Crossword Answers For: Sunday, June 24, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Primary aspirant's challenge => SMEAR
6 Across: Tough test metaphor => ABEAR
11 Across: Skunk River city => AMES
15 Across: Let's move it! => CMON
19 Across: Historic Jordanian city => PETRA
20 Across: Tree native to southern Brazil => BALSA
21 Across: Bar purchase => SOAP
22 Across: 1985 U.S. Open champ Mandlikova => HANA
23 Across: Fire!, say? => ALARMBELLOW
25 Across: Pittsburgh Steelers' founder => ARTROONEY
27 Across: Peer Gynt widow => ASE
28 Across: Web portal since 1994 => LYCOS
30 Across: Egg-shaped wind instruments => OCARINAS
31 Across: Time to party => NEWYEARS
35 Across: Stopover spot => INN
36 Across: Two and a Half Men co-star => CRYER
37 Across: Subject to discussion => ATISSUE
38 Across: Happy Days actor => BAIO
39 Across: Unflappable => COOL
40 Across: Sprat no-no => FAT
43 Across: Fact or fiction starter => NON
44 Across: That bloke is hurt! => FELLOWDOWN
47 Across: Racer Yarborough => CALE
48 Across: Weaken by eroding => UNDERMINE
52 Across: Prefix with natal => NEO
53 Across: Muse of comedy => THALIA
55 Across: Scent => ODOR
56 Across: Age __ => GAP
58 Across: Crime lab holdings => DNASAMPLES
61 Across: Searches with a divining rod => DOWSES
63 Across: Stately steed => ARAB
65 Across: Chant, often => MONOTONE
66 Across: Planning considerations => IFS
67 Across: Disappointing digs for pigs? => DRYWALLOW
70 Across: Serving liquor, as a town => WET
71 Across: Dropped an egg? => OVULATED
75 Across: Back => REAR
76 Across: Puts into words => VOICES
79 Across: Mountaineer's rope fasteners => CARABINERS
82 Across: __-pitch => SLO
83 Across: Red Muppet => ELMO
84 Across: Jenna of Dharma & Greg => ELFMAN
85 Across: Big tower, briefly: Abbr. => AAA
87 Across: Demanded maximum effort => ASKEDALOT
91 Across: Takes to court => SUES
92 Across: Sign attracting wickerwork craftspeople? => FREEWILLOW
96 Across: Corrida chant => OLE
97 Across: Sonnet ending? => EER
98 Across: Baby marsupial => JOEY
99 Across: Cold, in Cartagena => FRIA
100 Across: Held in high regard => ADMIRED
104 Across: Capital on I-84 => BOISE
105 Across: Arabic son of => IBN
106 Across: Some Guggenheim works => PICASSOS
107 Across: Designated, perhaps incorrectly => SOCALLED
110 Across: Workout regimen => TAEBO
112 Across: Crazy Eights cousin => UNO
113 Across: Hold on now, pal => WHOATHERE
115 Across: High-tech all-night study aid? => SMARTPILLOW
120 Across: Jersey, for one => ISLE
121 Across: Bustles => ADOS
122 Across: Sushi bar supplier => EELER
123 Across: Hold in high regard => ADORE
124 Across: Impel => GOAD
125 Across: Child measures?: Abbr. => TSPS
126 Across: Snarky => SNIDE
127 Across: Red-carpet figure => CELEB

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Swimming pool adjunct => SPA
2 Down: Blanc behind Bugs => MEL
3 Down: LAX posting => ETA
4 Down: Orderly arrangements => ARRAYS
5 Down: Big name in Egyptian kings => RAMSES
6 Down: Fiver => ABE
7 Down: Quartet for walking? => BALLS
8 Down: TV hillbilly __ May Clampett => ELLY
9 Down: Withdrawn => ASOCIAL
10 Down: Ring on a burger => RAWONION
11 Down: __ rule => ASA
12 Down: Where Fez is => MOROCCO
13 Down: Make a humble retraction => EATCROW
14 Down: Bronzing method => SPRAYONTAN
15 Down: Tabernacle singers => CHOIR
16 Down: The Insider director Michael => MANN
17 Down: Fit for service => ONEA
18 Down: Floor opposition => NAYS
24 Down: Swain => BEAU
26 Down: Turgenev's birthplace => OREL
29 Down: Bamboozled => SNOWED
31 Down: Sitcom sign-off word => NANU
32 Down: Berkshire school => ETON
33 Down: Consumer who admires store displays? => WINDOWSURFER
34 Down: APR reducer => REFI
38 Down: Hard to make out => BLEARY
40 Down: Pale yellow, light brown, etc.? => FALLOWCOLORS
41 Down: Property recipient, in law => ALIENEE
42 Down: Afternoon services => TEASETS
45 Down: Start of a duel => ENGARDE
46 Down: Marlins manager Mattingly => DON
47 Down: Adm.'s subordinate => CAPT
49 Down: Masthead VIPs => EDS
50 Down: Caviar => ROE
51 Down: Wedding consequence, perhaps => MRS
54 Down: Med. care group => HMO
57 Down: Foot in a pound => PAW
59 Down: Spanish sherry => AMOROSO
60 Down: Farm female => SOW
61 Down: Bishop's jurisdiction => DIOCESE
62 Down: Useful => OFVALUE
64 Down: __ exam => BAR
67 Down: Room for a home theater => DEN
68 Down: CBS CEO Moonves => LES
69 Down: I'm not listening to you => LALALA
72 Down: Hightails it => LAMS
73 Down: Professional org. since 1878 => ABA
74 Down: Presumed defense against mind-reading => TINFOILHAT
76 Down: Symbol of peace => VEE
77 Down: Ancient => OLD
78 Down: __ Believer: '60s hit => IMA
80 Down: Issa __, creator of HBO's Insecure => RAE
81 Down: Deemed appropriate => SAWFIT
86 Down: Homes for F-16s => AIRBASES
88 Down: 1957 war movie title river => KWAI
89 Down: Pat on a pancake, perhaps => OLEO
90 Down: Danson and Knight => TEDS
93 Down: Works on bare spots => RESEEDS
94 Down: Bit of ocular relief => EYEDROP
95 Down: Tackles, e.g. => LINEMEN
98 Down: Shocker => JOLT
101 Down: Victoria's Secret spec => DCUP
102 Down: Hit song from Flashdance => MANIAC
103 Down: Wagnerian soprano => ISOLDE
104 Down: Acted sheepishly? => BAAED
106 Down: Went (over) thoroughly => PORED
107 Down: Big belt => SWIG
108 Down: Very => OHSO
109 Down: A jerk may serve one => COLA
111 Down: Indonesian resort island => BALI
114 Down: Slow start? => ESS
116 Down: One-third of nove => TRE
117 Down: Online guffaw => LOL
118 Down: Wash. neighbor => ORE
119 Down: Complex trap => WEB

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This crossword has 67 across clues and 76 down clues. In total 143 clues are solved in the section above.
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