Crossword Answers For: Monday, April 24, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Keebler cracker => ZESTA
6 Across: Hotel employee => MAID
10 Across: Consequently => THUS
14 Across: Reference containing insets => ATLAS
15 Across: Big name in luxury hotels => OMNI
16 Across: What some hogs hog, with the => ROAD
17 Across: Sheet for plotting in math class => GRAPHPAPER
19 Across: Rich rocks => ORES
20 Across: Added to the collection plate => GAVE
21 Across: Scrutinizes => INSPECTS
23 Across: Menlo Park inventor => EDISON
25 Across: Fort Worth sch. => TCU
26 Across: Prohibition __ => ERA
29 Across: Advent mo. => DEC
30 Across: Silent approvals => NODS
33 Across: Author Capote => TRUMAN
35 Across: Gridiron pass-defense scheme => ZONECOVERAGE
37 Across: Brand for Fido => ALPO
40 Across: Misspell or misspeak => ERR
41 Across: Nibble (on) => GNAW
42 Across: TV series starter => PILOTEPISODE
47 Across: Points a finger at => BLAMES
48 Across: Decant => POUR
49 Across: Soft slip-on => MOC
52 Across: Traditional Asian sauce base => SOY
53 Across: Seventh Greek letter => ETA
55 Across: One-named Tejano singer => SELENA
57 Across: Eggs __: brunch dish => BENEDICT
61 Across: General Bradley => OMAR
62 Across: Object of adoration => IDOL
64 Across: Market research target => FOCUSGROUP
66 Across: Door openers => KEYS
67 Across: Provide a fake alibi for, say => ABET
68 Across: Come together => UNITE
69 Across: Minimal effort => EASE
70 Across: Storied loch => NESS
71 Across: Mystic's deck => TAROT

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Took a sharp turn => ZAGGED
2 Down: Online financial site => ETRADE
3 Down: Like Croats and Serbs => SLAVIC
4 Down: Carton sealers => TAPES
5 Down: Volcanic debris => ASH
6 Down: Reaction to a bad pun => MOAN
7 Down: Miami Sound Machine sound machines => AMPS
8 Down: Klutzy => INEPT
9 Down: Dish Network competitor => DIRECTV
10 Down: Jogger's pace => TROT
11 Down: Member of the Apocalypse quartet => HORSEMAN
12 Down: Abu Dhabi's fed. => UAE
13 Down: Militant '60s campus org. => SDS
18 Down: Attach, as a name tag => PINON
22 Down: Restore to health => CURE
24 Down: Tokyo-born Yoko => ONO
27 Down: Hindu melody => RAGA
28 Down: From the beginning => ANEW
31 Down: Like the diving-board end of the pool => DEEP
32 Down: Rx, for short => SCRIP
34 Down: Hard-to-resist impulse => URGE
35 Down: Go like heck => ZOOM
36 Down: Estimate words => ORSO
37 Down: BOLO equivalents => APBS
38 Down: Disney's __ & Stitch => LILO
39 Down: Don Juans => PLAYBOYS
43 Down: Many a manga fan => TEEN
44 Down: Coming Out of the Dark singer Gloria => ESTEFAN
45 Down: Expels by force => OUSTS
46 Down: Dr. with Grammys => DRE
49 Down: Life story => MEMOIR
50 Down: Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed => ONAUTO
51 Down: Magic transport => CARPET
54 Down: Photoshop maker => ADOBE
56 Down: Doone of fiction => LORNA
58 Down: Otherwise => ELSE
59 Down: Puts frosting on => ICES
60 Down: Scissors snips => CUTS
62 Down: Cold War prez => IKE
63 Down: Org. busting dealers => DEA
65 Down: __ reaction: instinctive feeling => GUT

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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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