Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: __ show time! => ITS
4 Across: Get some rays => BASK
8 Across: Weak, excuse-wise => FLIMSY
14 Across: Stanley Cup org. => NHL
15 Across: See ya => TATA
16 Across: Change from five stars to three, say => RERATE
17 Across: Drink with jam and bread, in song => TEA
18 Across: You think anyone cares about MY opinion? => WHATDOIKNOW
20 Across: Nocturnal birds => OWLS
22 Across: HBO miniseries Big Little __ => LIES
23 Across: Easy-to-scam people => SAPS
24 Across: Boatload (of) => WHOLESLEW
27 Across: Caramel-filled candy => ROLO
28 Across: Hold the Hellmann's => NOMAYO
29 Across: Protein-building acid => AMINO
31 Across: Mother in Calcutta => TERESA
35 Across: On the Beach novelist Shute => NEVIL
36 Across: Texter's #1 pal => BFF
39 Across: Let's see here ... => WELLNOW
41 Across: Finish => END
42 Across: You win => ILOSE
44 Across: Ophthalmologist's concern => MYOPIA
46 Across: Myanmar, once => BURMA
47 Across: Gives the go-ahead => ALLOWS
51 Across: Scent => ODOR
52 Across: Overall concept of the universe => WORLDVIEW
55 Across: Guthrie of folk => ARLO
56 Across: Manufacture => MAKE
57 Across: Designer Gucci => ALDO
58 Across: Eye-of-newt concoction => WITCHESBREW
62 Across: Sense of self => EGO
63 Across: You can say that again! => ANDHOW
64 Across: Christmas season => YULE
65 Across: U.S. House member => REP
66 Across: You can say that again! => YESYES
67 Across: City near Tulsa => ENID
68 Across: Radical '60s campus gp. => SDS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Visiting the area => INTOWN
2 Down: My Generation rock band => THEWHO
3 Down: Zigzag ski event => SLALOM
4 Down: Before I forget, in texts => BTW
5 Down: Say __: doctor's directive => AAH
6 Down: Buy time => STALL
7 Down: Longtime Today co-host Couric => KATIE
8 Down: Some big dos => FROS
9 Down: Kauai garland => LEI
10 Down: Exasperating => IRKSOME
11 Down: Holy smokes! => MANALIVE
12 Down: Drop by, colloquially => STOPONIN
13 Down: Evergreens shrubs => YEWS
19 Down: Drops on the grass => DEW
21 Down: Wood strip => SLAT
25 Down: Glasses and goggles => EYEWEAR
26 Down: Achy => SORE
27 Down: Acted without restraint => RANWILD
30 Down: Overused, as jokes => OLD
32 Down: Shade tree => ELM
33 Down: Foxy => SLY
34 Down: I'll take that as __ => ANO
36 Down: Lobster eater's protection => BIB
37 Down: The F element in CFC => FLUORINE
38 Down: Full-size cars of the 1960s-'80s => FORDLTDS
40 Down: Lustrous white gem => OPAL
43 Down: Kissy-kissy => SMOOCHY
45 Down: Thomas __ Edison => ALVA
48 Down: Persian Gulf ships => OILERS
49 Down: Crammed (into) ... and, when aptly hyphenated, like 18-, 24-, 39-, 52- and 58-Across => WEDGED
50 Down: Descends suddenly => SWOOPS
52 Down: Used to be => WAS
53 Down: All right, so long => OKBYE
54 Down: Friends episode, now => RERUN
55 Down: Not 1-Down => AWAY
56 Down: Kitty sounds => MEWS
59 Down: Groundbreaking invention? => HOE
60 Down: Quarterback Manning => ELI
61 Down: Marry => WED

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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