Crossword Answers For: Sunday, May 20, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Fatah party chairman => ABBAS
6 Across: Battle souvenirs => SCARS
11 Across: Vanilla extract meas. => TSP
14 Across: Super Bowl stats => TDS
17 Across: Fairy tale villain => CRONE
18 Across: Saintly glows => AURAS
19 Across: Desperate Housewives character => BREE
20 Across: __ & Chandon Champagne => MOET
21 Across: Steepin' oats in water? => SOAKINGRAIN
23 Across: Take, as advice => HEED
24 Across: A few => SOME
25 Across: Provider of a big lift => CRANE
26 Across: Bush and Nixon: Abbr. => VPS
27 Across: Marathoner's lookin'-happy flush? => RUNNINGLOW
29 Across: Whale group => POD
30 Across: Lack of trouble => EASE
32 Across: See ya later => IGOTTAGO
34 Across: Processed food? => ATE
35 Across: Hopkins' role in Thor => ODIN
37 Across: Johnson Space Center humanoid project => ROBONAUT
39 Across: Put faith in => TRUSTED
41 Across: Dunham and Horne => LENAS
43 Across: Disallow => BAN
44 Across: Cool it! => STOP
46 Across: Great Lakes natives => ERIES
47 Across: Beaufort scale word => GALE
49 Across: Pol. neighbor => LITH
51 Across: __ wait: lurk => LIEIN
53 Across: Result of tossin' an old mitt on the fire? => BURNINGLOVE
56 Across: Chinese ethnic group that's the world's largest => HAN
57 Across: Org. seeking far-out life => SETI
60 Across: Physicians' org. => AMA
61 Across: 50% of MIV => DII
62 Across: Fledgling => NASCENT
64 Across: Goat sound? => HARDG
66 Across: 2007 National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee => HAMM
68 Across: 1995 Stallone title role => DREDD
70 Across: Stand for a canvas => EASEL
72 Across: Base information? => DATA
73 Across: Energize => AMPUP
75 Across: Split into thirds => TRISECT
77 Across: Gym exercise unit => REP
79 Across: __ the Senate!: Darth Sidious => IAM
80 Across: Snippy retort => ISSO
81 Across: Occurrence => HAP
82 Across: Layin' off football legend Red? => FIRINGRANGE
85 Across: Unrefined => CRASS
87 Across: Custardy pastry => FLAN
88 Across: Voice-activated iPad app => SIRI
89 Across: Blink, say => REACT
91 Across: Sign word beckoning a Canadian driver => ESSO
94 Across: Waze lines: Abbr. => STS
96 Across: Surprise in a bottle => GENIE
99 Across: In an edgy way => TESTILY
101 Across: Pigs with four tusks => WARTHOGS
104 Across: Petri dish gelatin => AGAR
105 Across: Blur in a tabloid pic => UFO
106 Across: Cheers actress Bebe => NEUWIRTH
108 Across: Escalator handle? => OTIS
110 Across: Cape Town locale: Abbr. => RSA
111 Across: Takin' first place at the Olympics? => GETTINGOLD
113 Across: Phase out => END
115 Across: First king of Crete => MINOS
117 Across: Mushroomed => GREW
118 Across: Brownie, maybe => GIRL
119 Across: Muttered complaint about a toe woe that's really hurtin'? => BLEEPINGOUT
122 Across: Yale's Ingalls Rink designer Saarinen => EERO
123 Across: Males who meow => TOMS
124 Across: Nothing for me => IMSET
125 Across: Cause for a pause => COMMA
126 Across: L.A. Law actress => DEY
127 Across: CDC overseer => HHS
128 Across: Sounds shocked => GASPS
129 Across: Big Bertha's birthplace => ESSEN

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Apt. coolers => ACS
2 Down: Etiquette on frat row => BROCODE
3 Down: Lettin' the family elder onto the plane? => BOARDINGRAMPS
4 Down: My Way lyricist => ANKA
5 Down: It flows below the Pont Neuf => SEINE
6 Down: Droop => SAG
7 Down: Slider option => CURVEBALL
8 Down: I don't give __! => ARAP
9 Down: Granola morsel => RAISIN
10 Down: Job application no. => SSN
11 Down: Former Senator Lott => TRENT
12 Down: Witnessed visiting => SEENAT
13 Down: Purebred family tree => PEDIGREE
14 Down: You missed it => TOOLATE
15 Down: Reduces in rank => DEMOTES
16 Down: __ prunes => STEWED
19 Down: Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir => BHUTTO
20 Down: Chinese sauce additive => MSG
22 Down: In the area => NEAR
27 Down: Beat soundly => ROUT
28 Down: Keep healthy => NOURISH
29 Down: D.C. dealmaker => POL
31 Down: One may be choked back => SOB
33 Down: Deep cuts => GASHES
36 Down: Chapati alternative => NAAN
38 Down: Chip topper => ONIONDIP
40 Down: Nothing Compares 2 U singer O'Connor => SINEAD
42 Down: Dove into home, say => SLID
45 Down: Prepares (for) => PLANS
48 Down: Geraint's beloved => ENID
50 Down: Show stoppers => TVADS
52 Down: Trainee => INTERN
53 Down: Island band The __ Men => BAHA
54 Down: Fish sauce taste => UMAMI
55 Down: Saddle bands => GIRTHS
56 Down: Summer itch cause => HEATRASH
58 Down: Preparin' husbands-to-be? => TRAININGROOMS
59 Down: Luggage tie-on => IDTAG
63 Down: Director DeMille => CECIL
65 Down: Up for it => GAME
67 Down: Mideast capital => MUSCAT
69 Down: Wipe clean => ERASE
71 Down: Centipede's many => LEGS
74 Down: Popular soup mushroom => PORCINI
76 Down: Diligence => EFFORT
78 Down: Fuddy-duddy => PRIG
83 Down: Unable to back out => INTOODEEP
84 Down: 58.4 square miles, for Minneapolis => AREA
86 Down: Verbosely => ATLENGTH
89 Down: Foul caller => REFEREE
90 Down: Arcane stuff => ESOTERY
92 Down: Gulps down => SWILLS
93 Down: Reddish-brown chalcedony => SARD
95 Down: SFPD rank => SGT
97 Down: Postulate starter => IASSUME
98 Down: Nolan Ryan's 1.69 in 1981: Abbr. => ERA
99 Down: Pulled => TUGGED
100 Down: Manga series about gaming => YUGIOH
102 Down: Louise's pal => THELMA
103 Down: __ Valley => SIMI
107 Down: They often get hooked => WORMS
109 Down: From that time => SINCE
112 Down: Quantity in a brace => TWO
114 Down: Capone adversary => NESS
116 Down: Oxfam and PETA, for two => NGOS
119 Down: Trending => BIG
120 Down: Hoops stat: Abbr. => PTS
121 Down: What a Hawaii vacationer may come home with => TAN

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This crossword has 74 across clues and 69 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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