Crossword Answers For: Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Knock for a loop => AMAZE
6 Across: The jig __! => ISUP
10 Across: Wing measurement => SPAN
14 Across: The N of USNA => NAVAL
15 Across: Beer-brewing mixture => MASH
16 Across: Taper off => WANE
17 Across: Rare baseball event => TRIPLEPLAY
19 Across: 28-Across, in German => EINS
20 Across: Troubling Nixon records => TAPES
21 Across: Supermarket walkways => AISLES
23 Across: Falafel bread => PITA
24 Across: Antiterrorism legislation of 2001 => PATRIOTACT
28 Across: Single => ONE
29 Across: Double-helix molecule => DNA
30 Across: Slake, as thirst => QUENCH
31 Across: Hardly current => PASSE
33 Across: Bridges of Netflix's Bloodline => BEAU
36 Across: Snob's in the air body part => NOSE
37 Across: Nightlife sphere of activity => CLUBSCENE
40 Across: That sounds painful => OUCH
43 Across: Brussels-based defense gp. => NATO
44 Across: Clear data from => ERASE
48 Across: Like a damaged atmospheric layer => OZONIC
50 Across: Letter after pi => RHO
52 Across: World Series org. => MLB
53 Across: Race terminus => FINISHLINE
56 Across: Smear, as paint => DAUB
57 Across: Narrow waterway => STRAIT
58 Across: Coins of 59-Down => RIALS
60 Across: All-encompassing => ATOZ
62 Across: Theater direction ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across => STAGERIGHT
65 Across: Actor's part => ROLE
66 Across: Narrate => TELL
67 Across: Celebrated chef Ducasse => ALAIN
68 Across: Intuit => FEEL
69 Across: Canadian gas brand => ESSO
70 Across: Big Apple 52-Acr. player => NYMET

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Colony insect => ANT
2 Down: Tennis great Navratilova => MARTINA
3 Down: Takes to the skies => AVIATES
4 Down: Frank of avant-garde rock => ZAPPA
5 Down: Magazine with the column Ask E. Jean => ELLE
6 Down: Little devil => IMP
7 Down: Dinner course, to Heinrich => SALAT
8 Down: TWA rival => USAIR
9 Down: Body structure => PHYSIQUE
10 Down: Equal or Splenda => SWEETENER
11 Down: Italian pal => PAISANO
12 Down: Bel Canto novelist Patchett => ANN
13 Down: Video game letters => NES
18 Down: Little League broadcaster => ESPN
22 Down: Singer Rawls => LOU
23 Down: Jack-in-the-box sound => POP
25 Down: Limerick's rhyme scheme => AABBA
26 Down: Emails a dupe to => CCS
27 Down: First word of numerous Grisham titles => THE
29 Down: Md. neighbor => DEL
32 Down: German veal dish => SCHNITZEL
34 Down: Approximate fig. => EST
35 Down: Oak-to-be => ACORN
38 Down: Not pure => UNCHASTE
39 Down: Opposite of paleo- => NEO
40 Down: That sounds painful => OOF
41 Down: Action film weapon => UZI
42 Down: Bring comfort to => CONSOLE
45 Down: Composite dental filling material => AMALGAM
46 Down: Flavored icy drink => SLUSHIE
47 Down: Recede, as a tide => EBB
49 Down: Syr. neighbor => ISR
51 Down: Often hyperlinked word => HERE
54 Down: Low-cal beers => LITES
55 Down: Tilted type: Abbr. => ITALS
56 Down: Newspaper frequency => DAILY
59 Down: Tehran's land => IRAN
60 Down: Collie's comment => ARF
61 Down: Clog front => TOE
63 Down: Mop & __: cleaning brand => GLO
64 Down: Blasting letters => TNT

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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