Crossword Answers For: Thursday, July 26, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Org. that awards the Spingarn Medal => NAACP
6 Across: Bochco series => LALAW
11 Across: Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr. => STS
14 Across: Counterpart of a => ALPHA
15 Across: Bacteria in undercooked meat => ECOLI
16 Across: Not just a => THE
17 Across: Led => SPEARHEADED
19 Across: Bonanza contents => ORE
20 Across: Many a Bon Appétit subscriber => FOODIE
21 Across: Tablet download => EBOOK
23 Across: Flips, in a way => RESELLS
26 Across: Ball beauties => BELLES
27 Across: Hardened => INURED
28 Across: Decline to recline? => STAYUP
30 Across: Bursts => POPS
31 Across: Barbecue favorite => SPARERIBS
34 Across: Suffix with glob => ULE
35 Across: Held closely (to) => ADHERED
37 Across: O wad some Pow'r the giftie __ us: Burns => GIE
38 Across: Reduces, as spending => PARESDOWN
40 Across: Manage (for oneself) => FEND
41 Across: Melonlike tropical fruit => PAPAWS
42 Across: Slapstick trio member => STOOGE
44 Across: Loosey-__ => GOOSEY
46 Across: Fishing lure => SPINNER
47 Across: Less experienced => RAWER
48 Across: Plump => ROTUND
50 Across: Mike and __: fruity candy => IKE
51 Across: Cooked fruit dessert ... and a cryptic hint to the start of 17-, 31- and 38-Across => STEWEDPEARS
56 Across: Part of mpg => PER
57 Across: Quilt filler => EIDER
58 Across: Latin stars => ASTRA
59 Across: Star Trek rank: Abbr. => ENS
60 Across: Tea go-with => SCONE
61 Across: Bikini blast => NTEST

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Hip-hop artist who narrates Netflix's The Get Down => NAS
2 Down: Hurdle for Hannibal => ALP
3 Down: Act like => APE
4 Down: Plant-eating scarab beetles => CHAFERS
5 Down: Sentence shortener => PAROLE
6 Down: City on the Aire => LEEDS
7 Down: Antioxidant berry in smoothies => ACAI
8 Down: Valuable deposit => LODE
9 Down: Tap output => ALE
10 Down: Innocent-looking => WIDEEYED
11 Down: Informer => STOOLPIGEON
12 Down: Pang => THROE
13 Down: Goes after => SEEKS
18 Down: You might hear music on it => HOLD
22 Down: Cloud => BLUR
23 Down: Make confetti of => RIPUP
24 Down: Name on a 1945 bomber => ENOLA
25 Down: Dominant states => SUPERPOWERS
26 Down: Spartan => BARE
28 Down: Expels => SPEWS
29 Down: Mountain lake => TARN
31 Down: Larry McMurtry's The Last Picture __ => SHOW
32 Down: __-watch => BINGE
33 Down: Feast where the Haggadah is read => SEDER
35 Down: Bad-mouths => ASPERSES
36 Down: Saving Private Ryan event => DDAY
39 Down: Let up => EASE
40 Down: Most affectionate => FONDEST
42 Down: 5'7 Webb, shortest to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest => SPUD
43 Down: __ Alley => TINPAN
44 Down: Beef => GRIPE
45 Down: Like Cognac casks => OAKEN
46 Down: About 1.3 cubic yards => STERE
48 Down: Give a makeover => REDO
49 Down: A Prayer for __ Meany: John Irving novel => OWEN
52 Down: Personal quirk => TIC
53 Down: Downed a sub? => ATE
54 Down: Syst. of cars on tracks => RRS
55 Down: Convened => SAT

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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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