Crossword Answers For: Friday, August 17, 2018

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Amendment dealing with states' rights => TENTH
6 Across: Hobby shop buy => KIT
9 Across: Longtime Wall Street name => SACHS
14 Across: Spanish month => ENERO
15 Across: Draft pick => IPA
16 Across: Outfielder Mike who finished first (twice) or second (three times) in 2012-2016 A.L. MVP voting => TROUT
17 Across: Alien reptile in Avatar? => NAVIGATOR
19 Across: Snake, e.g. => RIVER
20 Across: Racks up => AMASSES
21 Across: Corpulent => OBESE
23 Across: Connecting point => NODE
24 Across: Bad Moon Rising band, initially => CCR
26 Across: First of a series => OPENER
29 Across: Small amount => TRACE
31 Across: Worked the soil => HOED
33 Across: Shopper stopper? => SALE
34 Across: TV schedule abbr. => TBA
36 Across: Buttonhole, say => SLIT
38 Across: Affirmative action => NOD
39 Across: Bit of horseplay => GAG
42 Across: Pest that's gotten into the cheese? => BRIEFLY
44 Across: Castilian kin => TIO
45 Across: GP gp. => AMA
46 Across: Mex. miss => SRTA
47 Across: Jr. and sr. => YRS
49 Across: Brass component => ZINC
51 Across: Bit of swearing => OATH
53 Across: Slate et al., for short => EMAGS
57 Across: Merchant ship flotilla => ARGOSY
59 Across: Ring bearer => EAR
61 Across: Baker => OVEN
62 Across: Sprite flavor => LEMON
64 Across: Stage bit => ROUTINE
66 Across: North African site of a 1943 conference => CAIRO
68 Across: Long-eared mascot of an L.A. newspaper? => TIMESHARE
70 Across: Stun => SHOCK
71 Across: We've exceeded seating capacity sign => SRO
72 Across: Gauge => METER
73 Across: Chief Justice after Marshall => TANEY
74 Across: It's big in London => BEN
75 Across: Salad green => CRESS

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Letter? => TENANT
2 Down: Captivate => ENAMOR
3 Down: Area 51 locale => NEVADA
4 Down: Cut into three equal parts => TRISECT
5 Down: Keeps to oneself => HOGS
6 Down: Lawn gnomes, e.g. => KITSCH
7 Down: Snapchat had one in Mar. 2017 => IPO
8 Down: Poi source => TARO
9 Down: Antibiotic target => STREP
10 Down: Crops up => ARISES
11 Down: Tiny insect that casts spells? => COVENANT
12 Down: Peach, e.g. => HUE
13 Down: Orch. section => STR
18 Down: Old nuclear agcy. => AEC
22 Down: __ harm => BODILY
25 Down: Promising => ROSEATE
27 Down: Wells race => ELOI
28 Down: Make over => REDO
30 Down: Drops off => EBBS
32 Down: Brownie, in folklore => ELF
35 Down: Dry gulch => ARROYO
37 Down: Rubber in a boot? => TYRE
39 Down: __ Strip => GAZA
40 Down: The Kite Runner boy => AMIR
41 Down: One of a group of feline predators? => GANGLION
43 Down: Give __ rest! => ITA
48 Down: Overwhelm => SMOTHER
50 Down: Strong-arm => COERCE
52 Down: Mark of NCIS => HARMON
54 Down: Do the Wright thing? => AVIATE
55 Down: Types => GENRES
56 Down: Nasty smiles => SNEERS
58 Down: Idaho's __ Mountains => SMOKY
60 Down: Fluke-to-be => ROE
63 Down: Black-box analyzers: Abbr. => NTSB
65 Down: Camp Pendleton letters => USMC
66 Down: K.C. hours => CST
67 Down: Caught you! => AHA
69 Down: Rage => IRE

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This crossword has 41 across clues and 40 down clues. In total 81 clues are solved in the section above.
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