Crossword Answers For: Monday, March 19, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bird's crop => CRAW
5 Across: Pols with a donkey symbol => DEMS
9 Across: Specialized, committee-wise => ADHOC
14 Across: Operate with a beam => LASE
15 Across: Natural burn soother => ALOE
16 Across: Set of beliefs => CREDO
17 Across: __ That a Shame => AINT
18 Across: Hold your horses! => WHOA
19 Across: Cybercommerce => ETAIL
20 Across: *Begin preparing an evening meal => STARTDINNER
23 Across: Nov. 11 honoree => VET
24 Across: Capital of Minn. => STPAUL
25 Across: Taxi driver => CABBY
27 Across: Many a '50s pompadour sporter => GREASER
30 Across: Catastrophic 2017 hurricane => IRMA
33 Across: The fresh air is delightful! => AAH
36 Across: Suffix with Jumbo => TRON
37 Across: Spreads apart, as one's fingers => SPLAYS
39 Across: Hunt like a cat => PROWL
41 Across: Internet connectivity delay => LAG
43 Across: The Waste Land poet T.S. => ELIOT
44 Across: Tennis great Gibson => ALTHEA
46 Across: Starlet's goal => FAME
48 Across: Org. with Bulls and Bucks => NBA
49 Across: Bonkers => LOCO
50 Across: Tart plant stalk diced for pie filling => RHUBARB
53 Across: A : Z :: alpha : __ => OMEGA
55 Across: Originate (from) => DERIVE
59 Across: Arctic toymaker => ELF
61 Across: Two-couple outings ... and what the answers to starred clues are? => DOUBLEDATES
64 Across: Civilian attire => MUFTI
66 Across: Wordsmith Webster => NOAH
67 Across: Hertz fleet => CARS
68 Across: Spring for a meal => TREAT
69 Across: Fish in some cat food => TUNA
70 Across: Otherwise => ELSE
71 Across: Oozes => SEEPS
72 Across: Don't go => STAY
73 Across: Actress Cannon => DYAN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Yearbook section => CLASS
2 Down: Grammy winner Bonnie => RAITT
3 Down: It's __: No problem => ASNAP
4 Down: Counter-wiping aid => WETRAG
5 Down: Procrastinator => DAWDLER
6 Down: Pre-college, briefly => ELHI
7 Down: Cow's hurdle, in rhyme => MOON
8 Down: Mystical gathering => SEANCE
9 Down: Severe, as criticism => ACERB
10 Down: __ & the Women: 2000 Gere film => DRT
11 Down: *Downpour => HEAVYRAIN
12 Down: Garfield dog => ODIE
13 Down: Future stallion => COLT
21 Down: Slowpoke in a shell => TURTLE
22 Down: Body parts that may be pierced => EARS
26 Down: List of charges => BILL
28 Down: Big name in ISPs => AOL
29 Down: Chaotic mess => SNAFU
31 Down: Butt out, for short => MYOB
32 Down: Dog in old whodunits => ASTA
33 Down: C'mon, be __!: Little help, please! => APAL
34 Down: Woody's son => ARLO
35 Down: *Steaming morning mugful => HOTCOFFEE
38 Down: Looked closely => PEERED
40 Down: To __ it may concern => WHOM
42 Down: Yak it up => GAB
45 Down: 2012 Affleck thriller => ARGO
47 Down: Seized the opportunity => MADEHAY
51 Down: Favorite hangouts => HAUNTS
52 Down: Prepared (oneself), as for a jolt => BRACED
54 Down: Does film splicing, say => EDITS
56 Down: Lombardy's land => ITALY
57 Down: Vice __ => VERSA
58 Down: German steel town => ESSEN
59 Down: Rescue squad VIPs => EMTS
60 Down: Light, to a moth => LURE
62 Down: Match in a ring => BOUT
63 Down: Singer Del Rey => LANA
65 Down: Bojangles' dance genre => TAP

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This crossword has 39 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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