Crossword Answers For: Sunday, July 22, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Crunch beneficiaries => ABS
4 Across: Agnus __ => DEI
7 Across: Rustic dwelling => AFRAME
13 Across: Using a passport, say => ABROAD
19 Across: Newman song that mentions Santa Ana winds => ILOVELA
21 Across: Decisive point => CLIMAX
22 Across: Persuasive sort => COAXER
23 Across: Polite but unyielding statement? => MADAMIMADAMANT
25 Across: Stimulate => EXCITE
26 Across: Petroleum source => SHALE
27 Across: Legendary rock guitarist => BECK
28 Across: 2018 Pyeongchang org. => IOC
30 Across: Author Ferber => EDNA
31 Across: Bolt of lightning? => USAIN
33 Across: Caulking crew? => SEALANTTEAM
37 Across: Building where things are taken back? => RECANTCENTER
42 Across: Within reach => NEAR
43 Across: How some dares are made => ONABET
44 Across: Major arteries => AORTAS
46 Across: Impressive groupings => ARRAYS
49 Across: Seed cover => ARIL
50 Across: Flier's choice => AISLE
52 Across: Sign on an available boutique? => SHOPVACANT
55 Across: Braun competitor => NORELCO
57 Across: Director DuVernay => AVA
59 Across: Comply => OBEY
60 Across: Joint for jumping => KNEE
61 Across: __-Cat => SNO
62 Across: Yikes! => OHNO
64 Across: Empathetic comment => ICARE
66 Across: More than wondered => ASKED
67 Across: Serf surrounded by whales? => PEASANTINAPOD
71 Across: Leaves painfully => JILTS
75 Across: Wonder's My Cherie __ => AMOUR
76 Across: __ game => HOME
77 Across: Chemicals giant => DOW
80 Across: Colorful fish => OPAH
81 Across: Levee => DIKE
83 Across: Org. that often strikes => PBA
85 Across: Holiday candle holder => MENORAH
87 Across: Fort Bragg lodger? => BASETENANT
90 Across: Crèche figure => ANGEL
92 Across: Swelter => BAKE
93 Across: Bit of information => DETAIL
94 Across: Avis rival => DOLLAR
96 Across: Former Disney CEO => EISNER
98 Across: One of a cube's 12 => EDGE
99 Across: Director Oliver to the rescue? => GALLANTSTONE
101 Across: Never-used part of the house? => DORMANTROOM
106 Across: It's stunning => TASER
107 Across: Denny's competitor => IHOP
108 Across: __ who? => SEZ
109 Across: Bowls over => AWES
111 Across: Capital of France => EUROS
115 Across: Recovered from a knockout => CAMETO
118 Across: Godzilla and friends solemnly recite? => MONSTERSINCANT
122 Across: Did away with => ERASED
123 Across: Taft-Hartley Act subject => UNIONS
124 Across: Prurient material => EROTICA
125 Across: Dinged => DENTED
126 Across: One who's really hot => SEXPOT
127 Across: Inexperienced => RAW
128 Across: Iditarod segment => LEG

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Zeroes in => AIMS
2 Down: Uninspired => BLAH
3 Down: Common mixer => SODA
4 Down: Land adjoining a manor house => DEMESNE
5 Down: Wearer of a Y sweatshirt => ELI
6 Down: Like most sonnets => IAMBIC
7 Down: High Voltage band => ACDC
8 Down: Criticism => FLAK
9 Down: Canyon part => RIM
10 Down: Doc bloc => AMA
11 Down: Wrestle suffix => MANIA
12 Down: Laud => EXTOL
13 Down: Untouched serve => ACE
14 Down: A penalty may be served in one => BOX
15 Down: Triple Crown venues => RACETRACKS
16 Down: Rust, for example => OXIDE
17 Down: Insurance giant => AETNA
18 Down: Fantasy => DREAM
20 Down: Highly prized => VALUABLE
24 Down: Defender of Troy => AENEAS
29 Down: Cocktail hour nibble => CANAPE
32 Down: Embassy employee => ATTACHE
33 Down: Arrange dinnerware on => SET
34 Down: Time spans => ERAS
35 Down: Brazen => NERVY
36 Down: Fictional Civil War novel setting => TARA
37 Down: Colorful horses => ROANS
38 Down: Ill-fated Houston company => ENRON
39 Down: Capital on the Nile => CAIRO
40 Down: Mardi Gras acronym => NOLA
41 Down: Two-time British Open champ => TREVINO
45 Down: Fleeced => SHORN
47 Down: Civil War soldier => YANK
48 Down: Dagger of yore => SNEE
51 Down: New Rochelle campus => IONA
53 Down: Caribbean sorcery => OBEAH
54 Down: Fictional newsman Baxter => TED
56 Down: Cuts short => LOPS
58 Down: Cause trouble => ACTUP
63 Down: Japanese seaport => OSAKA
65 Down: Shot that misses everything => AIRBALL
66 Down: Gulf between Yemen and Somalia => ADEN
68 Down: Tweak, perhaps => AMEND
69 Down: Apple or pear => POME
70 Down: Dishes from a station => OMELETS
71 Down: Assignment => JOB
72 Down: Tech debut of 2010 => IPAD
73 Down: Operate using a beam => LASE
74 Down: Shakespeare play featuring Ariel => THETEMPEST
77 Down: Clog clearer => DRANO
78 Down: Like some buckets => OAKEN
79 Down: __ Everybody Knows Your Name: Cheers theme song => WHERE
81 Down: Stoop => DEIGN
82 Down: Bays, e.g. => INLETS
84 Down: Compulsively neat, say => ANAL
86 Down: Hamper => OBSTRUCT
88 Down: Cry with a flourish => TADA
89 Down: Neighbor of Ghana => TOGO
91 Down: Kitchen gadget => GRATER
95 Down: Fast flight => LAM
97 Down: Understanding words => ISEENOW
100 Down: Egypt's second president => NASSER
101 Down: Cut into cubes => DICED
102 Down: Chicago hub => OHARE
103 Down: Type of numeral => ROMAN
104 Down: Victim of Romulus => REMUS
105 Down: Atmospheric layer => OZONE
109 Down: 5 for B or 6 for C => ATNO
110 Down: Jerry in the NBA logo => WEST
112 Down: Complain => RAIL
113 Down: Previously => ONCE
114 Down: Unaccompanied => STAG
116 Down: Kickoff aid => TEE
117 Down: Abnormal => ODD
119 Down: Squelch => NIX
120 Down: Sponge (up) => SOP
121 Down: Novelist Levin => IRA

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This crossword has 63 across clues and 78 down clues. In total 141 clues are solved in the section above.
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