Crossword Answers For: Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Game fish => BASS
5 Across: Body wrap spot => SPA
8 Across: Clams up, with down => PIPES
13 Across: Jaunty tune => LILT
14 Across: Like a dotted note, in mus. => STAC
15 Across: Overflowing (with) => AWASH
16 Across: Sign of spoilage => ODOR
17 Across: Ending with Wal => MART
18 Across: High-calorie cake => TORTE
19 Across: Kontinental Hockey League trophy named for an astronaut => GAGARINCUP
22 Across: Wrangler maker => JEEP
23 Across: Homer's neighbor => NED
24 Across: Have grand plans => ASPIRE
26 Across: Airport area with carousels => BAGGAGECLAIM
31 Across: Pulitzer-winning author James => AGEE
32 Across: One of a clashing pair, perhaps => EGO
33 Across: Gobbled up => EATEN
37 Across: Moral misstep => SIN
38 Across: Planning to wed => ENGAGED
41 Across: Glorifying homage => ODE
42 Across: Do a bakery job => KNEAD
44 Across: Part of pewter => TIN
45 Across: Olympian warmonger => ARES
46 Across: One arranging gigs => BOOKINGAGENT
50 Across: 1965 Yardbirds hit => IMAMAN
52 Across: Corrosive substance => LYE
53 Across: Fruity beverages => ADES
54 Across: Joke used repeatedly ... and aptly found in 19-, 26-, 38-, 46- and 54-Across => RUNNINGGAG
60 Across: The Kiss sculptor => RODIN
62 Across: Old Royale 8's => REOS
63 Across: Jessica of Dark Angel => ALBA
64 Across: Ready Player One novelist Ernest => CLINE
65 Across: Eye protector => LASH
66 Across: Clout => PULL
67 Across: Missouri River tributary => OSAGE
68 Across: Seeker of intel => SPY
69 Across: Eye woe => STYE

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Paperless journal => BLOG
2 Down: Radames' Letter musical => AIDA
3 Down: Trudge (through) => SLOG
4 Down: Off-the-wall => STRANGE
5 Down: Getz of jazz => STAN
6 Down: Pique-nique place => PARC
7 Down: Bona fide => ACTUAL
8 Down: One way to stand => PAT
9 Down: WWII flag-raising island => IWOJIMA
10 Down: Peeling gadget => PARER
11 Down: Big name in makeup => ESTEE
12 Down: Smith of Fox News => SHEP
14 Down: Wee bit => SMIDGEN
20 Down: Stephen of Counterpart => REA
21 Down: Don't text and drive ad, e.g. => PSA
25 Down: Mottled => PIED
26 Down: Enjoy the sun => BASK
27 Down: Feudin' with => AGIN
28 Down: Heredity unit => GENE
29 Down: Albumen container => EGG
30 Down: Tropical raccoon relative => COATI
34 Down: Zoomed => TORE
35 Down: Garden in a Sistine Chapel mural => EDEN
36 Down: Source of some tweets => NEST
38 Down: Genesis kingdom => EDOM
39 Down: Gimlet liquor => GIN
40 Down: World's third-most spoken language => ENGLISH
43 Down: Belittling => ABASING
45 Down: Inevitable generational differences => AGEGAPS
47 Down: Dinghy implement => OAR
48 Down: Small knobs => KNURLS
49 Down: We the Living writer Rand => AYN
50 Down: Megastars => IDOLS
51 Down: __ blitz => MEDIA
53 Down: West Coast gas brand => ARCO
55 Down: Twice-monthly tide => NEAP
56 Down: Prone to prying => NOSY
57 Down: Market surplus => GLUT
58 Down: With skill => ABLY
59 Down: Powerful wind => GALE
61 Down: Name change indicator => NEE

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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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