Crossword Answers For: Friday, April 27, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Short shots? => PICS
5 Across: Toque wearer => CHEF
9 Across: Tenth of a grand => CSPOT
14 Across: Quickly! => ASAP
15 Across: Quasimodo's creator => HUGO
16 Across: Conifer with durable wood => LARCH
17 Across: Bishop in bed? => SLEEPINGPRELATE
20 Across: Mid-'70s cost to mail a typical letter => TENCENTS
21 Across: Wears down => ERODES
22 Across: Veracious => TRUE
23 Across: Enliven => ANIMATE
24 Across: I happen to have a deck of cards right here? => POKERPREFACE
28 Across: __ Rose Has Its Thorn: Poison hit => EVERY
29 Across: Bashes => RAMS
30 Across: So there! => HAH
33 Across: Focusing aid => LENS
34 Across: Under the Redwoods author => HARTE
36 Across: Valley => DALE
37 Across: Good Behavior broadcaster => TNT
38 Across: High spot on a farm => SILO
39 Across: Radio station, e.g. => AIRER
40 Across: Fake lawyer? => BARPRETENDER
43 Across: Nooks => ALCOVES
46 Across: Get behind, with for => VOTE
47 Across: Immature insects => LARVAE
48 Across: Indicates => POINTSTO
52 Across: Software service provided by hardware sellers ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers => PREINSTALLATION
54 Across: Lacks => HASNT
55 Across: Bad thing to take in a ring => DIVE
56 Across: Rim => EDGE
57 Across: Beasts of burden => ASSES
58 Across: Gravity-propelled toy => SLED
59 Across: Seven __ => SEAS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Historian's field => PAST
2 Down: Archipelago piece => ISLE
3 Down: Normandy city => CAEN
4 Down: Ghosts => SPECTERS
5 Down: Calisthenic exercise => CHINUP
6 Down: Fox pursuer => HUNTER
7 Down: What some poachers poach => EGGS
8 Down: Metrosexual => FOP
9 Down: Priests, e.g. => CLERICS
10 Down: Biblical dancer => SALOME
11 Down: Milan-based fashion house => PRADA
12 Down: Work for a chamber group => OCTET
13 Down: What we have here => THESE
18 Down: Matthew who led a 19th-century expedition to Japan => PERRY
19 Down: Alter, in a way, as a file => RENAME
23 Down: __ lot of good that'll do you => AFAT
24 Down: Bombard => PELT
25 Down: Roasting site => OVEN
26 Down: Canterbury's county => KENT
27 Down: Mistake => ERROR
30 Down: Word with cash or candy => HARD
31 Down: Away from the wind => ALEE
32 Down: German title => HERR
34 Down: Staff expanders => HIREES
35 Down: Multinational range => ALPS
36 Down: Sets for some 43-Across => DINETTES
38 Down: Learned experts => SAVANTS
39 Down: Company name inspired by a volcano => AETNA
40 Down: Like oxen => BOVINE
41 Down: Gradually develop => EVOLVE
42 Down: Labored => TOILED
43 Down: Highest-ranking => ALPHA
44 Down: __ Theme: Doctor Zhivago melody => LARAS
45 Down: Salad green => CRESS
48 Down: Gardening aid => PAIL
49 Down: Aspect => SIDE
50 Down: Roman robe => TOGA
51 Down: Small tip components => ONES
53 Down: NFL stat => TDS

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This crossword has 33 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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