Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Far direction? => EAST
5 Across: Frankfurt's river => ODER
9 Across: Word repeated in a historic FDR quote => FEAR
13 Across: Formal no from 14-Across => VETO
14 Across: White House VIP => POTUS
16 Across: Tomb Raider's __ Croft => LARA
17 Across: Marmalade ingredient => ORANGEZEST
19 Across: Takes the stage => ISON
20 Across: Hunter constellation => ORION
21 Across: Violent windstorm => TEMPEST
23 Across: Ceaselessly => NOEND
26 Across: City in Florida or Italy => NAPLES
27 Across: Sign near school playgrounds => DRUGFREEZONE
31 Across: Geological period => EON
32 Across: __ trap => SETA
33 Across: Bear in two constellations => URSA
36 Across: Symbol of rank => BADGE
39 Across: Former U.N. leader Hammarskjöld => DAG
40 Across: Biblical song => PSALM
42 Across: Division on a Clue board => ROOM
43 Across: Sardine holders => TINS
45 Across: Philosopher __-tzu => LAO
46 Across: Theoretical lowest temperature => ABSOLUTEZERO
50 Across: Brownish horse => SORREL
53 Across: Yarn => STORY
54 Across: Mathematical proposition => THEOREM
56 Across: City near the Great Salt Lake => OGDEN
59 Across: Prego competitor => RAGU
60 Across: Careful now ... and a hint to what's hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across => EASYDOESIT
64 Across: Turkmenistan neighbor => IRAN
65 Across: Green __ => THUMB
66 Across: Actress Blanchett => CATE
67 Across: Remain undecided => PEND
68 Across: Haven't decided yet => IMAY
69 Across: Topple from power => OUST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Bolivian leader Morales => EVO
2 Down: Prefix with dynamic => AERO
3 Down: Headliner => STAR
4 Down: Weight-training activity => TONING
5 Down: Bar gadgets => OPENERS
6 Down: Egg qty. => DOZ
7 Down: Bastille Day saison => ETE
8 Down: Fall color => RUST
9 Down: Diving gear => FLIPPERS
10 Down: Prop for Picasso => EASEL
11 Down: Came up => AROSE
12 Down: Flies off the handle => RANTS
15 Down: Shorthand expert, for short => STENO
18 Down: Cause for an Oops! => GOOF
22 Down: Don't be such a baby! => MANUP
24 Down: Must => NEEDTO
25 Down: Nuts and bolts, so to speak => DETAILS
27 Down: Cotillion girl => DEB
28 Down: Katy Perry hit with the lyric Louder, louder than a lion => ROAR
29 Down: PC command after an Oops! => UNDO
30 Down: Hershey bar in a red-and-yellow wrapper => ZAGNUT
34 Down: Mall event => SALE
35 Down: Bygone apple spray => ALAR
37 Down: Skirt => GOAROUND
38 Down: Fireplace bit => EMBER
41 Down: Sound from the pasture => MOO
44 Down: Stuck with, as a friend => STOODBY
47 Down: Wintry mix component => SLEET
48 Down: Therefore => ERGO
49 Down: Bayou music style => ZYDECO
50 Down: __ mining => STRIP
51 Down: Midwestern hub => OHARE
52 Down: Lear daughter => REGAN
55 Down: Half a fish => MAHI
57 Down: Jacob's twin => ESAU
58 Down: Quibbles => NITS
61 Down: Bottom line => SUM
62 Down: Singer Sumac => YMA
63 Down: Saigon holiday => TET

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This crossword has 35 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 75 clues are solved in the section above.
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