Crossword Answers For: Saturday, January 27, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Longtime employer of 26-Down => ABCSPORTS
10 Across: Double shot? => STUNT
15 Across: Geek sighting! => NERDALERT
16 Across: Mad TV alum Lange => ARTIE
17 Across: Runway-ready => DRESSEDUP
18 Across: Boarding pass data => ZONES
19 Across: Pay stub abbr. => YTD
20 Across: Kid gloves, so to speak => CARE
21 Across: Turn down => REJECT
22 Across: City on Lake Michigan => GARY
23 Across: African capital formerly called Salisbury => HARARE
24 Across: Cool, dude! => GNARLY
27 Across: Court dance => PAVANE
28 Across: Hard-to-count quantity => PILES
29 Across: Emit a powerful magnetic force? => OOZECHARM
32 Across: It's all downhill from here => ACME
33 Across: Hoofed it => HIKED
34 Across: Comics pooch => ODIE
35 Across: They're matched by foundations => SKINTONES
37 Across: Take forcibly => WREST
38 Across: Like milk of magnesia => CHALKY
39 Across: You Gotta Be soul singer => DESREE
40 Across: Old-time feature film preceders => SHORTS
41 Across: Corduroy feature => WALE
42 Across: Rose __: reddish mineral => QUARTZ
43 Across: Big name in hair trimmers => WAHL
44 Across: Big Ten sch. that competes for the Paul Bunyan Trophy => MSU
47 Across: Singer __ Marie => TEENA
48 Across: Exposes to public scorn => PILLORIES
50 Across: Goldbrick => IDLER
51 Across: Ruins things? => ARTIFACTS
52 Across: Pains => PESTS
53 Across: 1790s political powder keg => XYZAFFAIR

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Honey, I'm Good singer Grammer => ANDY
2 Down: Sesame Street roommate => BERT
3 Down: Street __ => CRED
4 Down: '60s protest org. => SDS
5 Down: Units of pressure => PASCALS
6 Down: Owner of a legendary lantern kicker => OLEARY
7 Down: Put through the wringer again? => REDRY
8 Down: Can't argue with that => TRUE
9 Down: Brand sold at Pep Boys => STP
10 Down: Official cocktail of New Orleans => SAZERAC
11 Down: Agent that undermines from within => TROJANHORSE
12 Down: Cure Ignorance magazine => UTNEREADER
13 Down: Victoria, to William IV => NIECE
14 Down: One of many taken in school => TEST
21 Down: Rhapsodized => RAVED
22 Down: Britt Reid's alter ego => GREENHORNET
23 Down: Shore weather phenomena => HAZES
24 Down: Med school admissions data => GPAS
25 Down: __ of time => NICK
26 Down: Miracle on Ice commentator => ALMICHAELS
27 Down: Cooler => POKEY
29 Down: Hog calls => OINKS
30 Down: Obey a court order => RISE
31 Down: Parcel (out) => METE
33 Down: 1980s-'90s Notre Dame football coach Lou => HOLTZ
36 Down: Medieval Turko-Mongol settlers => TARTARS
37 Down: Comfortable => WELLOFF
39 Down: National flower of Mexico => DAHLIA
40 Down: Jacket material => SUEDE
41 Down: Strauss piece => WALTZ
42 Down: Common applicator => QTIP
43 Down: Like an Irish Terrier's outer coat => WIRY
44 Down: Flaky mineral => MICA
45 Down: Long-distance calling org.? => SETI
46 Down: Miracle on Ice loser => USSR
48 Down: __ Romana => PAX
49 Down: Battle of Britain gp. => RAF

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 71 clues are solved in the section above.
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