 Down: Tiresomely long => ENDLESS
5 Down: Downfall => DEMISE
6 Down: Nerdy sort => DORK
7 Down: Sommer of cinema => ELKE
8 Down: Get nourishment from => FEEDON
9 Down: Trike rider => TOT
10 Down: Applies incorrectly => MISUSES
11 Down: Score after deuce => ADIN
12 Down: Ermine cousin => MINK
13 Down: They're often scrambled => EGGS
18 Down: Tiny farm denizen => ANT
21 Down: Main impact => BRUNT
22 Down: Repetitive barking => ARFARF
23 Down: Taiwan's capital => TAIPEI
24 Down: Rabble-rousing outburst => TIRADE
26 Down: Hasta la vista => ADIOS
28 Down: Predicament => FIX
29 Down: Quarterback's Snap the ball at the second 'hut' => ONTWO
30 Down: Fizzles (out) => PETERS
31 Down: Verdi opera with Desdemona => OTELLO
32 Down: You should be ashamed! => TSKTSK
34 Down: Lays an egg on stage => BOMBS
37 Down: UPS alternative => FEDEX
38 Down: Word before or after pack => RAT
41 Down: Nudged sharply => ELBOWED
43 Down: Best Western competitor => DAYSINN
45 Down: Lazy => OTIOSE
46 Down: Underwood who performs the Sunday Night Football opening => CARRIE
48 Down: Classroom stand-in => SUB
49 Down: Happy hour places => BARS
50 Down: Mirror shape => OVAL
51 Down: Ran like mad => TORE
53 Down: Smoke detector? => NOSE
54 Down: PC corner key => CTRL
56 Down: Calico coat => FUR
57 Down: Put down => DIS
58 Down: Oxlike antelope => GNU
59 Down: Barely manage, with out => EKE

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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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