Crossword Answers For: Friday, March 16, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fifth pillar of Islam => HAJJ
5 Across: Puts on a patch, say => SEWS
9 Across: Intestinal tract division => ILEUM
14 Across: Moises of the 2002-'04 Cubs => ALOU
15 Across: Card in a baby straight => TREY
16 Across: Playground retort => CANSO
17 Across: *Prepares to pass the football => BACKDROPS
19 Across: Butyl acetate, e.g. => ESTER
20 Across: Graphic novel artist => INKER
21 Across: *Baseball position => STOPSHORT
23 Across: Is connected => TIESIN
25 Across: Water__: dental brand => PIK
26 Across: Curator's deg. => MFA
27 Across: Word with idea or luck => ANY
28 Across: Gaucho's weapon => BOLA
31 Across: Schmoozing sort => GABBER
33 Across: Hardy heroine => TESS
35 Across: Sweeping => VAST
37 Across: Shocks, in a way => TASES
38 Across: *Strokes in tennis => HEADSOVER
41 Across: Uppity sort => SNOOT
44 Across: Hospital fluids => SERA
45 Across: Hair adornments => BOWS
49 Across: Aerobic regime, familiarly => CARDIO
51 Across: Many a Black Friday worker => TEMP
53 Across: Casual negative => NAH
54 Across: First __ => AID
55 Across: Two-timer => CAD
57 Across: 100 percent => PURELY
59 Across: *Basketball strategy => BREAKFAST
63 Across: Big haulers => MACKS
64 Across: Comedic pianist Victor => BORGE
65 Across: Fair play? ... or the key to understanding the answers to starred clues => TURNABOUT
67 Across: Sneak Previews co-host => EBERT
68 Across: Niagara Falls source => ERIE
69 Across: Empty => BARE
70 Across: Pranks => DIDOS
71 Across: It may be payable monthly => DEBT
72 Across: Bodily passage => ITER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Natural environment => HABITAT
2 Down: Amino acid used in protein biosynthesis => ALANINE
3 Down: Derby VIPs => JOCKEYS
4 Down: Diner devices, familiarly => JUKES
5 Down: Orch. section => STR
6 Down: Piccadilly Circus statue => EROS
7 Down: Turned on the waterworks => WEPT
8 Down: Network admin => SYSOP
9 Down: One of many seen at the NCAA's Frozen Four => ICESKATE
10 Down: Mascara target => LASH
11 Down: Puts to rest => ENTOMBS
12 Down: Cover charge relative => USERFEE
13 Down: Pestle partners => MORTARS
18 Down: Smidgen => DRIB
22 Down: Barnyard rooter => PIG
24 Down: Stellar phenomenon => NOVA
29 Down: Fellows => LADS
30 Down: Corporate machinery, e.g. => ASSET
32 Down: Caustic remark => BARB
34 Down: Like racehorses => SHOD
36 Down: Went like racehorses => TORE
39 Down: Modern concert conveniences => ETICKETS
40 Down: Mae West persona => VAMP
41 Down: Crossed a picket line => SCABBED
42 Down: Capital east of Lake Victoria => NAIROBI
43 Down: Requested at a drive-thru => ORDERED
46 Down: Primer application => ONECOAT
47 Down: Wagner's Die __ => WALKURE
48 Down: Lawyer to avoid => SHYSTER
50 Down: Clumsy one => OAF
52 Down: Big cat => PUMA
56 Down: Old hat => DATED
58 Down: Religious leader => RABBI
60 Down: Prefix with industry => AGRO
61 Down: Unwavering => SURE
62 Down: Salt Lake daily, familiarly => TRIB
66 Down: Realize => NET

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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