Crossword Answers For: Monday, April 9, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Romantic kissing at the mall and such, briefly => PDAS
5 Across: Skier's challenge => MOGUL
10 Across: Ref's decisions => TKOS
14 Across: Finnish architect Saarinen => EERO
15 Across: Egg-shaped => OVATE
16 Across: Tipsy => HIGH
17 Across: Rich => WELLHEELED
19 Across: To be, in Bordeaux => ETRE
20 Across: English china => SPODE
21 Across: With 61-Across, seriously overweight fictional sleuth => NERO
22 Across: Chick's cry => PEEP
23 Across: Tree-toppling tool => AXE
25 Across: That's cheating! => NOFAIR
27 Across: Wine evaluators => TASTERS
31 Across: Get in your face about => FLAUNT
34 Across: Lisbon hello => OLA
35 Across: Shankar's instrument => SITAR
38 Across: Personal, as thoughts => INNER
39 Across: Break in relations => RIFT
41 Across: Lawyer's backlog => CASES
43 Across: I'm paying for the drinks => ONME
44 Across: Dined at home => ATEIN
46 Across: Indian breads => NAANS
48 Across: A mouse! => EEK
49 Across: Sound equipment that may pick up a private remark => HOTMIC
51 Across: Prayerful chants => MANTRAS
53 Across: Scold loudly => YELLAT
56 Across: Sticky stuff => GOO
57 Across: Cosmos author Sagan => CARL
59 Across: Chief Asgard god => ODIN
61 Across: See 21-Across => WOLFE
65 Across: Healthful berry => ACAI
66 Across: Object of the puddy tat's pursuit => TWEETYBIRD
68 Across: Skinny => THIN
69 Across: Dominican Republic neighbor => HAITI
70 Across: Triangle calculation => AREA
71 Across: Prefix with -pathic => TELE
72 Across: Max of Dadaism => ERNST
73 Across: Consider => DEEM

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Benches flanking church aisles => PEWS
2 Down: Thoughtful => DEEP
3 Down: Guthrie at Woodstock => ARLO
4 Down: Went for in an auction => SOLDAT
5 Down: Homer's bartender => MOE
6 Down: Pizza maker => OVEN
7 Down: Ancient Greek physician => GALEN
8 Down: In __: not yet born => UTERO
9 Down: Batted first => LEDOFF
10 Down: 1993 film with an instrument in its title => THEPIANO
11 Down: 2000s best-seller involving flying toys, with The => KITERUNNER
12 Down: Fairy tale meanie => OGRE
13 Down: Herding dog name => SHEP
18 Down: Evil spells => HEXES
24 Down: Guitarist Clapton => ERIC
26 Down: Muhammad in a ring => ALI
27 Down: Hebrew scroll => TORAH
28 Down: Samuel on the Supreme Court => ALITO
29 Down: Protective bar on a flat roof => SAFETYRAIL
30 Down: X-Men co-creator Lee => STAN
32 Down: Mythical lion's home => NEMEA
33 Down: Arduous journeys => TREKS
36 Down: Words that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecting at a circle => ASA
37 Down: Unit at Staples => REAM
40 Down: Facebook feature => TIMELINE
42 Down: Stocking tear => SNAG
45 Down: Zip, in soccer => NIL
47 Down: Wintry and white => SNOWY
50 Down: Provide apparel for => CLOTHE
52 Down: Tough! => TOOBAD
54 Down: No-holds-barred commercial competition => ADWAR
55 Down: Advertising link => TIEIN
57 Down: Suffragist Carrie => CATT
58 Down: Tooth pain => ACHE
60 Down: Brooklyn NBA team => NETS
62 Down: Old Italian cash => LIRE
63 Down: Priceless? => FREE
64 Down: Cheese from the Netherlands => EDAM
67 Down: Tiny songbird => TIT

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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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