Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Drone sound => WHIR
5 Across: Spicy dip => SALSA
10 Across: French flag couleur => BLEU
14 Across: Parade celebrity => HERO
15 Across: Cotton swabs => QTIPS
16 Across: Pair on a Disneyland hat => EARS
17 Across: Verdi highlight => ARIA
18 Across: It's prohibited on many highways => UTURN
19 Across: Vast landmass => ASIA
20 Across: Musical Christmas staple => MESSIAH
22 Across: Culinary student's assent => YESCHEF
24 Across: Native American symbol => TOTEM
26 Across: Bit of cheer? => RAH
27 Across: 22% of the U.S. Senate => WOMEN
30 Across: WWII female => WAC
32 Across: Program breaks => TVADS
36 Across: Enthusiastic => AVID
37 Across: Good Lord! => OHGOD
39 Across: Miscellany => OLIO
40 Across: [Uh-oh!] => GULP
41 Across: Big name in threshers => DEERE
42 Across: In __ of: replacing => LIEU
43 Across: City ENE of Reno => ELKO
44 Across: One of pop music's Papas => DENNY
45 Across: Permits => LETS
46 Across: Takes a load off => RESTS
48 Across: Mil. officers => LTS
49 Across: High-IQ group => MENSA
50 Across: Perilous hisser => ASP
52 Across: In check => ATBAY
54 Across: Succeeding like nobody's business => ONATEAR
58 Across: Like most kosher frankfurters => ALLBEEF
62 Across: Water sport => POLO
63 Across: Only inanimate zodiac sign => LIBRA
65 Across: Iams alternative => ALPO
66 Across: Quite so => TRUE
67 Across: Historical period => EPOCH
68 Across: Slimming procedure, briefly => LIPO
69 Across: Shopping club => SAMS
70 Across: Swearing-in rituals => OATHS
71 Across: For fear that => LEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Careless Whisper pop group => WHAM
2 Down: __ comes trouble! => HERE
3 Down: Eye part => IRIS
4 Down: Sunday dinner side dish => ROASTEDPOTATOES
5 Down: Weightlifting maneuver => SQUAT
6 Down: Driving => ATTHEWHEEL
7 Down: Elementary co-star Lucy => LIU
8 Down: Nimble => SPRY
9 Down: Ed with seven Emmys => ASNER
10 Down: Summer Olympics event since 1996 => BEACHVOLLEYBALL
11 Down: Word with back or whip => LASH
12 Down: Historic canal => ERIE
13 Down: Aim High ... Fly-Fight-Win military org. => USAF
21 Down: Non-neutral atom => ION
23 Down: Took a load off => SAT
25 Down: Purplish hue => MAGENTA
27 Down: Ante, e.g. => WAGER
28 Down: Small egg => OVULE
29 Down: Takes full advantage of => MILKS
31 Down: Gravy thickener => CORNSTARCH
33 Down: From far away (perhaps very far) => ALIEN
34 Down: See 51-Down => DIETS
35 Down: The March King => SOUSA
37 Down: Unexpected => ODD
38 Down: Susan of L.A. Law => DEY
47 Down: Ottawa-to-NYC dir. => SSE
49 Down: Prefix with ware => MAL
51 Down: With 34-Down, really retro eating programs => PALEO
53 Down: Vague discomfort, with the => BLAHS
54 Down: Makes a choice => OPTS
55 Down: Romance writer Roberts => NORA
56 Down: Grad => ALUM
57 Down: Longtime Live! host => RIPA
59 Down: Author Wiesel => ELIE
60 Down: Omar of Shooter => EPPS
61 Down: Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers => FOOT
64 Down: Plant sci. => BOT

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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