Crossword Answers For: Monday, April 2, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Smallest chess piece => PAWN
5 Across: Intl. alliance with a phonetic alphabet => NATO
9 Across: Test for fit => TRYON
14 Across: Where to find Columbus => OHIO
15 Across: Surrounded by => AMID
16 Across: Like a wolfman => HAIRY
17 Across: Made it possible (for) => LEFTTHEDOOROPEN
20 Across: Bit of campaign ugliness => SMEAR
21 Across: In a jittery way => NERVOUSLY
22 Across: Food storage cover => LID
24 Across: Big pic from a small neg. => ENL
25 Across: Reason for Fahrenheit 451 fires => BOOKBURNING
31 Across: Yr.'s dozen => MOS
34 Across: Smoothie berry => ACAI
35 Across: Pet store cry => MEOW
36 Across: Resell exorbitantly, as tickets => SCALP
38 Across: Iowa crop => CORN
39 Across: Extreme fear => PANIC
41 Across: First website page => HOME
42 Across: Last Greek letter => OMEGA
44 Across: Lucy's sitcom partner => DESI
45 Across: Neighborhood => AREA
46 Across: Stark in Game of Thrones => NED
47 Across: Achieved desired results => DIDTHETRICK
50 Across: Math basics: Abbr. => NOS
51 Across: Tweeter's titter => LOL
52 Across: White ursine critter => POLARBEAR
58 Across: Hand prettifiers => MANIS
62 Across: It's designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47-Across may be found => LEADINGQUESTION
64 Across: Dickens' Drood => EDWIN
65 Across: Garage goop => GUNK
66 Across: Opponent => ANTI
67 Across: Hit __: ran into trouble => ASNAG
68 Across: Wise, as advice => SAGE
69 Across: Twice-monthly 7-Down => NEAP

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Seasoned senators, say => POLS
2 Down: If I may say something ... => AHEM
3 Down: Edith, to Archie => WIFE
4 Down: Teacher's Shh! => NOTALKING
5 Down: Uh-uh => NAH
6 Down: Confirmation from the congregation => AMEN
7 Down: Ocean phenomenon => TIDE
8 Down: Reason for a diaper change => ODOR
9 Down: Big crowds => THRONGS
10 Down: Phantom's rival, in The Phantom of the Opera => RAOUL
11 Down: Pet store cries => YIPS
12 Down: Baseball's Hershiser => OREL
13 Down: Big Apple address letters => NYNY
18 Down: Chicago paper, for short => TRIB
19 Down: Toaster __ => OVEN
23 Down: Dilapidated joint => DUMP
25 Down: Breakfast partner of 55-Down => BACON
26 Down: __, all ye faithful ... => OCOME
27 Down: Rowed => OARED
28 Down: Verify, as totals => READD
29 Down: Octet plus one => NONET
30 Down: If only => IWISH
31 Down: New Zealand native => MAORI
32 Down: Early Mesoamerican => OLMEC
33 Down: Bark, Bowser! => SPEAK
37 Down: Phony => CHARLATAN
40 Down: Sky over Paris => CIEL
43 Down: Loving and devoted, as fans => ADORING
48 Down: Library vol. ID => ISBN
49 Down: Gobbling guys? => TOMS
50 Down: Gymnast Comaneci => NADIA
52 Down: Ardent request => PLEA
53 Down: Voluminous syn. and etym. sources => OEDS
54 Down: Mowed expanse => LAWN
55 Down: See 25-Down => EGGS
56 Down: Water color => AQUA
57 Down: Ladder step => RUNG
59 Down: 29-Down count => NINE
60 Down: Kappa preceder => IOTA
61 Down: Barbershop sound => SNIP
63 Down: Barely make, with out => EKE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 77 clues are solved in the section above.
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