Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Bullpen hero => CLOSER
7 Across: Technical opening? => PYRO
11 Across: Juan or Jose lead-in => SAN
14 Across: Mom's sis => AUNTIE
15 Across: Semi warning => HORN
16 Across: Asian menu general => TSO
17 Across: Horror film setting => VACANTHOUSE
19 Across: Physicist with a law => OHM
20 Across: Bird feeder cake => SUET
21 Across: Common math base => TEN
22 Across: Ocean dots => ISLES
24 Across: Rural Out of the office sign => GONEFISHING
27 Across: Acting twins Mary-Kate and Ashley => OLSENS
30 Across: Feel some pain => ACHE
31 Across: Send forth => ISSUE
32 Across: Hotshot => ACE
33 Across: Easy gait => LOPE
37 Across: Ammo for a starter pistol => BLANKCARTRIDGES
41 Across: Zingers => MOTS
42 Across: Vote, say => OPT
43 Across: Title Kazakh in a 2006 spoof => BORAT
44 Across: Big heads? => EGOS
46 Across: Revolver? => PLANET
48 Across: One whose chicks have flown? => EMPTYNESTER
52 Across: Color separator => PRISM
53 Across: __ Gang => OUR
54 Across: Minimally => ABIT
58 Across: Many times, in poems => OFT
59 Across: Explanation for an evolutionary transition => MISSINGLINK
63 Across: Pointillism unit => DOT
64 Across: Stirring solo => ARIA
65 Across: Rio Grande city => ELPASO
66 Across: George Strait's All My __ Live in Texas => EXS
67 Across: Watch over => TEND
68 Across: Bird hangouts => ROOSTS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: LeBron et al., briefly => CAVS
2 Down: Waikiki party => LUAU
3 Down: Back in the day => ONCE
4 Down: Saves, for a 1-Across => STAT
5 Down: Strauss' __ Heldenleben => EIN
6 Down: 1984 Olympics gymnastics standout => RETTON
7 Down: LG product => PHONE
8 Down: That's so __! => YOU
9 Down: $200 Monopoly props. => RRS
10 Down: Vague lunch date time => ONEISH
11 Down: Skyy alternative, familiarly => STOLI
12 Down: Looking drained => ASHEN
13 Down: Chinese menu promise => NOMSG
18 Down: Coop residents => HENS
23 Down: Jim's role on The Big Bang Theory => SHELDON
24 Down: Best Buy Squad member => GEEK
25 Down: It's true => FACT
26 Down: One piping frosting => ICER
27 Down: Kon-Tiki Museum city => OSLO
28 Down: Hurdle for atty. wannabes => LSAT
29 Down: Stereotypical Western-ending backdrops => SUNSETS
31 Down: Watson's company => IBM
32 Down: National Gallery attraction => ART
34 Down: Meanie => OGRE
35 Down: Fuel used in some whisky production => PEAT
36 Down: Md. winter hours => EST
38 Down: Masked critter => COON
39 Down: Holy recess => APSE
40 Down: Building girder => IBAR
45 Down: Floor exercise surface => GYMMAT
46 Down: Spitting sound => PTUI
47 Down: My Fair Lady lyricist => LERNER
48 Down: Lyric poem => EPODE
49 Down: Fantastic Dahl character => MRFOX
50 Down: Pulitzer-winning columnist Leonard => PITTS
51 Down: Alas! => SOSAD
54 Down: Lunch for Spot, maybe => ALPO
55 Down: Fairness obstacle => BIAS
56 Down: Brookings, e.g.: Abbr. => INST
57 Down: Boxing stats => TKOS
60 Down: Fury => IRE
61 Down: Ignore a Commandment => SIN
62 Down: Day-__ => GLO

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 44 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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