Crossword Answers For: Friday, May 5, 2017

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Ike, in the '50s => PREZ
5 Across: Suffix for leader => ARCH
9 Across: Stopped to think => MUSED
14 Across: First female attorney general => RENO
15 Across: Animal in una arena => TORO
16 Across: Fester, e.g. => UNCLE
17 Across: Bizarre entr'acte? => ODDNUMBER
19 Across: Historic name in India => MAHAL
20 Across: Millennium trilogy author Larsson => STIEG
21 Across: It's go time => IMUP
23 Across: It's little when it's white => LIE
24 Across: See 5-Down => PIN
25 Across: Cue from the wings? => LINESEGMENT
29 Across: Enter furtively => EDGEIN
31 Across: Locks removed at night? => TOUPEE
32 Across: Curb => REIN
33 Across: Reserved box, maybe => VIPSEAT
37 Across: L.A. or N.Y. publishing equipment? => TIMESTABLES
40 Across: Apt => GERMANE
41 Across: Sleazy gaze => LEER
44 Across: Sanction => PERMIT
47 Across: Open wide! => SAYAAH
49 Across: Upbringing involving unhip oldies? => SQUAREROOTS
53 Across: It's quite a mess => STY
54 Across: Land of Freud: Abbr. => AUS
55 Across: Flush, in Tijuana => RICO
56 Across: Try to strike => HITAT
58 Across: Beamed => LITUP
61 Across: It doesn't add up ... except as a hint to 17-, 25-, 37- and 49-Across => FUZZYMATH
63 Across: Muse of memory => MNEME
64 Across: Hightail it => FLEE
65 Across: Limo destination => PROM
66 Across: Accord, for one => SEDAN
67 Across: A or B, for the record => SIDE
68 Across: Figs. that are never intentionally reused => SSNS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Do quite well => PROSPER
2 Down: Destructive algal bloom => REDTIDE
3 Down: Writing a Dear John letter, say => ENDINGIT
4 Down: Lose focus, with out => ZONE
5 Down: It requires a 24-Across => ATM
6 Down: Hood of folklore => ROBIN
7 Down: Eclair filling => CREME
8 Down: Egyptian sky god => HORUS
9 Down: Quiet => MUM
10 Down: Feminine article in Italy => UNA
11 Down: Haul => SCHLEP
12 Down: Sitcom character who dated baseball's Keith Hernandez => ELAINE
13 Down: Insert neighbor, on PCs => DELETE
18 Down: Wrinkly hybrid => UGLI
22 Down: Beatle for two years => PETEBEST
26 Down: DC-to-AC electronic device => INVERTER
27 Down: Scoooooooooore! => GOAL
28 Down: Without a sound => MUTELY
30 Down: Baffler => ENIGMA
34 Down: Ending for many schools => ISM
35 Down: Fundraising sch. group => PTA
36 Down: Franciscan leader? => SAN
38 Down: Milwaukee schoolteacher who went on to lead Israel => MEIR
39 Down: Typically five-armed marine invertebrates => SEASTARS
42 Down: Go whole hog on Thanksgiving => EATATON
43 Down: Beats => RHYTHMS
44 Down: Biblical collection => PSALMS
45 Down: Track runner => EQUINE
46 Down: Suffered from neglect, in a way => RUSTED
48 Down: Hardly hale => ASHY
50 Down: Jazz improvisations => RIFFS
51 Down: Eyelike openings => OCULI
52 Down: Slowly exuded => OOZED
57 Down: Cheeky tykes => IMPS
59 Down: She played Mia in Pulp Fiction => UMA
60 Down: __ name => PEN
62 Down: Part of a dazzling duo? => ZEE

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 38 down clues. In total 73 clues are solved in the section above.
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